The reasons a rifle is made in a "take down" configuration should also be analyzed.  MARLINGUY and BERT H bring up interesting points when they indicate that take down rifles were made late into the 20th century, and are still being made in custom circles, but are the reasons still the same as when the take down rifles were being made at the turn of the 20th century?  I have a 66 Mauser bolt gun I bought in Berlin in '77 that is a great rifle and it is a take down configuration.  The take down feature was not to accommodate transportation (the rifle is not that much shorter when broken down), which I think arguably was the primary reason for the "production" take down rifles like the '85 and Stevens Favorites, but to facilitate swapping barrels to different calibers on the same action and stock.  I can report that the "swap barrel" (.25-06) configuration in no way inhibited this rifle from achieving minute of angle accuracies when the barrel was removed (with scope attached) and replaced. My only regret is that I only purchased one barrel when I bought it.  I think it would be difficult to find any common ground for the potential accuracy between a take down configuration of the 66 Mauser and an '85 Winchester because of the difference in the breach design.    Granted, there were plenty of match rifles that were ordered with multiple barrels for the primary reason of swapping barrels to different calibers/cartridges, but the reduced demand for run of the mill take down production rifles was IMO the direct result of shooters life style changes (transportation) and economic conditions (manufacturing labor costs),  as J.D.Steele  eluded to.  I think we have wandered way off the track of the original question posed by PAUL F. but it has been an interesting and stimulating subject for exchange.  Thanks.  Terry

I would not consider the BSA Int'ls takedown - not more than a conventional threaded barrel - after all, you can take down that one  also....  I have a Greener GP BPCR in 45-70, and it is a very accurate rifle, but - it does change zero when removing and reinstalling the barrel, and I don't have another barrel for it (maybe soon....).  I have come full circle on these, and now prefer fixed-barrel rifles.  Just too many (additional) variables with takedown systems, dedicated rifles are more consistent.  That Greener GP is treated as a fixed-barrel rifle, with the barrel threads loctited.  Also, it is an additional mechanical system, and wear has to be considered after time - which will be a another variable.  Accuracy is a pursuit where you try and reduce variables as much as possible, one of the elements which probably caused their demise for accuracy work - together with the higher manufacturing cost.