Though carefully crafted, Damascus barrels were held in deep skepticism by American shotgunners. Beautiful, yes, but never shoot it. Why not? About 1000 AD, crusading knights returning from the Holy Land brought back wild tales, algebra, oranges, hashish, harem girls and steel so special they named it after the city where they found it—Damascus. History…

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