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Kansas Highwall Participating Member Offline Posts: 20 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	long barreled single shot rifle Jul 12^th, 2025 at 9:17pm	Print Post
	I know the H&R 1871 Buffalo Classic in 45/70 sports a 32 inch barrel but I read somewhere of a 34 inch barrel single shot but can't seem to locate it again. Any help provided would be appreciated. My 1885 Highwall has a 28 inch barrel. I can only imagine a rifle with 6 more inches!


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TomKlinger Full Member Offline Posts: 131 Location: Central Florida Joined: Feb 17^th, 2019	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #1 - yesterday at 6:57am	Print Post
	Most of the original Creedmoor rifles had 34” barrels…. Tom Klinger


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Drydock Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Joined: May 20^th, 2025	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #2 - yesterday at 9:42am	Print Post
	The Quigley Sharps has a 34" barrel. Both Shiloh and C Sharps have sold many 34" rifles. My 1877 is a 32"


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16879 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #3 - yesterday at 9:49am	Print Post
	I have probably six singleshot rifles with 34" barrels. A Ballard #7 Long-Range, Ballard Offhand, Remington Rolling Block Creedmoor, Hepburn Match B, another Hepburn Sporting Rifle, and some other rolling Block and Ballard rifles with 34" barrels. 34" barrels aren't common, but they were standard on certain models, and special order on many more. I've always been attracted to long barrels on singleshot rifles.

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830singleshot Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 439 Location: Texas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2007	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #4 - yesterday at 11:03am	Print Post
	Here's mine. Original Winchester 1885 38-55 with a #5 barrel, 36" long. My son will be 27 and a daddy in the next couple of months!

	J. Scott McCash&&New Braunfels, TX&&830-237-2376&&jsmccash@yahoo.com
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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3725 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #5 - yesterday at 2:35pm	Print Post
	830, that'n be a rifle for a real man to shoot. I have a pair of those with original barrels- a .32-40 with a #4 barrel of 32 inches and another in .30-40 having a #3 tube of 30 inches in length. Neither is a piece of cake offhand and of the two you can tell a huge difference. So, that very rare and ultra hefty rifle you have must be a doozy. I have seen but a few of them with three-foot barrels and none was a #5. Thanks for showing it


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830singleshot Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 439 Location: Texas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2007	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #6 - yesterday at 3:08pm	Print Post
	Thanks for the kind words If memory serves me, the # 5 barrel at 36" was the largest and heaviest cataloged barrel available. I understand Winchester made a few not cataloged. FYI, the bore is still perfect

	J. Scott McCash&&New Braunfels, TX&&830-237-2376&&jsmccash@yahoo.com
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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2884 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #7 - yesterday at 4:31pm	Print Post
	My impression was that the long barrels were used for back position shooting at long range.


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3725 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #8 - yesterday at 4:52pm	Print Post
	I always figured the long tubes were for possible velocity increases or recoil dampening, but mostly to gain a more advantageous sighting radius. Every little bit helps. Only a handful of long barreled rifles I see bear any resemblance to a true long range target rifle and have no provision for a sight on the stock to use in that position. My musings, not a studied assessment


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beltfed Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1788 Location: Central Wi Joined: Dec 20^th, 2007	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #9 - yesterday at 5:56pm	Print Post
	I believe back in the day, shotguns were made with long barrels (and very tight full chokes) "to reach out further" Also, muzzle loaders, such as the Pennsylvania rifles and military muskets were made with very long barrels. I could suppose the military muskets long barrels were for a long reach with bayonets attached..... beltfed/arnie


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16879 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #10 - yesterday at 6:05pm	Print Post
	For long range shooting the rules didn't allow barrels over 34", so that's where all long range rifles stopped at. The biggest advantage was the long sighting radius for increased accuracy at longer distance.

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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 925 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #11 - yesterday at 7:08pm	Print Post
	If I may kindly submit, longer barrels for more precision not necessarily more accuracy.


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1Hawkeye Full Member Offline Posts: 157 Location: South end of Northern Virginia Joined: Jun 29^th, 2019	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #12 - yesterday at 7:14pm	Print Post
	Longer barrels do give an advantage with sight radius and a little more velocity but also have the drawback of being a little harder to stabilize when shooting offhand or if your lube runs out in that last four inches.


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Kansas Highwall Participating Member Offline Posts: 20 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #13 - yesterday at 7:59pm	Print Post
	Sorry to all! I guess I didn't explain myself well enough on my original post. What I meant was is there an H&R 1871 Buffalo Classic in 45/70 with a 34 inch barrel? I'm aware of 34 inchers on other brands.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11731 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: long barreled single shot rifle Reply #14 - yesterday at 8:00pm	Print Post
	gnoahhh wrote yesterday at 7:08pm: If I may kindly submit, longer barrels for more precision not necessarily more accuracy. Will you please exponderate further on that statement?

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