I get crap from guys at deer camp all the time about my rifle
I hear the same stuff when I tote one of mine. My reply is always the same; "shall we compare photo albums?"
In Pa the oddball totes a bolt action rifle for rifle deer season. All the one gun arsenal deer hunters have 760, 7600s. Except the old timers, they carried savage 99s
Not my experience. In my neck of the woods (Sullivan county) bolt guns took over back in the 90's already. Around home though pumps and levers reign supreme.