[katana]

Shouldn’t that be “lever action”? Now if he wrote Mauser, Springfield, Remington, etc. instead of Winchester ...

[T-Bird45]

Shouldn’t that be “lever action”? Now if he wrote Mauser, Springfield, Remington, etc. instead of Winchester ...

The author probably should have qualified it as a "pre-1964 Winchester bolt action." It was and is considered one of the finest examples of the bolt action rifle, along with Mauser, Springfield, Remington, etc. You will pay a significant premium to acquire one even today.