Given enough demand, I'm sure the technology is there or could be developed to do a production damascus gun. But given that the sxs gun itself is a low production or often custom gun, the demand for production numbers of damascus barrels per year will never likely be high enough to warrant any level of mass production. After all, it's art, not function.
My guess is, if hundreds of thousands of modern guns had damascus barrels, the novelty would be gone for most that are currently interested.
Also remember, damascus has more of a negative stigma with the general shooting public than a positive one. It'd be like trying to sell Edsels. Sure the 'enthusiasts' would be standing in line, but it'd be a pretty short line in the scheme of mass production numbers.
Just my take on our little interest.
Last edited by Chuck H; 10/14/08 03:28 PM.
