I've had one for many years. My Uncle, God rest his soul, gave it to me. I was just a kid. Dad and I took it to the then-world-famous, Simmons Gun Specialties in Olathe, Kansas and they said it had a Damascus Barrel and not to shoot it with anything but light loads. I've shot it before but haven't for many, many years. I wouldn't shoot it, even with light loads. Too many good shotguns available cheap to take the chance. You'd hear about lots of guys blowing up Damascus barreled shotguns, when I was a kid.