I think my arms may be proportionally longer than 'normal' because my shirt sleeves always seem to be to short unless I bump up an 'X' or two in the XL department. I guess I was just surprised at how short the sleeves on the long sized jackets were as they were several inches above the wrist. Even given the fact that some dictate showing a bit of shirt cuff, these would have had the whole cuff sticking out.

To answer to Tobus, I prefer a longer sleeve jacket because I generally wear my shirt cuffs rolled up, so there is no cuff to show. I haven't bought a new suit or jacket in a while but I had never had one that was so short, especially when labeled as a long. The odd one needed the cuff turned down a bit. Picking one of my jackets to measure the sleeve shoulder to cuff is 25.5" which I find to still be a wee bit short as it just covers my wrists . It is acceptable, but just. The long jackets I tried on were probably still at the very least 2.5" shorter. They didn't just show wrist they showed a lot of forearm. I was even double checking sewn labels in case they had been tagged as long instead of regular or even short. I guess what really surprised me was how the 42L and even 44R in the HoE jackets fit so much better.