The could be a safety issue depending on the size of the bulge Jim. How noticeable is the bulge can you see it with your eyes, or just feel it with your fingers? People can actually feel differences of as little as .001 inch with their fingers. Even better, get a good caliper, or ask a local machinist if they will measure the bulge for you.
IMHO, if the bulge is several thousandths of an inch I would not consider the gun safe to shoot. Postino's suggestion to roll the barrel back down to its original diameter would have a lot of merit in that situation... and the barrel should not get longer to the point where it would be "too" long. If you can buy/borrow the tool, you would be basically returning the barrel back to the dimensions it had before it was stretched by the bulge. This would make the gun much safer to shoot. Perhaps GT could do that for you instead of shaving the barrel down?
Can you post a photo?
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