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Baker Batavia Leader

GUNFUNCOGUNFUNCO Member Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭
edited April 2004 in Ask the Experts
I have a Baker Double barrel 16 gauge damascus barrelled Batavia Leader shotgun. I took it to a show this past weekend and had a bunch of lookers. I've heard some Damascus guns were tested with loads that would allow shooting with smokeless powder loads. A couple people indicated that they would have no reservations about shooting light field loads in my gun and I know it had been done by the former owners son in the past. Any thoughts on how safe this would be or any proof marks that I should look for? Thanks!
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  • nordnord Member Posts: 6,106 ✭
    edited November -1
    There are no nitro proofs. The barrels weren't designed for smokeless loads. Pressure curves are totally different between black and smokeless. Tubes are now a century old.

    That being said... Go ahead and shoot all the smokeless loads you feel like. Just let me know where you'll be doing this so I can be somewhere else.

    Perhaps the best news I can give is that damascus tubes don't usually suffer a burst in the way we tend to imagine. Most times they just start to delaminate without taking part of your hand or face.

    Nord
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  • laxcoachlaxcoach Member Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take Nord's good advice !!!!!!
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