Odds are that the old Model 94 is the ultimate classic. Odds are that it's the most well-known American rifle there is, world-wide.
A reason why: I walked into a bar on the Marseilles waterfront, back in 1957. One of the guys in there scowled at me and commented, "Sales Yanqui!" I grinned and said, "I'm not a Yankee; I'm from Texas."
"Ah! Texas! John Wayne!"
They got me drunker'n a rat, telling lies about cowboys and Indians.
Western movies have always been popular all around the world.