>>94086Consider that in the early 1900s, lots of people were still rocking blackpowder, just because that's what they had been using for all this time, and it could be pretty cheap.
Now comes this bolt action rifle, it's not brand new but it's still somewhat modern, not used too hard, the rifle is cheap to buy, and the smokeless ammunition is as well, hell, it doesn't require nearly as much cleaning, and makes far less smoke, while putting out a (at the time) small .30 caliber projectile at some pretty high speeds, with light recoil.
It's a near unbeatable deal.
