Regardless of proper terminology or not, the common term used is "mono-blocking" and everyone knows what it means. So, that changes the definition. It's like "sleeving". That's a somewhat misleading term as well. There are others in dealing with guns. Regardless of personal opinion, definitions are based on what people understand a term to mean. Definitions do change. There are also such things as coloquial definitions. Even Webster's list multiple definitions on words. Miller, it was hard for me, but I've recently come to accept "sleeving" to mean chopping off the barrels and attaching new ones thru a process that has a portion of work that fit my definition of "sleeving". I think my bloodpressure went down after I just let it go.
Chief,
My take is that even some modern chromoly tubes wouldn't change the type/pressure of loads I'd put thru the gun. If you have good damascus barrels, I'd run 'em with good low pressure handloads or some of those pricey low pressure loads.
