Very interesting reading the posts on those of you who shoot damascus or twist. I have a few shotguns from the early 1900's but none are damascus. Reason being that every time I thought I might acquire one, I would read on another forum (which I won't name) that a person is crazy to shoot any damascus gun with any load. That was before I joined this forum. Now I know condition has a lot to do with any type of gun, old or new, but after reading these posts me thinks if I come across a nice damascus barreled gun, I will be adding it to the collection. And like already mentioned, many of these can be had for cheap because of the " they are dangerous and no good for anything" stories that are so prevalent.