Want to see a fascinating movie about making damascus barrels?
Here:
http://damascus-barrels.com/Movie.html
Saw this in a class on restoring damascus shotgun barrels last summer. The level of work that could be accomplished by some of the barrel houses around Liege, Belgium, with nothing but manual labor and forges is amazing.
>> The level of work that could be accomplished by some of the barrel houses around Liege, Belgium, with nothing but manual labor and forges is amazing.
And of course the modern descendent of those businesses is FN Herstal, who also had long association with John Moses Browning, to tie things back to the USA.