Green Mountain swamped barrels?

[JerryToth]

Halloo the camp!

I just got some info from Pecatonica about their Transitional rifles. One of the options that Dick Greensides offered was a Green Mountain swamped barrel.
The GM swamped sells at $160. The Getz and the Colerain swamped barrels sell at $225. He claims they are all 38" lengths...

Does anyone have experience or knowledge about the GM swamped barrels? Honestly, I didn't even know that GM made swamped barrels! I do have a GM straight barrel and the quality is there...

Anyone...

Regards,

Jerry

 

[C_Laubach]

Ironsights,
You can

 

[AgesofDays]

what is a swamped barrel?

 

a swamped barrel tapers from breech to a point about 2/3 down the barrel, then slowly flares back to slightly less than breech measurement (think less exagerated pilgim gun). Swamped barrels were standard on guns made before the early 1800' (all of the early and golden age guns). Swamped barrels have a grace and balance that straight barrels can not match.
If you go to most of the suppliers' sites they give the deminsions of most of the swamp profiles.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Swamped barrels from L.C. Rice

 

Well they only started making them( marketing ) last year,,

so the history book is still in the making on those gm swampers,,,,,

given GM's past though,, I don't see why they would be a bad deal. They do have a good rep for good shoters,,,