through the 50's i was so enamored with lever guns(hold over from my red rider) that nothing else except trapdoor springfields existed. around 1960 all my buds started to laugh at me for not having a bolt gun with a scope. by 1964 you could buy a 94 winchester used for around 75-150. most of the gun writers around then were pimping the current mostest hot bolt gun and the attitudes of people changed enough it hurt the companies building levers i think. jmho that and bean counters! 
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