[QUOTE=Bruce Day;4811]Thanks Austin, Mike will be reviewing your post. It would be uncommon indeed if the gun is an 11ga hammerless, but never say never. For what it may be worth, as we have another section for "doubles other than Parkers" on our Forum- The 12 ga. HE Fox I once owned had heavier walled tubes than my friend's 12 BE with Krupp tubes-
George B. Evans apparently had TNB's second Burt Becker gun gauged, and the NBD was .750- in his lexicon, that was a "12 on the 11 gauge size, based on some British set of gauge and choke tables.
I never checked the chokes with I.D. mikes on that Fox- but I pattern tested it with the now-illegal for waterfowl Federal premium coppered lead No. 4 and No. 2-- very impressive.
One of many factors affecting the reaming tools used in the era of Damascus and Twist barrels may have been the overhead power shafting (steam driven?) and the belts and compound sheaves to vary the speeds- another may have been the nature of the cutting tools and the coolant compounds used back then.
Bruce, does your friend plan to shoot this older 12 or 11 ga. Damascus barreled gun with LP handloads?
