Steel framed pistols have been on life support for decades, some guys just haven't figured it out yet. They will always have a place for guys who play games with their guns at the range and in magnum revolvers, but their day is over for serious SD, military and law enforcement use.
You wish!....I don't think CZ, Colt or Beretta will stop making steel & aluminum handguns anytime soon.
So what if they're not the cats meow of the modern day.
....... Which I'll remind you usually means made cheaper/junkier but just as expensive to purchase based on marketing hype.
To insinuate that steel pistols are somehow inferior for "
serious" SD or military and police is ridiculous! Besides a few extra onces of weight, how are they not serious?
Lets see what steel can do that plastic can't:
Crack skulls.
Be ran over by a Humvee etc, picked back up and fired.
I've lost my footing, slipped and crashed into a large rock. I can still get up and fight but my polymer framed pistol is ah broke.
Steel, endure extreme heat.....polymer melt.
Do I have polymers, yes, do I like them as well NO......It's kind of like a Chevette or Corvette.....They'll both get you around town but one does it with sophistication, class and style and the other does it with no feeling of pride.
Whatever trips your trigger is fine with me but don't claim they're not up to the task of serious work.