Its humorous in retrospect, but I had an early G grade, strong as could be, but I had heard all these old clubhouse expert tales of damascus unraveling, all the horror stories only to have some other old timer pull me aside and tell me that was just BS and they were strong, but some of the guys were so adament in their third hand hearsay stories opinions that they knew it all.
So I actually dressed up in a winter coat, motorcycle helmet and face mask, heavy gloves......it was sweltering August......waddled out to the trap line, loaded up with out of the box Rems, held the gun outstretched with one hand, and it just went pop. Did that a few more times, the gun hardly recoiled, took off all the sweaty clothes and shot a round of trap with all the experts standing a significant distance back.
I believe that heavy, like #2 frame damascus barrels resonate less than fluid steel barrels and feel more solid, although that is only subjective.
So provided the barrels are thick enough, I don't worry about it anymore.
Send photos of you dressed like Ralphie.
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