Mostly because...they're pretty sad excuses of a rifle, dang near anything is better,
and it has a black mark of notoriety for being the rifle that killed John F. Kennedy...
For the same money & a FFL03 (C&R), you can get a wide variety of really NICE WW1/WW2/Korean-era rifles sent to your home...
Yes, I'm old...
Yes, I still hold a grudge...
Yes, I still hate Jane Fonda...and wouldn't mind if Kalifornia quaked off the map & took all the current movie stars with it