Personally, I blame General Jimmy, if not for the movie Winchester '73 I don't think they would have had half the following they do now. I admit they are my favorite as well, I only have 7 right now, 4 modern (Euroarms engraved rifle, Euroarms carbine, and 2 Uberti rifles) and 3 originals (oddly all three are second models). With one exception, a Uberti in 45 Colt, the rest are all 44 WCF.