Quote Originally Posted by Thegreg View Post
Absolutely spot on! The “standard” Tracker was 17.5”, the Viscount 18.5”. Notice the word standard there does actually describe what people know as the “long barreled” Tracker, when actually the Tracker we are all familiar with is the Tracker Carbine. From what I gather, the standard (17.5”) Tracker was dropped very early on, presumably because the carbine significantly outsold it. The carbine then became the new standard Tracker. I believe the long barreled variant was brought back in very late production, as has been suggested maybe using up surplus parts.

It’s always puzzled me why the Viscount was even made. They obviously didn’t sell well as a Viscount or long barreled Tracker. I have an advert from the 80’s showing the standard Tracker, carbine Tracker and Viscount all together on one page, with the barrel lengths listed.

Cheers
Greg
From the days when barrel length and power were 'confused' (HW35E) .....