Jimmy, if Damascus barrels that have passed nitro proof are dangerous, don't you suppose the British proof house--having tested thousands of them by now--would have figured that out? One reason countries have proof houses, and proof laws, is to try to keep shooters from hurting themselves. If all these guns pass proof--and, as you contend, some of them are weakened by the proof test itself--don't you suppose that a lot of them would be failing, at that those results would have gotten back to the proof house? And that the law would have been changed so that Damascus-barreled guns could not be shot, period? I mean, it's not like they have any shortage of gun laws in England!