Why Long LOP on Euro Rifles?

[Tex .416]

Why do rifles made in Europe, especially Germany, tend to have longer lengths of pull than US made rifles?

Are Germans on average just taller with longer arms?

 

[ve7poi]

I find almost every rifle made to short in North America typically by 1”
Reason because I don’t shoot off a bench while hunting.

 

[Certus]

Could be a few things - maybe they make it that way so they’re more customisable (with a shortening) to suit anyone.
The other option is just making to averages. Dunno, hey! Good question.

 

[Tex .416]

Could be a few things - maybe they make it that way so they’re more customisable (with a shortening) to suit anyone.

That seems like a sensible rationale.

 

[MS 9x56]

They hunt on their feet using beaters and dogs to run the game by the standers. European guns fit me perfectly whereas I have to use a slip over recoil pad to make any American stock fit me.

 

[TOBY458]

All American rifles are too short for me. And I’m not particularly long armed. I guess it’s a “one size fits all” thing.

 

[AZDAVE]

AS a guy with a long LOP I will ask the question a different way. Why are all the non custom american rifles stocked with such short stocks

 

[ActionBob]

Just ask Trump, it's the long reaching for the US to pay more than it's share of NATO

 

[colorado]

Europeans have longer arms, they're not as evolved as us Muricans ...

 

[93marlin]

My Sauer double rifle has a 14 3/4 LOP.
It fits me like a bespoke shotgun. All of American rifles need at a 1 inch thick slip-on pad to feel "normal" to me. I'm tall, 6'3", with long ape-like arms