Lloyd, as I understand it, twist type barrels were made by twisting iron and steel wires together at forging temps, while under hammering pressures...
the results were gun barrel products that were of varying metallurgical compositions, with varying levels of impurities left over from the heat/hammer forging process...
in other words, not all barrels were the same or similar and certainly, not all soldering compounds and fluxes were the same or similar...
so yes, maybe...
maybe some are better than others...
maybe some are safer than others...
but now, how do we really know what we are shooting...
after a hundred years or so...
we do know that these old guns were made to shoot cartridges loaded with black powder...
we also know, that by shooting them, we are slowly destroying them...
so, why not play it safe and preserve them by not shooting them a lot and if at all, use ammo loaded with black powder...
cause we can certainly agree, burning black powder smells wonderful in the morning, in the grouse woods...
Last edited by ed good; 02/18/26 06:14 PM.
