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Also immensely popular with Pennsylvania woodsmen.
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That is very true because PA does not allow semi-auto rifles for hunting anything. My Dad carried a Remington 760 in 30-06 and had a it's predicessor in 35 Remington. It sure was a meat getter and my Dad seldom missed even on jump shots that you aren't supposed to take in the woods.
Basically, slide action rifles have been around for a long time. They tend to not be as accurate on average as compared to a bolt action rifle (turn bolt). Mossberg made inexpensive bolt action shotguns for years. I could never see the point when you could get a good pump that was a lot quicker for small game or for that matter, deer hunting with slugs. But the point was "price" just like single barrel shotguns were inexpensive.
In states that allow semi-auto rifles, the Remington was always a serious meat getter until AR's arrived on the scene in the last 15 years (in terms of popularity). They really took off during the first AWB and the populrity continued to present day.