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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins View Post
Many who purchased these rifles because they were the "hot thing" years ago have now found they do not like all of the extra work associated with shooting black powder cartridges, and have also found these rifles do not shoot well with smokeless. They are selling theirs off (we are seeing the same thing in the early 911 market, by the way, as the luster has worn off for so many who thought they wanted one).

So now there is a glut of these rifles.
Interesting. Is that why Thompson/Center is doing so badly, assuming it is? At least, that is how it appears to be, from the SWHC results. SWHC bought T/C and it has been a bad deal - SWHC's long gun biz results have been disappointing.
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