While the water pump on the tractor might need to be replaced, I was more thinking about pump action rifles. The first rifle I had ever shot was a Winchester 3rd Model 90 in .22 Short. My grandmother still has that rifle. I've also been thinking about the old cult-classic Remington pump rifles like the 760 and 7600. While both are chambered for cartridges bigger than what I am needing, Remington also made the 14.
The Model 14 was brought out to compete with the lever action players in the early 1900's and was chambered for cartridges designed to complete with the likes of .30-30 and similar. The most prevalent of those Remington cartridges is likely the .35 Remington if I had to guess. I base that statement on that I have never seen recent rifles chambered for .25 or .30 Remington but I have .35 Remington. I also know there is still a group who very much likes the old .35 Remington including Outdoor Life's own John B. Snow.
The thing that has really interested me, though, was a pump action in the smaller calibers like .357 Magnum or .44 Magnum. I wasn't sure if you could downsize the 760 type rifles to handle the shorter setup but then I found out that Remington made 1/2 versions of the 14 chambered in .38-40 and .44-40. I also know that Peresolli makes a copy of the Colt Lighting in .44 Magnum. To throw some more details on this idea, IMI used to make a rifle called the Timberwolf chambered in .357 and .44.
The implantation is basically the same as the lever action rifles in the pistol calibers for woods hunting where you aren't going to be taking shots past 135 yards but with a pump action instead of the lever. There are definitely challenges for the market to bring something like this in but I think I have it figured out. Why try to poke at the lever action market when there are a bunch of manufacturers making lever guns?
My first though is, because a pump rifle is just different and can be marketed as such. You never really see pump action rifles around. They always seem very sleek and thin and offer users a fast-shooting platform that isn't an autoloader. That means it fits in a space where automatics are just not useable for whatever reason; bans or prohibitions, etc. You can't hunt with semi-auto rifles in Ohio so this could fit. California pretty much, well it's California. I think you get the idea. New York, New Jersey etc fall into that category of prohibition type states.
Second, lever action rifles seemly are pretty expensive to make right with even Rossi creeping up in price but pump action seems to be fairly inexpensive based on the number of Turkish import shotguns being very cheap. While we're now seeing Turkish imports of lever action rifles, I'm not convinced the quality is there but the price is pretty competitive with Rossi. I base my assessment on that I have zero experience with the G-Force rifles so I can't really personally confirm quality. I also don't like the look of some of them but if they made a pump version, I might be interested.
In the modern side of things, Legacy Sports is touting a pump rifle that uses AR-15 controls and magazines. While currently only in .223 and .300 BLK, I suspect that in some states or areas, a 350 Legend version of that rifle might do well.
I think there could be a small market for an inexpensive, short range pump rifle. I think Pedersolli isn't going to sell tons of their Lightning rifle because they are $2000 and the inexpensive part is going to be important. If one of the Turkish manufacturers could make a better looking version of the Timberwolf or a updated version of the Model 14 and 14 1/2 preferably as a carbine, there might just be a chance.
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