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If you starting looking carefully at military bolt action rifles, you will find that they generally all fall into one of three categories:

Rifles: 3032 inches / 760810mm
Short Rifles: 2426 inches / 610660mm
Carbines: 1720 inches / 430510mm

How did these different standard lengths come about, and why are the Italians and the Russians different? Let's have a look...

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