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I've said it before and have been doubted but will say it again - and I just finished taking measurements of the wall thickness of my 1894 Parker GHE 0-frame Damascus barreled 16 gauge and my readings are the same as those taken by Oscar Gaddy some six or seven years ago when he declared my barrels "probably safe to shoot with loads up to about 6,500 p.s.i." which are .067" and .069" at the beginning of the cone of the 2 1/2" chambers. I have shot this gun for many rounds of skeet and upland hunting for grouse and woodcock with appropriate loads as Oscar suggested.