When you do "Try this at home"

[Roundsworth]

My technique may raise questions of safety, but it works for me. I set up my portable shooting table, place the gun barrels in a sandbag rest, crouch behind the table, cup the gun butt in my left hand, duck my head down as far as I can, reach up and fire with my right hand. The gun will jump a wee bit, but my left hand takes most of the recoil.

I do this with guns after subjecting them to careful disassembly, cleaning and inspection. I wear magnifying glasses while doing all this to make sure I don't miss anything obvious. I may be throwing caution to the wind with this procedure, but I like to think I approach the whole thing in a serious manner.

[Bill Murphy]

The proof test on any new to me Damascus gun is the fact that it has probably been fired hundreds of times with Super-X loads over the years. My Manson wall thickness gauge is test #2. I would like wall thickness in the mid thirties in the thinnest parts. Usually, the actual thickness is more than that.

[Roundsworth]

Bill,
I certainly do agree with you on the 'Super-X' theory! It would be interesting to know how many 'Super-X', or equivilent, loads have been run through my composite barreled 10s.