Well if he is talking about shooting Wally World type modern factory shells he is right they are not safe to shoot. If he is talking about worn out guns with heavily pitted barrels or barrels honed so thin that they are paper thin the he is right again. If he is talking about shooting reloads in them of such poor quality, that most Skeet shooters seem to shoot on a regular basis, then he is most like right again.
Now if he is talking about guns with no pits, not honed to death, using the proper type and pressure level loads in barrels that have been inspected by a competent gunsmith then he is wrong. I was very timid when I started shooting Damascus barrels about 20K ago. Now I just use the right shells win guns in proper conditions and enjoy the heck out of them.
Blanket statements are used by experts and fools. The difference, if their is one, is that experts want to be paid for their opinions, even when they are wrong, fools give us their expert opinions for free right or wrong.
I take his reasons and opinions with a large grain of salt. Safe is safe and it is up to the operator to make sure things are as safes as possible. I hope his expert opinions do decrease the prices of a couple of guns that I am looking at. Maybe if I forward the article the seller will cut his prices in half.
