Barrels

[RoaringBull]

OK I'm gonna let my ignorance hang out a little and ask a question.  What is the difference between a regular barrel and a swamped barrel and why would I want one over the other?

[Mr Woodchuck]

Bull   ya need to come up ta Groundhog Mountain for finishun skool.
   Ya knowz whut a regular barrel is  ... a swamped barrel goes from wide at the breech   tapers down narrow   then back too wide back at de muzzle
Picture in ya mind a "SILLY PUTTY" BARREL being pulled at the ends
ya got it ?   Swamped doo hold nice
Make sure ya bring pen n paper too class

[RoaringBull]

get me a good job and I'll move up there for finishin skool.....goin back to college this fall,gonna be a colej studint

[Mr Woodchuck]

I think the steel mill is hiring ...

[Chaffa Hosa]

Check this out for swamped barrel
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(ylhs1uuzin3mzwfhs3l3qm2u))/categories/partList.aspx?catID=14&subID=142&styleID=506

[RoaringBull]

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[Chaffa Hosa]

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Don't get lost on track of the wolf

[RoaringBull]

EVER TIME I go there I get lost.........

[karwelis]

man once you try a rifle with a swamped barrel theres no goin back. there so light, and well ballenced i mean WOW!

karwelis

[mongrel]

The 44" swamped Getz on the rifle I just finished was -- indescribable. The lightness and perfect balance of a rifle so long almost defies the laws of Nature. Swamped barrels are expensive but worth every penny if you can somehow see your way clear to pony up for one.

To describe it mathematically, take a "C" weight 42" swamped barrel. Starts off 1 1/16" at the breech, narrowing until at a point roughly 3/4 along toward the muzzle it's 13/16". This narrow section (called the waist) is about 9" long and it flares again (slightly) to 7/8" at the muzzle. In addition to being slender out where you don't need extra weight, the swamped is ounce-for-ounce stronger than any straight barrel because of its bulk at the breech.

According to Frank, a tapered barrel -- much the same as a swamped, but without the subtle widening of the barrel at its muzzle end -- handles just as nicely, but tapered barrels aren't near as common (at least not on guns around here) and I haven't had the pleasure of handling one yet.