phantomak47
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Polymer glock frames cost about $4 to make, end of story and I like Glocks.
I could comment here on some of those "quality" guns that need mechanical work right out of the box...Well I 'spose that's true of the plastic kind. Now "quality guns" are entirely different...
Frankly, you can keep the engraving, gold inlays, and other bling-bling. I'm only interested in performance, and my polymer pistols perform better.I mean, has anyone ever seen an engraved, gold inlayed poly-pistol???
You know as well as I do that the material cost of a frame has nothing to do with the manufacturing cost. You also know as well as I do how much complex injection molds cost, and how much it costs to maintain them. I can only assume you're being sarcastic for the fun of it.Gaston really has something going... He can sell a pistol with a $4.00 frame for $400 to $600 give or take.
I can only assume you're being sarcastic for the fun of it.
Now if functional reliability is all you’re concerned with then plastic might well be the way too go. I suspect one might be my choice if I was going to be shipped off to a sandbox or jungle in the near future
But that’s unlikely, and I like the heft, better trigger pull, and accuracy of the old iron kind.
If they float your boat go for it.
Oh man, that gets my wheels a turnin'!Had today's polymers been around at the turn of the last century, John Browning wouldn't have hesitated to using them.
Wood: Not made for (or shaped for), nor ever will be made for the applications it is used for.
Metal: Not made for, but can be mixed/shaped for the applications it is used for.
Polymer: Made for and shaped for the applications it is used for.
You tell me which one is better.
Had today's polymers been around at the turn of the last century, John Browning wouldn't have hesitated to using them.