Thread: Swamping a muzzleloader barrel.

Well here's are a few tips for those interested in swamping a muzzleloader barrel.

This is not a How-To
It's just a few images of the one I've just done and a bit of a heads up on the time it takes
I probably have more machinery than most guys, but its really not a huge advantage

To start with I'm swamping a 26" long .75" caliber 1:60" straight octagonal barrel for a Jaeger rifle build



I did rough a bit off on my milling machine.
But you can't work lengthwise because its a constantly changing curve

So I cut the waist ( narrowest point slightly more than 1/4 back from the muzzle

I worked to the muzzle from the waist, tilting the mill head toward the muzzle in a series of flats on a constantly changing arc.



Then I worked out from the waist to near the breech
A much gentler, longer curve and I really didn't take enough out here.