What is the longest cartridge firing surplus rifle?

[onlycrimson]

As the title says. My Turk Mauser is pretty damn long. What's longest?

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[vintage hunter]

Depends on how far back you want to go. The 3 longest I have: 1884 Trapdoor-52 1/8'', Westinghouse M1891 Mosin Nagant- 51 1/2'', Japanese Type 38- 50 1/8'', all minus the bayonet. Shortest: Venezuelan 7mm carbine- 37 3/8''.

[jmoore]

Possibly the M1866 Allen conversion. Same length as the 1863 rifled musket. (Which length I don't remember.) Or a Snider.

[villiers]

Depends on how far back you want to go. The 3 longest I have: 1884 Trapdoor-52 1/8'', Westinghouse M1891 Mosin Nagant- 51 1/2'', Japanese Type 38- 50 1/8'', all minus the bayonet. Shortest: Venezuelan 7mm carbine- 37 3/8''.

Woops! My Bavarian Army Werder Cavalry Carbine is 80 cm. long (30 1/2 inches)

(The British Army L22A1 is even less: 709mm - 27.9 in)

[Peter Laidler]

Boys anti-tank....................

[Patrick Chadwick]

The longest I can offer is:

BPCR - the Mauser M1871 at 53" precisely (i.e. to a 1/16")

Smokeless - the Swiss G96/11 at 51 5/8"


The Mauser M1918 anti-tank rifle was 66 1/8" long. The cartridge was 5 3/16" long. How long was the Boys?

Patrick

[gsimmons]

The Boys is 62.4 in. Long.

[jmoore]

The 1865 and 1666 Allen conversions ar 56" long. Which is pretty long for a shoulder fired (whilst standing)rifle.

What about the Polish Anti-tank rifle? It's pretty long, too. According to the "internets" it's 1760mm or 69 1/4".

[RobSmith]

20mm lahti ?

The thing is huge, yet still is a "rifle".

[Kirk]

Chinese Jingal or Jingel at 7 or 8 feet. Vintage Semi-Automatic Sporting Rifles - Chinese Jingal rampart gun

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