Extra long rifle barrel maker

[blacklite]

Hello everyone,
Forgive me if I posted this in the wrong forum, I am very new here. I am currently brainstorming the creation of a Jezail/ Middle eastern-style rifle with an extra long barrel. Some of the rifles I have seen have barrels as long as 57 inches, and I decided 50-54 inches would be a good length for a reproduction. I was curious if anyone knew custom barrel makers who could make rifled barrels that long. If not, a smoothbore barrel would also be acceptable, as Jezails were made with both rifled and smoothbore barrels.

I am fully aware that this barrel length is impractical, I am mostly interested in the history of this type of rifle.

Pictured: Middle Eastern guns with 50+ inch barrels for reference

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Hoyt.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

More barrel, more speed, more speed, more distance.
Its flat where they come from so they needed a whole pile of barrel.

 

[Firelock937]

Hello everyone,
Forgive me if I posted this in the wrong forum, I am very new here. I am currently brainstorming the creation of a Jezail/ Middle eastern-style rifle with an extra long barrel. Some of the rifles I have seen have barrels as long as 57 inches, and I decided 50-54 inches would be a good length for a reproduction. I was curious if anyone knew custom barrel makers who could make rifled barrels that long. If not, a smoothbore barrel would also be acceptable, as Jezails were made with both rifled and smoothbore barrels.

I am fully aware that this barrel length is impractical, I am mostly interested in the history of this type of rifle.

Pictured: Middle Eastern guns with 50+ inch barrels for reference

FCI Barrels

 

[Pete G]

More barrel, more speed, more speed, more distance.
Its flat where they come from so they needed a whole pile of barrel.

Afghanistan is not flat, but camels are tall.

 

[Sean E Bug]

Hoyt or Rayle are the best bet. I know rice and fci both offer 48 inch barrels so might be worth asking what the limit of their machinery is.

 

[flintlock lover.]

Hello everyone,
Forgive me if I posted this in the wrong forum, I am very new here. I am currently brainstorming the creation of a Jezail/ Middle eastern-style rifle with an extra long barrel. Some of the rifles I have seen have barrels as long as 57 inches, and I decided 50-54 inches would be a good length for a reproduction. I was curious if anyone knew custom barrel makers who could make rifled barrels that long. If not, a smoothbore barrel would also be acceptable, as Jezails were made with both rifled and smoothbore barrels.

I am fully aware that this barrel length is impractical, I am mostly interested in the history of this type of rifle.

Pictured: Middle Eastern guns with 50+ inch barrels for reference

Don't know if you would be interested but I have a Jezail lock if you want to use that on your rifle project.
It's date marked at 1813.

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

It would probably be cheaper to buy an original than to build one

 

[Big Al1]

Who are making wall gun barrels and punt guns barrels?

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Benny Coogle made mine but that was more than 20 years ago. I'm sure he's retired now. Bob Hoyt could make one. You're going to have sticker shock when he quotes a price.

 

[Pete G]

It would probably be cheaper to buy an original than to build one

But what fun is that?

 

[tenngun]

Just in my minds eye I see Bugs Bunny and the hillbillies. Having guns much taller then themselves when they shot they vibrated and shook for several second before the boom

 

[Pukka Bundook]

I have two or three original barrels about 54". They can be found quite reasonably but bores often need work!