Sounds like a load of "hooey" BUT- My A.J. Aubrey 12 bore 30" Damascus barrels give amazing patterns with RST 2&1/2" No 8 paper loads, and not just on paper either- I love smacking incoming "Arch-angel" barn pigeons, and this Aubrey, grade unknown to me, has both barrels that pattern as tightly with my L.C. Smith Ideal "LONGRANGE" , shooting the same exact shells- One thing I can't figure out re: the A.J. Aubrey gun, there is no visible expansion joint on the top rib, near the receiver end- RWTF


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