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Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens
Buddy--check your pm's.
What should be the max pressure we should shoot in these danascus guns? Is under 8800 ok, or should we go lower?
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TPS, p.515: 10,100 psi are the Parker figures for the barrels as made. Remember that Parker treated and proof tested fluid steel and composite ( including Damascus ) barrels the same.
"Pressure" refers to barrel loading, and with the stoutness of Parker barrels, experience and testing have demonstrated that not to be much of an issue of undue concern. What you are writing about appears to be recoil related, and barrel pressure and gun recoil are related only in that velocity and weight of everything that comes out of the barrel are two of the three factors in the recoil equation.
Many people, including myself feel that it is a good practice to use low recoil loads, consistent with what you are shooting at. Its like driving the 40 year old sports car at 70 when you know it will still do 100, but if you need/want to step on the throttle, you have the capability.
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