Dr.Oscar Gaddy who wrote about redoing damascus barrels in the Double Gun Journal recommended useing Ferric Chloride to etch the barrels. He has now passed on to a better life. If anyone wants a copy of those articles they can contact the DGJ and get them. He was the one responsible for just about all the activity and interest in redoing damascus barrel SxS's here in the USA. With gun barrels, as well as the damascus knives I make, when bring out the damascus pattern anything finer than a 400 grit finish is unnecessary because the action of the Ferric Chloride and browning solutions will get rid of any scratch marks. His articles are a very good read explaining the whole process.
Last edited by Paul Harm; 01/07/13 07:00 PM.
