The bolt action rifle has reined supreme ever since the Doughboys came back from “The War To End All Wars” – that would be World War I.
From the very beginning, there was a desire, a need, for a less-expensive option to the main-line offerings.
Right after WWI there actually wasn’t much offered in factory-built bolt-action hunting rifles. Companies like R.F. Sedgley and Pachmayr were busy converting the new darling of hunters, the 1903 Springfield, from a martial arm…