Originally Posted By: Dave in Maine
Originally Posted By: HammerGuy
Can you help me understand this? Steel inside but Damascus outside? Clearly you can see a line on the barrels. I thought for a second they were sleeved.

Originally Posted By: PeteM
This is a Pieper Diana. It has fluid steel chambers and damascus barrels.



They built it using a monobloc for the chambers, then welded on Damascus tubes?

Striking, nonetheless....


The monobloc is fluid steel. The barrels are damascus. The barrels can be sweated or screwed into the monbloc, depends on the maker. Beretta still uses the monobloc.

Pieper


This is from Researcher...


Beretta



Pete