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I recommend Trick Magic Item (perhaps replacing Terrifying Resistance), and then use wands of heightened longstrider (when you can afford them) which gets you +10 status bonus to your Speed. Drop Swashbuckler’s Speed.
I think Opportune Riposte is overrated in general, more so for a giant-instinct barbarian with their low AC, since few attacks will critically fail. Drop Swashbuckler’s Riposte.
Maybe Basic Flair – Flying Blade and Finishing Precision? That should get you some damage back.
Is Raging Thrower meant for throwing something other than cards? Because for throwing the cards, it is only doing 1 point of damage. If there is something else you are throwing, then that would be fine.
Other than that, it looks like you are building a switch hitter. Either big melee damage, or precision ranged damage. I don't see anything wrong with that though. You might look into Finishing Precision so that you can do something more with that Panache that you get - something that will help the cards deal damage enough to justify using them. I would get that in preference to the Swashbuckler's Speed.
I would put another feat instead of Swashbuckler speed as it's a 5feet increase only (become 10 with panache and 5 without, when you already have 5 with panache without the feat), that makes the Fast Movement feat from Barbarian better in my opinion if you want speed.
Maybe Basic Flair – Flying Blade and Finishing Precision? That should get you some damage back.
D'oh. And Flying Blade needed too. Absolutely.
I think Opportune Riposte is overrated in general, more so for a giant-instinct barbarian with their low AC, since few attacks will critically fail. Drop Swashbuckler’s Riposte.
Lower AC is a problem, but with MAP you will still get critical fails to attack. If they don't use those attacks then its done its job.
What sort of Pirate Captain doesn't get Riposte
Its too much on theme to ignore.
Is Raging Thrower meant for throwing something other than cards? Because for throwing the cards, it is only doing 1 point of damage. If there is something else you are throwing, then that would be fine.With Giant Instinct it's adding 3, and at 7th it's adding 5.
My ideal is to deal acceptable damage at range.
Are these giant sized cards then? I was figuring that you were going for a normal giant melee weapon and using the cards as a ranged option.
If you are using the cards as your primary attack and not having a giant melee weapon, that is going to change things.
Though I am not entirely sure that you couldn't have both a giant melee weapon and giant cards. Though that would be up to GM to give you access to both - Giant Instinct only gives access to one (at least from the singular pronouns being used), though it doesn't appear to give any restrictions on using any other giant weapons that you find.
So we're using an oversized deck of playing cards.
Throwing around A-4 sized playing cards made of 10-gauge sheet metal. Awesome.
Giant melee weapon also, or just the cards?
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OK. I would definitely recommend Flying Blade and Finishing Precision then. That will improve your damage quite a bit. Keep Raging Thrower since you are throwing giant sized weapons. It will get halved because of the Agile trait. (If it didn't need to be PFS legal, I would see about houseruling that those A-4 sized playing cards shouldn't have the Agile trait)
And if you are going for primarily ranged attacks, you might consider trading down some of that STR bonus to increase WIS. Better perception (default initiative) and Will Save. I haven't fully looked at everything that you have listed or know what else you are planning for the character though, so I will leave the tradeoff analysis for you.
Also, like Kyrone mentioned, the Barbarian's Fast Movement is better than Swashbuckler's Speed since it is 10 ft all the time you are raging, rather than only when you have Panache. Also check into Furious Sprint and Determined Dash for added mobility.