Gun and rifle maker James Purdey & Sons has completed a 20-bore shotgun made almost entirely from a special Damascus steel using a powder metallurgy method.
The gun uses a high tech powder metallurgy method to fuse two grades of steel to produce a gun with super-high tolerances. Modelled on the classic Woodward/Purdey over-and-under game gun, a design developed over the past 100 years, Purdey believes its new Damascus gun is a world first in using this steel for all external…
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