Larry,
I completely understand about the lack of 1911s on the range. I contribute to that as well.
the 1911 and BHP are my two most favorite centerfire auto platforms.
I have a few versions of each.
Yet, I have enough other stuff that I rotate through them, and get either a 1911 or BHP out to shoot about once out of every 5 or 10 trips.
I think the younger people are more influenced by the pop culture references of the past 30 years, where Glocks, Sigs, S&W M&P, etc rule- and by magazine capacity concerns.
They have been taught the values of shot volume instead of having the values of shot placement extolled.
The 1911 comes from an era of 5 round magazines in rifles, with shot placement out to 500 yards still a consideration.
We are now in an era where suppressive fire doctrines are more common in the military, where rifles have 20-30 rounds, and volume of lead downrange negates the '1 shot, 1 kill' philosophy of a hunter-influenced society.
I will say that a Glock tends to work better out of the box than many similarly priced new 1911s.
1911s take more time to disassemble, and have more 'loose parts', than a Glock.
Yet, the 1911 just feels great in my hand.
So, I have some and shoot them- but not every trip.
Maybe it is that forums like this aren't 'cutting edge' internet social media any more, and the younger people are more likely to InstaGram it, or snapchat about it.
I really don't know.
But, I see 1911s about as often as .357 magnum revolvers- so we are in good company!