I blew up a 1889 Remington with twist barrels. By mistake I was useing 92grs of PB instead of Pyrodex. Got to station 2 on the skeet field and on the second pair the left barrel let go with the shell sticking out of the chamber. So it took 4 shots to destory it. I was lucky, it only took 24 stiches to put the flap of skin hanging down back in place. Sent the shells to be tested and was told they were at 25,000psi. Now I have ONE press ONLY for black powder. A week latter I bought my first Parker - a hammer gun with laminate barrels and a week after that another Remington just like the deceased one. And yes I thought about the blown one the first time I shot the "new" Remington. But knowing it was me and not the gun I continue to shoot damascus barrel SxS's. Out of the 10 guns only two have regular steel barrels, the other eight have damascus. Paul
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