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NitroX
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What's the difference?
#179162 - 15/04/11 05:39 PM

What's the difference between a Damascus Barrel and a Twist Weld Barrel on a shotgun?

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Re: What's the difference? [Re: NitroX]
#179165 - 15/04/11 07:38 PM

From my understanding they are 'usually' one and the same but not always. Twist weld refers to the method of forming a barrel from a strip of steel which may or may not be damascus steel showing the distinctive pattern associated with steel fashioned by the damascus method. Some barrels were twist welded with normal steel which would only show the twist pattern from the welded joints. It was not unheard of for some normal steel twist barrels to be given a fake damascus pattern to raise the value of the firearm.

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Re: What's the difference? [Re: eagle27]
#181446 - 13/05/11 10:49 AM

Not that I want to direct traffic away from NE.com, but here's an interesting website that contains much historical information:

http://damascus-barrels.com/

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Re: What's the difference? [Re: CptCurl]
#181466 - 13/05/11 04:55 PM

I think Greener had some examples in one of his books (somewhere at home).

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Re: What's the difference? [Re: CptCurl]
#181495 - 14/05/11 01:08 AM

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Not that I want to direct traffic away from NE.com, but here's an interesting website that contains much historical information:

http://damascus-barrels.com/

Curl

Curl, thanks for posting that.

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