Yall keep bringing up examples of American made damascus barreled guns as being safe and I imagine that most are, after all with no proof houses American manufacturers over-built their guns to avoid blown barrels and subsequent lawsuits. However, at the same time the US was being deluged with extremely poor quality damascus (twist) barreled guns from overseas. Many of these guns may not have been safe even when they were brand new (JABCs). It could be that American manufacturers, without pointing a finger, were damning damascus barreled guns in general because of all the poor-quality import guns that were still in daily use. Without having to pass proof, the US must have been a great dumping ground for such low-quality crap.
This is just speculation, based on a somewhat cynical view of human nature, but knowing that it was going to the US, all the foreign manufacturer probably had to do was inform his proof house, pay a small bribe and the gun automatically passed proof with no worries about it coming back on them should a barrel rupture. Another JABC washes up on our shore.
Steve
Last edited by Rockdoc; 09/28/13 08:43 AM.
