1. There is no doubt that one has to look at each gun and make certain as much as possible that there are no defects to increase the risk of accidents.
2. There is no doubt that one should use the lowest pressure load that does the job, like in any shotgun or common situation.
3. Even so, accidents will happen.
What I propose is a study.
Can we gather enough info to put together a database to predict rate of accidents and to discover/clarify causes?
End goal is Probability of accidents. We have to define accidents, but it would be something like barrel burst or bulge, etc.
Population: our damascus guns. THis could be further specified in measurements of chamber/bore/wall thickness, condition, etc.
Events: how many rounds we have shot through and what ammo do we use.
Prospective study: designed between today as a starting point and next years April 20th.
Retrospective: Maybe shooters like Stallones and Bonehill can gather data from their experience.
Double Blind study: Impossible. However, the bad events can be/should be reported as cold info.
Are these data hard to achieve?
