Dangerous Damascus

[John Allen]

I recently picked up a 16ga Bernard barreled CHE.Included with the gun was a set of 20ga Vickers Atlas barrels and two letters from Remington on Parker letterhead telling a previous owner how dangerous damascus barrels were.They cited how damascus weakened over time and how it was more likely to pit and rust.Quite a turnaround from what we know today.They really tried hard to kill the use of damascus barrels.I guess out of fear of lawsuits.I have attached photos of the letters.I also have a letter from Larry DelGreco saying he no longer built barrels and he refered the owner to Atlas.I apologize for the poor quality of the photos.The letters have been folded for a long time and are fragile.An interesting piece of Parker histony.