The fact that BP was being phased out by 1895, doesn't necessarily means BP wasn't widely available for sale. In fact it was for all those guns made in the BP era. Folks didn't just throw them away when smokeless became the state of the art.
A 1922 barrel wasn't likely to see much BP but it was available, wasn't it? I think what a 1922 damascus barrel really means there it could be used safely with the smokeless of the day. Am I thinking correctly here?
Thx, Ray
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