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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4365200" data-attributes="member: 46104">Ditto on looking for fissures in bore, but WR used no second rate Belgian damascus and knew what they were about. Folk in the UK continue to successfully submit quality damascus for proof testing, and if mirror bores and chambers I'd shoot it without hesitation. Be aware it was chambered for brass and paper shells using a brass crimp or paper roll crimp, and likely not room for modern plastic stab crimp to unfurl without intruding into throat, partially blocking and raising pressures, and so chamber would likely (if not done already) need lengthening for plastic shells, and shoot loads truly equiv to BP pressure...and, of course, ZERO steel.Be sure to tap upper/lower ribs listening for dead/loose spots.Nice old guns can also be a money sucking black hole if stock head oil soaked and crumbling under locks and around tang out of sight. If you don't know what your are doing, best to pass. You might check for smokeless proof marks if considering modern shells.</blockquote>