Swamped barrel

[Crow#21957]

I'm looking at a 38 in. 32 can swamped A weight . The A weight I don't understand. What's the diff in A B weight. You think this would make a nice squirrel gun. Can I get a prepare for this? I can build them with pre carves just never had a Swamped barrel.
How noticeably lighter would it feel.

 

[rich pierce]

I'm looking at a 38 in. 32 can swamped A weight . The A weight I don't understand. What's the diff in A B weight. You think this would make a nice squirrel gun. Can I get a prepare for this? I can build them with prepares just never had a Swamped barrel.
How noticeably lighter would it feel.

Check out barrel dimensions of swamped barrels at Rice barrel company. A and B barrels differ in diameter at the breech. A is smaller in diameter than B, and B less than C, and so on.

I’m going to guess you meant “precarve”. Check out Pecatonica.

 

[Crow#21957]

Thanks Rich.
And u changed that to pre carves

 

[HSmithTX]

Swamped barrel precarve I would not get the lock inlet done. It will not be good if the barrel and lock don’t line up well, with a straight barrel you can move it back, forward, up or down but you can’t move the swamped barrel back or forward once it’s down without without a ton of workaround. The lighter the barrel the less swamping takes out for total weight and the less muzzle weight they lose compared to heavier barrels. But they still feel better to me.

 

[Crow#21957]

So a 32 cal 42 in long in A weight should feel pretty good compared to straight 13/16 th

 

[deerstalkert]

if you can inlet a straight barrel you can do a swamped. process is the same. follow the inletting black.
i did a rice barrel that started with swamped octagonal for the first 10 inches, then a wedding ring, then 22 inches of tapering round.
wife kept asking what the clumps of hair were in the shop but i got it done.

 

[Crow#21957]

That's a sharp looking gun. What stain did you use. I have gotten away from aquafortis and such. All I use is laurel mnt stains.

 

[smoothshooter]

I love swamped barrels, but would never attempt to inlet one myself.
I am the Poster Boy for patience, but the 30 days or more it would take for me to do that one thing ( after ruining several stocks ) and getting it right are too much for even me dealing with all those diverging angles and diameters. And I am pretty good with hand tools and attention to detail.
It would be Woodworker’s Hell for almost all of us.
I’ll gladly pay someone else good money to do it that has done a bunch of them and can knock one out in a couple of days.

 

[stubshaft]

I love swamped barrels NOT for the weight savings (if any) but rather for the balance that it imparts on the rifle. When shooting one offhand it just seems to "hang: right on target,

 

[Crow#21957]

Smoothshooter you got me thinking. I need to call pecatonica.I was under the impression that with a precarve the would need moved back until it line up with the inlet then the lock would need inletted. Maybe I'm dreaming.

 

[billraby]

I love swamped barrels, but would never attempt to inlet one myself.
I am the Poster Boy for patience, but the 30 days or more it would take for me to do that one thing ( after ruining several stocks ) and getting it right are too much for even me dealing with all those diverging angles and diameters. And I am pretty good with hand tools and attention to detail.
It would be Woodworker’s Hell for almost all of us.
I’ll gladly pay someone else good money to do it that has done a bunch of them and can knock one out in a couple of days.

Swamped barrel is not any harder to inlet than a straight one.

 

[longhunter 1776]

I have bought from pecatonic longrifles for years and used swamped barrels with no problem it their precarved stocks,71 rifles I have done most all swamped barrels thats all i use, the A weight is the lightest B is heavy ,most all mine even up to the .50s are A weight,.now that 32 will be heavier due to its small bore but once you shoulder it,,it balances fine.You could go to a 3/4 inch barrel in .32,straight i used this in the .40s and the .36s i build ask for doug ,,mickey

 

[smoothshooter]

Swamped barrel is not any harder to inlet than a straight one.

I don’t see how that could possibly be true.
Gun builders charge more for inletting swamped barrels.
No factory guns come with one.

 

[billraby]

Here is some video of how to do it. It is simple.

 

[longhunter 1776]

I don’t see how that could possibly be true.
Gun builders charge more for inletting swamped barrels.
No factory guns come with one.

 

[longhunter 1776]

I know done them before , but most my stocks come pre inlet wich the barrels still dont fit,,but its just a lot of sanding,,then they drop in eaisly,,mickey

 

[deerstalkert]

That's a sharp looking gun. What stain did you use. I have gotten away from aquafortis and such. All I use is laurel mnt stains.

that was aqua fortis. nothing wrong with Laurel Mountain products. i use their browning solution exclusively.

 

[Crow#21957]

Just Af and heat , no stain

 

[45man]

It took me two weeks to fit my swamped barrel. Of course I started with a plank. It was indeed fun.

 

[deerstalkert]

no stain. just BLO rubbed in about 6 coats.