"The ones that blow just blow...when no one can say."
That is a complete myth.
You ever read the many threads on this? The Bell articles? Drew's Damascus site?
You show us a 'mysterious Damascus failure' and we'll tell you why it failed.
Obstruction
Overloaded cartridge
Nitro Sporting load in a blackpowder era gun
Failure to STOP shooting when the gun gave ample warning of something wrong
Usually, the Damascus failures are easier to explain than when a new modern gun bearing Italian superior proof fails with new CIP specification shells. That happens too.
Risk cannot be entirely eliminated from this endeavor, but there's such a thing as seeing threats where none exist.
