AN HISTORICAL COMPARISON:
Remington Model 8 (top) and Winchester 1907.
The Remington was probably the better combat rifle (especially when in the Model 81 layout), but the Winchester is better looking. That might account for the latter's prim use in the television show, "The Son," but if that's why France and Russia in World War 1 opted for it for air use, then it's no wonder Russia lost and France needed us to bail them out.
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