Keith said it best "at some point it's all a leap of faith". It all boils down to the presumptions you're comfortable living with.
The propaganda of the late 1930s about composite barrels was very effective in that it generated a deep distrust of the technology involved for my grandfather's generation onward. I forget now where I read it but Michael Macintosh reportedly never got comfortable with any type of damascus firearms, he just got comfortable with "not shrieking about them".
It's clearly a hard habit to break.
I have a science background and it's how I made my living. While I'm not claiming any specific expertise here, I do know how to satisfy my own curiosities and concerns and I have done just that (purely for my own selfish reasons). If you aren't comfortable with the use of composite barrels....then don't.
The options to not use them are endless.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 02/20/26 11:17 AM.
