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Damascus barrel
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Damascus
barrel
(
plural
Damascus barrels
)
(
firearms
)
A gun
barrel
formed by
twisting
and
welding
strips of
metal
around a hard
die
; no longer commonly used now due to its inability to handle high cartridge
pressure
on modern ammunition.