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Offline cowboys1062

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Swamped barrel ?
« on: April 21, 2015, 05:43:50 AM »
I have a question. I was on the TOW website and saw a muzzleloader for sale that says it has a swamped barrel. I dont know what a swamped barrel is. Can anyone tell me what swamped means?
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Re: Swamped barrel ?
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2015, 09:58:36 AM »
This is an extreme description, but a swamped barrel has a (somewhat) exterior "hour glass" shape which makes the barrel lighter.

Green Mountain and Colerain Swamped Octagon Barrels, Pecatonica River Long Rifle Supply
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Re: Swamped barrel ?
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2015, 11:30:15 AM »
Thankyou for the reply! The information you gave me pretty well sums it up. I have read where other members were building muzzleloaders and they talked about the swamped barrels but I really didnt know what it was and now I know. Again, thanks for the education. cowboys1062.
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Re: Swamped barrel ?
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2015, 01:49:42 PM »
A better term is probably, "tapered and flared".  Other than a rifle for offhand targets, etc, I wouldn't have one built these days without a "swamped" barrel; they're that good.  Three of mine are swamped; the other two are straight.
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Re: Swamped barrel ?
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2015, 02:35:39 PM »
Nother Question??
        Were these barrels period correct to a certain time in history?
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Re: Swamped barrel ?
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2015, 02:44:29 PM »
Oh yes, they are correct for rifles until you get to plains rifles and trade rifles.  Some of those were tapered but most were straight.
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Re: Swamped barrel ?
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2015, 02:59:27 PM »
PD,
    Thanks
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