Always like to see discussions on damascus.
I recently exchanged a couple of emails with Steve Culver on his making of a damascus gun barrel. It looked great and is fully functional.
I've been rolling ideas around my head for an all damascus rifle, including the barrel. It's quite an ambitious project, but I think it needs to be done. Modern steels and cleaner forge welding techniques open up a huge new avenue for firearms.
Damasteel is a great product, but it's not traditionaly forge welded steel. It's make in the powdered metalurgy process so the patterns are limited. I've used it for knives in the past and it is a clean and high quality product, but it will never look like the old damascus.
There is also the advancement of mosaic damascus by many bladesmiths. Some of the blades I have seen were extrememly complex and took weeks to forge the billet they were made from.
No reason an action couldn't be made with a dame scene forged in the steel. Lots of good stuff to explore
