Inletting a swamped barrel advice

[RU shooter]

I have been entertaining building another flintlock and sorta figuring things out in my head . And one of the things I've always wanted is a lightweight swamped barrel . What I'm thinking about is a semi short lightweight 36 cal I've found a 36" mildly swamped barrel that would work .812 breach .700 at waist and .750 at muzzle . My issue is gonna be I don't have the talents or setup to build from a plank so I have to go the precarve route and most I've found are cut for the .812 (13/16)straight barrel . So would he be possible with acceptable results to pre stain and glue in thin strips of wood in the barrel channel where needed and then work it to fit the swamp profile ? To my mind there's not that much wood showing on that edge anyways once it's shaped to final form . Thoughts from the experienced ? The stock I was thinking about using is the Becks boys rifle from Pecatonica

[waksupi]

The problem you could run into, is if you take as much wood off the forend as you should, the strips would be likely to show. Sometimes it would work out, other times.....

[Walla2]

What is a "swamped barrel?"

[megasupermagnum]

What is a "swamped barrel?"

AKA tapered and flared. It tapers down until a few inches from the end, then expands again to the muzzle. It's is like a tapered barrel, but the muzzle is left larger so the sights still line up. It is also how a lot of old guns were made.

Depending on how much you are willing to spend, every kit I looked at, they were willing to inlet a swamped barrel for me. I'm not sure how hard it would be to find a 36" swamped barrel though. Lots at 38" swamped, and quite a few at 31".

[Der Gebirgsjager]

I doubt if there's a truly easy way. The barrel channel of the stock you buy would have to be smaller than the barrel you want to use for it's full length. Then it's the old method of coating the bottom of the barrel with inletting black or Prussian blue, setting it in the channel (on the channel to begin with) and giving it a couple of light whacks with a wooden mallet, removing the barrel, scraping away the areas where the black marked the wood, and then doing it all over again, many times, until it's where you want it to be. I know of no other way to get a truly custom fit.

DG

[godzilla]

Have a stock inletted for your barrel? Couple places offer that service iirc.

[RU shooter]

The problem you could run into, is if you take as much wood off the forend as you should, the strips would be likely to show. Sometimes it would work out, other times.....

Very good point Sir . that's one issue I didn't think through . Maybe if it was inlet straight for 3/4"it would be easier as the gap would only be 1/32 or less per side at the waist . Thats about the thinkness I aim for at the top of the forestock .