I am happy with 0.100 at the end of the chambers in my Damascus guns. I wouldn't shoot modern magnum loads through them however. I certainly wouldn't shoot 3-1/2" mag 10 loads in a a gun that wasn't designed for them.
If I wanted to proof a gun I would find a cartridge recipe that gave me half again the pressure over the regular cartridges I planned to use in the gun. I would handload that load. I would get a table I could sacrifice and some sandbags to hold the gun in place. After I had the gun bagged down on top of the table I would run a string back behind a wall or vehicle and fire the gun from there.
Sending the gun to England to have it proofed is an option too.
Best,
Mike
Last edited by AmarilloMike; 07/23/08 10:20 PM.
