Longest Barrel (on a Contemporary rifle)

[smokinbuck]

Moderator's Note:

Dave Fox started a thread in the Antique Gun Collecting Forum with the following post.

I've a weakness for really long American long rifles. What's the longest-barrelled piece you've encountered. Photos, please.

A number of replies to the above question showed modern-made guns, so this new thread was created for those.  Enjoy.

-Ron

I have a Netting fowling piece with a 72" barrel and overall length of 7'4".   

Mark

[Cades Cove Fiddler]

  .... my olde Soddy Tennessee match gun has a cut rifled & hand lapped 64"  .40 cal. barrel,... she is 1" longer than the famous Jake Keedy gun,...  I like the old long barreled Tennessee "across the Log" shooting match rifles,....  "Great Sport",... !!! ... regards, ... Cades Cove Fiddler

[Stoner creek]

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.... my olde Soddy Tennessee match gun has a cut rifled & hand lapped 64"  .40 cal. barrel,... she is 1" longer than the famous Jake Keedy gun,...  I like the old long barreled Tennessee "across the Log" shooting match rifles,....  "Great Sport",... !!! ... regards, ... Cades Cove Fiddler

And a handsome young lad toting that handsome rifle.

[PPatch]

That thing outta have wheels on it Fiddler! Awesome!

dave

[Joe S.]

Yup,And a pair of stilts to load her

[David R. Pennington]

My most recent build has a 48” .45 caliber barrel (new old stock, rifled in 1973). Pales in comparison to the fiddlers piece but I shot a pretty good off hand group with it yesterday. I did have someone seriously ask me how I was going to load it seeing it’s nearly as tall as I am. I told them I just wanderr around in the woods till I find a stump to climb up on.

[diamante]

You got me Fiddler. My Paul Griffith .45 caliber’s barrel is only 62”. It’s fun to shoot but a pain in the you know what to load(20gr 3f + 80gr 1f, .451 ball pocket drill patch) and plenty of elbow room!