I have Sig Sauer and Glocks because they're fine defensive guns. But I would rather own Colt automatics and S&W revolvers. Why? Just the fact that the two companies roots are so intertwined with American history, folklore, and myth. That was part of the reason why I became interested in firearms when I was young. Now that I've grown, instead of an American Colt I find myself with Swiss/German and Austrian pistols!?
The Europeans simply kept coming up with new slicker products and were better at appealing to the younger generation, like me. (High cap 9mms from Europe in the 80's contributed much to the demise of American handguns. Before that a European pistol was hardly ever seen). But Colt and S&W kept coming up with weak variations of the same 'ole resting on the shoulders of giants like John Moses Browning. Stagnation did its work for them. Which lead to company failures which also I think partly lead to making dumb political compromises. If both companies were more economically more viable would the current demise of the 2nd Amendment have been a little different? Maybe, maybe not.
All I know is mention Colt and people snicker, mention S&W and they sneer. The guns of Wild Bill, Wyatt Earp, Annie Oakley, William H. Bonney, Geronimo, Sgt. York, and Clint Eastwood are dying a slow ignoble death.
My next handgun I think will be a used Colt or S&W. Oh well, I guess I should at least have one.
The Europeans simply kept coming up with new slicker products and were better at appealing to the younger generation, like me. (High cap 9mms from Europe in the 80's contributed much to the demise of American handguns. Before that a European pistol was hardly ever seen). But Colt and S&W kept coming up with weak variations of the same 'ole resting on the shoulders of giants like John Moses Browning. Stagnation did its work for them. Which lead to company failures which also I think partly lead to making dumb political compromises. If both companies were more economically more viable would the current demise of the 2nd Amendment have been a little different? Maybe, maybe not.
All I know is mention Colt and people snicker, mention S&W and they sneer. The guns of Wild Bill, Wyatt Earp, Annie Oakley, William H. Bonney, Geronimo, Sgt. York, and Clint Eastwood are dying a slow ignoble death.
My next handgun I think will be a used Colt or S&W. Oh well, I guess I should at least have one.