Originally Posted by
duckey
I have a Colerain "C" barrel picked out. Colerain also offers a straight octagonal barrel which is the same as what I have chosen minus the tapering (I am assuming the tapering is what categorizes it as swamped). Now the barrel I picked out is labeled as a "swamped Barrel.....the same straight Colerain barrel is not labeled as a swamped barrel. Now when a barrel (whether straight or swamped) is set in a full-length stock...no one well see the tapering...or will they? The straight octagonal barrel is about $45 cheaper than the swamped. Is it worth going with a swamped? These barrels are on Track of the Wolf.