I'd say that perhaps any pre '64 Model 70 Winchester used as a shooter, but particularly any chambered for the .270 Winchester may be the best modern candidate, using Don's criteria. Next might be the model 12, in any iteration. I would have added the model 37 Ithacas, particularly the 20's & Featherweights, but I guess they are techincally still being made, so will say that Ted's Remington model 17 fits, its just a smaller cult;-)
'Cult' by one def is: "an instance of an almost religous veneration of a .. thing, esp. as manifested by a body of
admirers.
