Thanks Drew. Read the Double Guns article and examination. Toward end read about a proofing study done with Parker GH damascus and vulcan steel barrels. First I have read about proofing of Parker barrels to destruction. One of the GH barrels failed at 29,000 psi and the vulcan barrels at 29k and 31k psi. That is amazing and a pretty good margin of error.
Obviously reasonable care and inspection should occur when looking at barrels and checking for obstructions as a more forced habit. Still odds are more in our favor than I thought with some of these older gun barrels if that test is an axiom that holds true. Believe the old brittle American Walnut Stocks would split or fail before the barrel might fail.
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