Originally Posted by moosemike
It's neat to see all the interest in these rifles. They have fallen out of favor in PA today. When I started hunting the woods were a mix of 760's and 30-30/.32 leverguns. Today bolt guns have largely replaced both. The 7600's never sold like the 760's because that's about the time bolt guns started taking over new gun sales.
That's how it was in the Catskills back when I started hunting too. Mostly lever guns in .30-30/.32 special/.35 Rem. and 760's and 742's in .30-06/.270. Course that was before everybody started spending the whole day/season perched in a tree.