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James K · October 22, 2015, 06:58 PM

I have sectioned some old Damascus barrels (not, admittedly, of Greener quality) and inside they looked like orange lace, even though the outside looked fine and looking down the bore they appeared to be OK. One of those barrels I punched a hole through with pointed punch, by hand. Yet, they had been in use before they were traded in.

I once warned a good customer about his old "London twist" shotgun and was informed that the gun had been used by his daddy, his granddaddy, etc., and was as strong as any gun on our rack. He fired it once too often with 2 3/4 Magnum shells and the thin part of the barrel at the foreend went away, taking parts of three fingers along with it. I have never forgotten his face when he told me, "I should have listened to you."

Jim

October 22, 2015, 06:58 PM	#14
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	I have sectioned some old Damascus barrels (not, admittedly, of Greener quality) and inside they looked like orange lace, even though the outside looked fine and looking down the bore they appeared to be OK. One of those barrels I punched a hole through with pointed punch, by hand. Yet, they had been in use before they were traded in. I once warned a good customer about his old "London twist" shotgun and was informed that the gun had been used by his daddy, his granddaddy, etc., and was as strong as any gun on our rack. He fired it once too often with 2 3/4 Magnum shells and the thin part of the barrel at the foreend went away, taking parts of three fingers along with it. I have never forgotten his face when he told me, "I should have listened to you." Jim