I have shot both 16 and 12 damascus without issue. I use RST and Polywad 2 1/2 vintage loads for the 16 and for the 12 I have used Polywad and reload Federal Gold Medal hulls with the primers painted black with a marker for 4000-4500 PSI loads. I limit my reloads to the Gold Medal hulls and use the Gold Medal for nothing else to reduce the potential of any mix ups. Both my father and I have really enjoyed the beauty of the damascus barrels and the fact that a gun made in 1872 is still deliverying quail.

We both like it on the clays range when people wince at the Damascus tubes.

Michael Dittamo
Topeka, KS