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.22 rifles of the 1940's - (Lot of pictures)
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<blockquote data-quote="Catt57" data-source="post: 3909593" data-attributes="member: 34578"><p>My theory is something like this:</p><p>Originally both were called slide action. The shotgun's popularity far surpassed the popularity of the slide rifles. At some point common vernacular changed to "pump action" for the shotguns, but due to the rifles be far less popular when that happened, the new terminology didn't transfer to them as readily. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I have heard, and seen, them called "pump action rifles" in more recent times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catt57, post: 3909593, member: 34578"] My theory is something like this: Originally both were called slide action. The shotgun's popularity far surpassed the popularity of the slide rifles. At some point common vernacular changed to "pump action" for the shotguns, but due to the rifles be far less popular when that happened, the new terminology didn't transfer to them as readily. That being said, I have heard, and seen, them called "pump action rifles" in more recent times. [/QUOTE]
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