How to Tell if You Have a Damascus Barrel

This gun was intentionally destroyed with a gross overcharge of smokeless powder. What about a belgian barrel which apart from the many dents has the following marks.

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D under a crown PV under a lion ELG in a circle under a crown.

. Also under the breech when you break open the gun there are the numbers 112 and 681. I have a number of Damascus guns that are hardly wall hangers. It just looks pretty it doesnt have advantages beyond that.

When getting it inspected your gunsmith will go through a process of checking a couple points on the gun. If you have a Damascus barrel gun dont shoot it. A gun in this condition is a wall hanger.

Some might think it sacrilige but I consider it a better choice than having it deactivated butchered when the barrels get dangerously thin. If you are asking about a Smith and Weson handgun in 40sw caliberthen no these firearms do not have a damascusor twist steel barrelThis type of barrel was only found on shotguns made from. In the Model 1889 only the higher grades engraved had Damascus which was considered a classy and valuable feature.

Long story short if a gun wasnt made by one of the high quality gunsmiths in the US or Europe and it was made after WWI it aint real and even then you dont want to fire any true Damascus barreled guns because its unsafe for you and the. Unfortunately there are very few qualified gunsmiths how can really tell if a Damascus barrel is sound or not. Damascus barrels are weaker than modern barrels and are not designed for the high gas pressures created by modern ammunition.

IIRC it took about 1 12 minutes total time. It doesnt have auto-ejectors. There appears to be a much art as science in doing the job right.

Please let us know what grade your LC. Prior to about 1800 strips of iron were used then wires or strips of iron and some steel then about 60 steel braided with iron to form the Damascus pattern. I can direct you to legions of Damascus owners who routinely shoot their guns.

For the Model 1893 just 424 124 of the 34179 total production were Damascus. Story 183 by Larry Potterfield Circa 2003 Columbia MO. The barrel may burst slightly ahead of the chamber crippling the shooters hand or.

On the barrel lugs there is the numbers 40 and 43 I understand these numbers have to do with shot pattern on another lug there is the number 89. How can you tell if a rust covered barrel is a damascus one. Both have Damascus barrels but almost all of the beautiful steel that Damascus is known for is faded.

They dont stretch or peel as modern steel does. Damascus barrels are identified from the beautiful and striking patterns often produced by the alternating layers of iron and steel. Is there anyway to bring back those beautiful stripes.

This is all I can tell you about it I hope you can tell me if it has damascus barrels. Remington 1900 12 gauge side-by-side with Damascus barrels. The strands or strips were wrapped around a mandrel and hammer welded then the mandrel pounded out and the barrel bored true straightened and finished.

If youre in possession of a Damascus barrel shotgun you should go to a competent gunsmith to get a quality check on the barrel. Such a charge would have destroyed any modern shotgun. Damascus Barrels - Rumors Facts.

Smith is and if you can post some pics even better. All the blown up Damascus barrels I have seen had chunks blown out of them one or two at the chamber but most at the point where the barrel thins down at about the front of the forearm or where the shooters fingers normally are placed. The process that many of us know is the Crolle Damascus pattern-welded barrels.

Hello Jack - You have already been given some great advice Drew is an expert on Damascus barrels and you are doing the prudent thing to have everything checked out first even though that is not the easy way. Todd I do not know how many Model 1897 shotguns were equipped with a Damascus barrel. The edges of the spiral ribbon were then welded together to form a tube.

You can either shoot blackpowder or low pressure smokeless loads. Damascus barrels were used well into the 1920s. Barrel constrictions or choke in most of these side-by-side shotguns were Improved Cylinder Modified or ModifiedFull.

Then pulled and rinsed with water and baking soda. I re-etched the damascus on an old parker double hammer 10ga last year. Rust pitting within the barrel.

Barrels made in many small pieces may just go back some day to many small pieces. There is at least one UK gunsmith who offers a service to line Damascus barrel guns with a modern monosteel sleeve so as to preserve the guns exterior but allow them to be used even nitro proofed. I let the barrels sit in the stuff for about 30 sec.

Due to the large amount of risk of a barrel blowing up after they said it was OK and the large amount of technical work it would take for a gunsmith to understand how to. If you have a gun that is choked. Happens when you take two different steels twist em together smoosh em a bit and fold them some more and repeat a number of times before forge welding and making what youre going to make.

If the Model 1897 production mirrored the Model 1893 and I suspect that it did one could extrapolate that approximately 7000 guns were made from 1897 through 1913. It normally took seven feet of rod to create one foot of barrel. A thin metal sleeve was wrapped around a mandrel over which the barrel ribbons were wound.

I have seen re-blued Damascus barrels where the pattern was hardly visible. Removing a dent from a Damascus barrel will create a weak spot on it. Yours probably has their Compressed Fluid.

Acid etching was often used to accentuate these patterns. If your gun has no engraving it very likely doesnt have Damascus barrels. New Damascus barrels are made from powdered steel that gives it the appearance of Damascus steel.

Quite often the shotgun will tell you how the barrels are made. Note that smokeless powder was in vogue by 1890. It was pretty cheap and did the job well.

Keith Kercher does a wonderful job of. It is relatively easy to remove a dent from a fluid-steel barrel but not so with a Damascus barrel. Never argue with a fool onlookers may not be able to tell the differance - Twain If you know how many guns you own you dont own enough Reactions.

I used the circuit board etchant from radio shack. If it says twist or laminated or damascus then it is one of the types generally called damascus. Damascus barrels have a distinctive irregular pattern of short streak-like marks around the barrel.

The threads were connected heated and hammer-welded the mandrel was removed and a barrel was formed. Wall thickness of the barrel. If you know someone who subscribes to Double Gun Journal there was a lengthy article in it a few years ago regarding refinishing damascus barrels.

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