'Thanks, folks. Deepcreekdale, these barrels are not tapered. The original Bridger has a barrel 33 3/4" long, 1.185 ahead of the snail and 1.120 at the muzzle, .065 difference, half the thickness of a dime per side. Carl Walker of the GRRW who handled the original said "you can make that much difference with a file". It weighed 11 pounds 4 ounces, IIRC. Mine has a straight 1 1/8" (1.125) barrel 31" long (because that is the GRRW barrel I had to work with) and weighs 10 pounds 12 ounces. It is heavier than I can shoot now, with a torn rotator cuff. My Carson copy has a straight 1" barrel, because that is what I had on hand, though the original is perhaps 1 1/16". Don Stith gave the dimensions on here a year or so ago, and I can't find my notes at the moment. The Carson and my copy have a 31 1/2" long barrel ahead of the snail. I have not weighed my Carson copy, but it is a lot lighter than the Bridger and I can hold it to shoot it. If I made a Carson for myself, I'd use the 1" barrel for the lighter weight. Don, I know you have a Carson parts set but I wanted only a stock, and a suitable inletted precarve is not available. Rich, I do not know when the Carson rifle was made. Maybe Mountain Meek will call in with the answer, or someone else who knows. My next Carson from the stick has a tapered barrel, 1.125 x 1.010, I don't remember what kind, maybe a Rice, has 6 wide lands and grooves, 31 1/2" long.