Thanks Dr. Drew.
I've seen that before and I'm still not sure what I know about it (other than what I mentioned earlier). The photography of it looks pretty cool.
This is the best description I've seen so-far:
"Best Silver Steel Damascus barrels contain over 70% of the finest steel, and it is the systematic twisting and arrangement of the iron and steel bars, as they are welded together and beaten into a flat ribbon before being coiled into the form of a tube, that give the beautiful figure or pattern observed in a first-class twist barrel..."
WW Greener was famous for making a number of claims about his (and his father's) guns and sadly, I find it hard to separate the facts from all the "puffery". I guess I have surmised that "silver steel damascus" was the last attempt to make a composite steel barrel that would compete well with the more modern fluid steels of the period.
They can't be very common as I have never seen one in person (& I have tried to find one for years now).
Last edited by Lloyd3; 02/19/26 01:53 PM.
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