I'm sure that if someone thought that they could make decent money manufacturing and selling a low price point 7.62x39 bolt action rifle, they'd do it.
Unfortunately, as others have already pointed out, the 7.62x39 requires an oddball bolt face and different magazine geometry than most existing bolt guns. Designing and tooling up is likely to be expensive and the market isn't going to be very big.
Zastava tried to do it and failed. Gun buyers like a low price point, but they truly HATE weapons that break, especially when they can't get them repaired under warranty. It's considerably worse when they can't even BUY the parts needed for repairs.
I think a lot of people decided that paying a bit more was worth it and bought CZ's offering.
Or maybe they just went with other calibers. Spending $700+ so you can shoot really cheap ammo of indifferent quality isn't likely to appeal to a mass market.
Accurate as any rifle I own (MOA or better all day long with even the cheapest steel case ammo)
That's absolutely incredible!
Not true
Anyone who can shoot can reload
In fact if someone really wants to they can build a nice reloading setup fairly cheap. So customers isn't an issue.
If space is limited, portable setups can be created.
The only excuse is not wanting to and not wanting to learn.
I don't agree with that.
I used to reload in my college dorm room, but even 40 years ago there would have been hell to pay if I'd gotten caught doing it, and that was at a semi-rural Texas cow college.
Can you imagine what would happen to some poor slob that got caught with a pound or two of powder in his U.C. Berkeley dorm room in this day and age?
There are times and places that reloading just isn't feasible.