People that like beautiful wood and blue steel are slowly fading away. The beautifully blued revolvers from Colt and Smith & Wesson of the 1960's-1980's are something to see. Us old guys like the classic and beautiful guns. Today's market is for tactical fantastic plastic guns. Yes, I have plastic guns and like them a lot. I've said it before and it was misunderstood by some but, there is no pride of ownership in these new plastic guns.
A new Corvette is superior in every way to a 1967 Corvette. But the 1967 will bring about 3 times the cost of the new one. Why? Because there are still a few people out there that appreciate the design and workmanship that went into the old and outdated things we used to be able to buy.
I hear ya on all that. Several things surprise me concerning the changes (and lack of change) concerning firearms over the years...
The popularity of plastic... Kudos to glocks marketing machine years ago that somehow convinced a lot of people that plastic was better than metal. After buying a glock and then selling it shortly thereafter I am still trying to figure out what is great about plastic other then firearm manufacturers having a higher profit margin on them because plastic is cheaper than metal.
The popularity of the 1911... A very old design which (in my opinion) was inferior to Brownings own Hi-Power which is what I replaced my 1911 with, which in turn was inferior (in my opinion) to the Beretta 92FS, CZ-75, and SIG P226 which I replaced the Hi-Power with. I never heard a clear explanation on what warrants all the special interest in the 1911. If I recall my history correctly John Browning himself was not very happy with the 1911 design or the .45 ACP round either.
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