Originally Posted By: Researcher
I've always been told that Curly was a rat-tailed Irish Water Spaniel.


He looks too small to be a Irish water spaniel and his nose doesn't seem pointy enough either He very well could be though, "Curly" looks alot like my "Bear"


Anyway, back on subject here, I would not shoot high pressure loads thru any of my Damascus guns. That doesnt mean I wouldn't shoot "modern" loads thru them. I've shot polywad, rst's, noble sports, Federal golds, B&P's thru all of my Damascus guns. This bird season I've been shooting my Lefever FE with chain damascus barrels with B&P "high pheasant" loads, it handles them with ease. When I load my own, mostly for target shooting, I use IMR 800X and stay in the 5000 psi range, plenty cupcake enough for these old guns to digest with no problems what so ever.