D.Wales. 6 Bore

[Army Issue]

I have a D.(Durrant) Wales shotgun 6Bore 7" shells "not for ball" Damascus barrel half engraved hammered single barrel break open shotgun. It's huge, gotta be 5 I found out that D. Wales was in business from 1868 to 1909.

If I can figure out how to post a photo I will.
I'm toying with the idea of getting ammo made for it but still a Little Chicken about it.
How do you figure out what this beast is valued is?

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[Army Issue]

Few pics
CAM00275 | Pieter Driest | Flickr

[Merle]

personally, damascus barrels make me nervous. too much time has elapsed to allow minute imperfections to get larger.....

[Army Issue]

I've added a few more pics on the Flikr.
I didnt know that about Damascus barrels, I guess it I get a shell made it will start of pretty low charged.

[Youngblood]

I would wait until I determined a value for that pup prior to making a decision on whether or not to shoot it.

Thanks for the pics!