Thank you Toby and 16SXS to confirm this. Again from 3 rd. hand report a 12 ga. and a compresson form commercial load. the whole side of chamber blew out from the breach to frontof hinge pin. Several known people there and the shooter tho not hurt badly was stunned for a period. No posts so far on the parker site? We never here much of damascus failurse and it always seem blamed ion barrel obstructions before experts evaluete.