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Which is Stronger - Damascus or Twist ? It seems to me that the ''cheap''
early doubles had Twist steel barrels and more expensive doubles had Damascus steel. Yet the 8ga. Parker (made in about 1912) that I looked at last week end had Twist steel barrels. Harry |
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Damascus was considered higher quality than laminated and twist steel. Which is “stronger” would really be a subjective opinion. Some may say twist is weaker. But I would say that Damascus has more forge welds than twist, so why would that not be weaker? Ultimately they are both composed of two different materials forge welded together around a mandrel in order to form a tube.
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Harry, we have seen other types of composite barrels on higher grade 8 gauge guns.
The grade of the gun is what generally determined which barrel steel to use on it. The various Twist barreld were used on grades 1 and below, regardless of the gauge. .
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A grade Finest Quality 6 Iron "Turkish"
![]() A grade Premier Quality 6 Iron "Turkish" ![]() Both guns were part of the Meachum order ![]() re: pattern welded strength the winner of the Birmingham Proof House Trial reported in 1891 was English Best Laminated Steel. This is not the same barrel as Parker's Laminated Steel. ![]() This includes actual tensile strength testing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...hfDxmrNAU/edit The sample size was limited (getting back to finding Zircon's 30 barrels ![]() Pattern Welded mean psi after discarding the highest and lowest numbers: Twist - 53,333 psi Crolle - 54,700 psi
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Thank everyone. The information was definitely helpful
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