Thread: Reloading for black powder

Taking any metal out of a Damascus barrel for the sake of polishing out some pitting would relegate it to wall hanger in my opinion, in fact I have a nice sidelock here I'm afraid to use for that reason. I wasn't aware of it until I ran maybe 100+ nitro loads through it (it is nitro proofed but machined out too thin to get rid of pitting) and I was beginning to notice some existing bulges and creases slowly growing