OK Lowell, thanks for the clarification. I respect one's right to a different opinion, but must admit I am still having a hard time understanding that he will be able to tell a difference in handling if liners are installed, but he's considering having them SLEEVED with all-new tubes from the chambers up, and they'll handle the same as before? I'd think that sleeved barrels would "throw the whole mix outta whack" worse than lined ones, and now they don't have any pattern, and if you look close you can see the joint. The possibility of a donor damascus tube from another gun sleeved to this one helps retain the pattern and even helps hide the sleeve joint, but it's still gonna be a lot different than the Holland tube it replaces (plus it screws-up an innocent donor gun). Oh, well. I'm very sympathetic to the plight, having experienced finding a (thought to be) fatal, un-fixable flaw in a barrel of a favorite damascus gun. Fortunately, I wound up being able to fix it with some help, and I'm sure he will come up with a workable solution, too. This discussion is valuable in that all the options are weighed on their merits, and different experiences are shared.
