Dustin,
When I look at those old, tin plate photos of guys with model T's and A's and a line strung with game, it isn't the doubles that I notice, but, just how often they have a repeater in the photo.
Even really old photos, there seems to be a guy with an 1897 or maybe a 1912 Winchester or model 29 Remington (Hard to tell in the photo, other than it is a pump).
A repeater, in the form of a pump, must have seemed like an F4 Phantom compared to a P47, to those old guys out in the field who grew up with doubles.

3 or 4 or even 5 honest to goodness shots in the gun? Hallelujah!
When we find an old double in too good a shape for it's age, and celebrate that, as double gun guys do, I wonder how often we owe that fact to some forgotten repeater?

Best,
Ted

PS Dewey, thanks again. The very best analysis is always cold, highlighting the good, and the bad, without emotions involved in the process.
That said, there is something about handling a Nitro Special that makes me want to go shooting!