Handguns That Will Stand The Test Of Time?

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Let the debate begin.

I go with what I see now with the newer gun owners. Fewer new gun owners want a 1911 or for that matter a blued all steel gun. Too much work with lube, takedown, etc. Glock going on what 40 years now. I see glock and variants goin on and increasing in sales. Looking at my kid, he throws his m & p in the side door pocket of his pickup. No desire for routine maintenance.

I do think any sort of revolver will last forever no matter the size, just desire is less.

A nice 1911 will live on but everyday the sales are changing for a smaller gun or a gun that requires less maintenance.

All the new more concealment type pistols are changing too rapidly to guess. One fail or bad press can change their sales drastically.
 
In all seriousness - the past classics that stood the test of time illuminate the path forward. Smokeless powder plus the radical Browning short recoil tilting barrel action design made the 1911 possible. A new and radical departure providing an order of magnitude improvement in reliability and utility. That's what the new, future, long lived pistol type will be. So, almost by definition, "who knows?"
 
I dont know that I see a long-term future for lethal handguns, outside of the military and police establishments. Once the US subsumes it's independence to the will of The UN or some other globalist organization (most likely with China pulling the strings), they will slap crippling economic sanctions on America until private ownership of lethal weapons is totally proscribed. If we are lucky, the populace might be permitted less lethal weapons such as tasers or CS-projectors. Even local law enforcement will be severely limited in the selection of lethal weaons available to them- these will mostly be reserved for federal/ international peacekeeping forces to put down the occasional peasant, er, citizen uprising.

Criminal organizations will still be lethally armed, of course, since these are usually not a threat to the power of the regime, and often line the pockets of oligarchs and beauracrats to maintain their existence.

Dont like this prediction? Vote America First, buy American products, and dont let your kids get indoctrinated. There is still time, but the hour is getting late......
 
What new and current models do you feel will be still offered in the future???
By that bracketing alone - I would say an architecture that was here 25 years ago and yet remains - is fairly secure.

Anything currently being introduced as truly new however - I feel the vast majority if not all new models are the product of ballistic paper-doll motivations and given the changing whims driving them, speaks to realitviely short lives.

Manufacturers no longer have to make the epic commitment to *tool-up* for most modern guns and therefore their own investment in their longevity is waning rapidly.

I've been watching manufacturers take on an almost automotive mindset in revamping their lines nearly annually whether consumer motivated or not.

I know that I am certainly not casting about for what may or may not become a *classic* among anything truly new. I don't think it's in the cards anymore.

Todd.
 
What I find interesting are the individual handguns (not models or styles) that have already been around for over a half century, many approaching the century mark and are still functioning as well and reliably as they did when they were made.

What modern examples do you think will still be around and functional when they are a half century or century old?
 
I don't know what the alternatives will be. If some kind of laser pistol is available, all handguns as we know them could be obsolete.

Maybe if progress is more incremental, handguns like the 1873, 1911, Model 10, etc. could still be around for quite a while, for one reason or another. Those designs are over 100 years old, but you could still do a lot worse for simple SD. They're also fun to shoot and already considered to be "iconic".
 
I go with what I see now with the newer gun owners. Fewer new gun owners want a 1911

I agree. And a Huge portion of the 1911 sold are going to people who already have several 1911. They aren't going anywhere but I don't think new owners are buying them. Over 20 years people have came to me for firearms advice and to try out my guns. None have ever purchased a 1911 even though they have tried them.

Not saying they always buy anything they tried. Sometimes they buy the very few guns I say are trash. Lol

As far as newish guns (post 2000) that will stand the test? I'd say the Sig 320 is about it. Simply because of the military use. The old designs are so refined and reliable that I can't see any new design being remembered.
 
Revolvers will live on. Pistols with frame mounted safety levers will live on. Pistols with no manual safety lever will live on.

The slide mounted safety/decocker would probably be dead if it weren't for the Beretta 92 and the Walther PPK (probably shouldn't leave out the affordable Bersas from Argentina).

I'm not sure of the future of traditional metal framed pistols. I figure in the USA, the 1911 will always have longevity. Partly due to the states with restricted magazine capacities.
 
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It’s……something. And yet I still want one. All guns should outlive their owners. But I’m joining @FL-NC in his response with the possible exception of M&P. I’m not convinced it will be around in 30 years. Perhaps I’m wrong. We’ll just wait and see.

Edit to add: Ruger Revolvers. Both SA and DA. And depending on what CZ does with Colt……
 
I agree. And a Huge portion of the 1911 sold are going to people who already have several 1911. They aren't going anywhere but I don't think new owners are buying them. Over 20 years people have came to me for firearms advice and to try out my guns. None have ever purchased a 1911 even though they have tried them.

I was thinking on that, and I too can't remember first time handgun buyers getting a 1911 over the last 25 years or so.

However, it sure seems that the people I know that end up with a small handgun collection tend to add a 1911 to it.
 
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