To some extent, I agree that a lot of guns produced today are not the equal of what was produced 60 years ago. A lot of that is cosmetic in my opinion. Guns today don't look as good as they used to for the most part. I don't think the operational quality of the firearm is down across the board however. One exception (again, in my opinion) is the surprising out of the box accuracy of rifles today. And I am talking low cost rifles. But anyway.............
I also think that the gun designs of today suit today's machinery. They are designed to be mass produced. So they don't look like guns made 60 years ago.
It is also my opinion that a large portion of the people who buy guns don't know anything about guns, and they never shoot them. Out of the remaining people that shoot them, most of them don't know anything about guns either.
So the guns they are buying are just fine by them. So why should the company selling them make something else ? Today we have the internet where anyone can broadcast his dissatisfaction to the world. And for all we know, he doesn't know what he is doing or what he is talking about. But, we all can hear his story.
Maybe this is just me, but something like this has happened to me, many times: you see a guy shooting his new Wizbang 2001 and you say, so how do you like that Wizbang 2001 ? And he says, I love this gun because of the accuracy. And he is shooting at a propane bottle from 15 feet away, and hitting it most of the time. Or another classic is someone who is shooting at a lifesize human target from 10 yards and hitting the paper about half the time. But they put one shot right in the center of the A-Zone and they couldn't be prouder. Or the guys that take a semi-auto rifle and do a mag dump into a hillside (no target) with only one malfunction and they think they are king of the hill. These are the people who actually fire the guns they buy. Most people buy guns and either never fire them at all or fire them once or twice. If you have ever taken a CCW class, you can see plenty of those people. The guns they are buying are more than adequate for what they do with them and what they are capable of doing with them.
It's only a small percentage of the gun buying public who know enough to see the flaws. And it is only a small percentage who shoot them enough and have the knowledge and skill to determine they are sub par. And for those people, there are higher end products available as well as all kinds of options for customization. If you do buy a run of the mill gun, you probably intend to use that gun only as a starting point. Then you start taking off parts, adding parts, and sending it to a true craftsman to customize. And although I wasn't around 60 years ago, I bet the same thing held true then too.
I also think that the gun designs of today suit today's machinery. They are designed to be mass produced. So they don't look like guns made 60 years ago.
It is also my opinion that a large portion of the people who buy guns don't know anything about guns, and they never shoot them. Out of the remaining people that shoot them, most of them don't know anything about guns either.
So the guns they are buying are just fine by them. So why should the company selling them make something else ? Today we have the internet where anyone can broadcast his dissatisfaction to the world. And for all we know, he doesn't know what he is doing or what he is talking about. But, we all can hear his story.
Maybe this is just me, but something like this has happened to me, many times: you see a guy shooting his new Wizbang 2001 and you say, so how do you like that Wizbang 2001 ? And he says, I love this gun because of the accuracy. And he is shooting at a propane bottle from 15 feet away, and hitting it most of the time. Or another classic is someone who is shooting at a lifesize human target from 10 yards and hitting the paper about half the time. But they put one shot right in the center of the A-Zone and they couldn't be prouder. Or the guys that take a semi-auto rifle and do a mag dump into a hillside (no target) with only one malfunction and they think they are king of the hill. These are the people who actually fire the guns they buy. Most people buy guns and either never fire them at all or fire them once or twice. If you have ever taken a CCW class, you can see plenty of those people. The guns they are buying are more than adequate for what they do with them and what they are capable of doing with them.
It's only a small percentage of the gun buying public who know enough to see the flaws. And it is only a small percentage who shoot them enough and have the knowledge and skill to determine they are sub par. And for those people, there are higher end products available as well as all kinds of options for customization. If you do buy a run of the mill gun, you probably intend to use that gun only as a starting point. Then you start taking off parts, adding parts, and sending it to a true craftsman to customize. And although I wasn't around 60 years ago, I bet the same thing held true then too.
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