Parker's are not just any "old guns". If you want to see something amazing, see if you can track down the Double Gun Journal article by Sherman Bell called "Finding Out For Myself".
Mr. Bell does pressure tests on old Parker Damascus barreled guns. He uses old rattlely worn out guns, just to make it interesting. Runs blue pill proof loads through them, gradually increasing the pressures of the loads, to see how far they would go before they burst.
They went out to 30,000 lbs plus, before showing any signs of stress.
For the record, none burst.
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