The short-throw bolt action has indeed surpassed the lever as the most popular gun out there. Everytime I've gone to the range, all I see now is the WHIZBANG ShortMag Remchesters there. I'm shaking my head as I start to unload my biggies since these guys are all just shooting off the bench. Of course, I'll clear the benches around me after a few 375's or 416's or 458's go downrange. To a man they never cycle their bolts from the shoulder when they do an occasional off-hand shot. American shooters, for the most part, tend to take the rifle off their shoulders and cycle the bolt at waist level.