Pump action seems to have won in the shotgun manual repeater action race, why did lever action win for rifles? I have a great coffee table book called "The Age of The Gunfighter" (ISBN 0806127619) that has some pictures of Colt pump action rifles (circa 1880's) that were meant to compete with the lever offerings from Winchester, Marlin and others. For a manual repeater, I prefer the pump to the lever action, just my thing. I know Remington has/had one modern offering in the pump action rifle world. Theories?