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(R) (L) MUZZLE: .037 .049 9" from muzzle: .021 .035 16" " ": .030 .051 Breech: .146 .157 6" from breech: .055 .075 9" " ": .031 .052 These are 28.5" damascus with light pitting. To me there such a big difference in the two barrels. The dent is in the left tube. I would hate to scrap these out, and will consider black powder or alternatives. What you guys think? Can the dent to repaired? Do you need other measurments to form a opinion?  
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Distance from the breech to dent might be useful (cowboy action shooting with a coach gun can be habit forming).  That dent looks quite deep and with barrel pitting to boot, I wouldn't bother with these.
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Battle,
Can you email me the pics? these are just not clear enough or large enough.
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Assuming the dent is somewhere in the middle of the barrels, the dent looks like it could be removed with opposing wedges or a hydraulic expander. With the opposing wedges, I use a concave brass block on the outside and hammer on it (with the wedges inside) to remove the last of the dent, more or less.
cheers Doug
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I don't trust damascus barrels to begin with, let alone after a big dent has been jacked out. That dent looks like it almost goes through the barrel. I would be afraid the steel would be fatigued after removing a dent like that. You might want to check with a really good gunsmith before you shoot it.
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Looks like its been shot with a .22 !
From the pics it looks like the metal has also been severely stretched (too far to raise a dent successfully even on steel, never mind damascus)- personally I wouldn't entertain a repair on this...
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Had you posted this on April first, we'd be OTFL. 
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A hack saw would definatly fix it.
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Battle,
Lots of sceptical comments, but send me some better pics by email and I'll post them to let these guys see it better and I'll let you know what I think too. My instinct says it's probably salvageable.
Jimmy, there won't be fatigue from the one deformation. It would be yielded (stretched) or a combination of yield and failed. I'm guessing it is only slightly stretched. Oscar was successful in using fluorescent magnaflux to inspect a damascus barrel. I'd recommend it too, based on what is found upon firsthand visual inspection. Magnaflux shouldn't cost much.
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Hey, Chuck, do you think there is a niche for someone to specialize in Non-Destructive Examination of shotgun barrels? Or is the liability of NDE-based advice just too much for anyone to take on in our wonderful lawyer-driven world? (Or does someone specialize in this already?)
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