According to Lippard, two guns had barrel failures. One a documented obstruction and the other reputedly had bubbles in the steel revealed by metallurgic testing. Phoenix steel was used in thousands of Italian made guns at the time and Fabbri getting two bad blanks can only be the worst of luck.
If one of the Phoenix barreled Fabbri guns came my way I would be delighted to shot it with any kind of loads whatever and feel no qualms. I suspect that two or three, maybe more even, of my Perazzis have Phoenix steel in them being of the same era.
BFD


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