Gents,
Thanks for your answers. The 1930's is what I was thinking also about the warnings in gun articles and I guess the shell boxes were soon after that, however I did not know. Some of the last damascus barreled guns were made in the 1920's on special order by Parker and Ithaca. I have 2 Ithacas, one made in 1909 with damascus barrels and the other in 1912 with with twist barrels. I know they were catalog items (at that time) and both guns are marked "Nitro Powder Proved" on the barrels. I did not know about damascus still being produced in Belgium during the 1930's; somehow I thought WW1 brought an end to damascus production and any guns made with those barrels after that were from left over stock.
Jack K
Last edited by Jack K; 09/13/12 02:48 PM.
