Why aren't slide action rifles more popular?

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I don't understand either, but I'm glad.
Sub $300 deer rifles with style, function and beauty.

I slide the barrel over the edge of my support/deer stand window sill... back to the sling swivel, this allows me to use the pump unhindered.

Still nothing wrong with my 760s from 1953(35rem) or 1968 BDL(.30-06).

When does this forearm rattling start and what causes it.
I've also heard of dust cover rattling problems.

 

[Gordon]

Looks like a Harris bipod on the front swivel of that Remington 7615 and you would not have much movement from a rested shot.

 

[toiville2feathers]

I belong to a private gun club and in the fall prior to the deer seasons we open it to the public for rifle sight in days. The members assist the patrons by being spotters while they shoot. Now I am a lever fan and like bolts because of their accuracy. But I was throughly surprised and very impressed with the groups that were shot by 760 and 7600 remingtons. Even the old screw jack 35 and 30 remingtons were shooting dime and nickel sized, 5 shot groups at a hundred yards. most of those tight groups were shot with scopes. But those with iron sights were very respectable also. Sure made a believer out of me.
As a side note the legendary Vermont deer hunter Larry Beniot, died this year at the age of 89. Some say that Larry was the greatest deer hunter to walk this earth. The whole family are highly acclaimed deer hunters. But their signature rifle and rifle of choice is the Remington 760 or 7600.

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Simply put---why use a pump when you can have a semi-auto?

 

[jim in Anchorage]

There seems to be some misconceptions here regarding the Rem 760. Does the pump handle rattle? Yes. Is it irritating? Yes. Does it effect the lock up of bolt and breech? Absolutely not. In fact you can chamber a round in a 760 and remove the pump handle and fire the gun safely.
The lock up? It uses 10 locking lugs on a rotating bolt. Think mark V Weatherby that handles the .378, etc.
The receiver is to thin you say? So what? The breech on a 760 is integral to the barrel. I could remove the receiver hit the firing pin with a hammer and be alright.

 

[jim in Anchorage]

I might add the handle rattle can be fixed. The handle rides on a large guide rod and just needs the handle fixed to not rock back and forth. A groove in the guide rod with a spring loaded detent on the handle would be a good and easy fix.

 

[jason41987]

isnt a slide action rifle typically going to weigh more than a bolt action?.. you have to add the slide, the tube it rides on, likely a bolt carrier vs a bolt action whos receiver is little more than a tube and a handle sticking off the bolt itself

for that matter, really how different is it really between a slide action and a straight pull bolt action?.. instead of the slide being under the barrel its on the side of the receiver

 

[Hangingrock]

Gun writers propaganda popularized the bolt action rifles more so than the lever or pump action rifles. The writes were always shooting some thing at 300 plus yards or so it seemed from their collective writings.

 

[jim in Anchorage]

jason- I never meant to compare bolts with pumps. It was pumps vs levers I was interested in. Bolts are a whole different world. I use bolts with out exception in Alaska for many reasons not relevant to this thread.
But when I buy a plane ticket back to NY for deer season[ which I do often-I am from there and have many hunting buddies] I pick a pump or semi. Why? Because we use the "pusher" and 'sitter" method. 5 or 6 guys stand abreast 100 yds apart and "push" the woods. The "sitters" do just that sit at the edge of the woods waiting for deer the drivers push ahead of them.
The shooting is fast and furious mainly at deer running thu the woods with a small window to shoot at between the trees. Follow up shots must be fast or you will not get one.

 

[RPRNY]

Because there were no pump rifles in Westerns, War movies, or (to the best of my knowledge) video games and "gun writers" were not monetarily incentivized to promote them.

 

[jason41987]

if youre comparing pumps vs levers, i like lever actions a lot.. theyre a lot quicker, a lot easier to handle, and frankly i dont like having my left arm extended so far out where the forearm on a slide action is.. in fact.. i dont even care for it on my 12 gauge either.. i might just replace it with a saiga 12.. in short i just dont like pump action anythings

not only that, but lever actions are far more aesthetically pleasing as well.. i think they look so much classier than a pump anything

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[oldpapps]

RPRNY got it right. Not bad PR. No PR/exposure.

 

[CraigC]

I don't get it either. Pumps really should be more popular than they are. There are few things in this world more fun than a .22Short 1890. I have a ratty one and a Remington 572 but now that I think of it, I should probably keep an eye out for a 760/7600.

 

[P5 Guy]

My brother, who lives in PA basically gave away a Remington 760 in a trade for a Hi-Point 40S&W pistol.

 

[zoom6zoom]

There's actually a pump model of the AK-47 floating around out there.