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Originally Posted by Alfred Greeson
Sorry to be a new member but here in Tennessee we have swamps, have on occasion after drinking too much shine woke up in a swamp, spent too much time out on a ridge drinking shine and wandered down into a swamp but have never looked down a barrel and seen a swamp.
What is a swamp in your barrels?
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Alfred - usage of the term "swamped" originated with the Kentucky rifle. As has been said here by Mr. Osthaus, it refers to a heavy breeched barrel that tapers along its length. This enabled the early barrel makers who hammered out long barrels on a mandrel using wrought iron to balance the gun and maintain the strength of a thick breech. Look down the barrel of your Parker and you will see a degree of flare from the breech to the muzzles. The men who did this by hand with files were true artisans.
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