Mike,
I think you are probably right. Looking closely at some other photos, it seems they are at least plum. For some reason, I thought it had a nearly perfect blue/black, but I see that is not the case.

Kutter, thanks so much for this description. As always, your posts make perfect sense. I have never done Damascus and have not etched barrels like that - I know very little about it, though I followed Oscar Gaddy's posts closely when he talked about the process. Once upon a time, I had some articles he had written about it.

I am tempted to give that a try, but right now, I am in the middle of moving north to a more hospitable climate and time is short. My new shop will take some work to get ready, so I am racing to get this done in the old shop while I tear down everything inside it and haul it piecemeal up the road 300+ miles.

I would not have expected damascus on a light gun that was proofed for 1.25 oz.

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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