You have my sympathy Tony.
However this brings up a point I've made before. Proofing IMO is just a measure at a particular point in time that maintains barrels survived an overcharge. IMO; and I believe this is particularly true with older doubles and certainly damascus , it tells you next to nothing about future performance.
Using 75+ year old guns is a crapshoot pure and simple. I think most of us understand this when we sign on to this hobby.
Jim

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