It's a good tool.
All we need is a table with the moduli of all the various Damascus incarnations.
Then, a person can match pattern to pressure levels.
Doesn't even need to be destructive, just thorough.
I wonder what the cost might be for the glue on gauges for 2-300 tests?
Steam catapults on American aircraft carriers were different than Soviet catapults. One of which ( I can't remember which) subjected the pilot to huge G forces at launch, which tapered off as they left the deck. The other modulated the G's, delivering the same airspeed at the end of the flight deck, but with a conscious pilot.
Propellants can do the same thing in firearms.
All the more reason to be sure of where and for how long pressures are exerted.
