Reviving old designs?

[HammsBeer]

Revive the old Webley top break revolvers and chamber for .38 spl +P and compatible with a speed loader. I'd carry one of those in a heartbeat.

 

[RX-79G]

The P7M10 had a huge slide because HK didn't change the frame. Had they made the gas tube larger the slide could have been smaller. Gas delay was originally a rifle system - it can work with lots of cartridges.

The P7 K3 came in .380, .22 and .32.

 

[larryh1108]

To revive old models, I look it as taking the classic lines of the gun and incorporating it into a modern design. Sure, we'd love for it to be a clone but that's not feasible in most cases. Like this new Remington, combine old with new to revive a classic. You can still get nice triggers today, if that's what made a classic desirable. I feel that most of the romance of the older pistols is aestetics.... how it looks. If it looks like the old classic and is a fine gun, in and of itself, then it should be popular. Recreating it the exact same way will never happen where it's affordable to the masses and it keeps the internals the same.

 

[Rembrandt]

Not all the old designs were that successful....one that's made a comeback and improved on is the old Mars design. Mars tried to use the Maxim machine gun design of claw extractors pulling rounds to the rear, then feeding forward into the chamber, only applying that principle to a handgun. It never met with much success until Arne Boberg came up with a design that incorporated 5 axis CNC machining. Boberg has hit a homerun with his XR9S compact 9mm, and will introduce the package in 45ACP this spring.

The recent use of CAD designed and CNC machining has opened new doors that JMB could have only dreamed of.

http://www.bobergarms.com/

 

[HammsBeer]

I've seen vids of the XR9S and it's a radical departure from typical feeding systems, but it's also one that when it jams it really locks up the gun and difficult to clear. Still, I applaude them for making it happen.