That didn't have as much to do with Texas as it had to do with decisions made by the Winchester company.Ranch Dog wrote:The Winchester was strong in South Texas but died slowly in the 70's. By the 80's the Rem 700 was King. And yes, betrayed is a good way to describe the feeling.
The Winchester model 70 died all over after 1964. The model 70 was most affected by the cost cutting measures Winchester undertook in that fateful year. The pre & post 64 model 70s were essentially different rifles.
I bought a post model 70 in 1974........it was junk.....sold it to a guy I didn't like within 6 months of the purchase.
Winchester never recovered from 1964 (customers never forgave them) and bled market share to other brands (Remington was the big winner here) until it finally bled out in 2006 when FN picked up its blanched corporate corpse for a song.