Originally Posted By: gjk
So I'm curious George...what did you find?


In good light and with magnification, what I had always thought to be some sort of damascus pattern appears to be a liberal application of cold blue to cover old barrel blemishes. Both barrels seem to be steel.

I need to be more careful about things I think I already know. Sometimes what I already know is wrong.



I apologize for misleading the posters here. Oh well, at least I can quit flinching now when I light up one of those big .43 Mauser cartridges...Geo

Last edited by Geo. Newbern; 07/16/16 04:50 PM. Reason: corrected caliber