Don't quote me, but there is a company I believe in Sweden that makes what they call damnasteel or some such name that is a Damascus billet that is drilled to form the barrel. This means a lot of wasted material, hence a very big price tag. I believe they use huge presses and thin layers of steel so there's only one or two welds. This cuts way down on time, but now they have just a thick billet of Damascus. This is why it's drilled. It was a couple of years back I read about them on the internet.
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