I wish they still made....

...one thing that hasn't changed, I'm still a legend in my own mind.

When did I go from "being as good as I used to think I was" to  "trying to be as good as I remember being" ?

Growing old is a fleeting thing but feeling young is eternal, even sick as a dog I still think I could conquer the world given half a chance. I grin and bear it and rely on good words from people like you guys on this forum. I would be lost without people who understand me. Chris S

But heck, I feel old!!!  77 this Sunday.
someone here got to be older
ace (two damn old to die young)

You got ten years on me Ace.... I hope I am as happy as you if I get there. Best wishes and good shooting to you on your senior statesman status. Chris S

While I may have had my tongue in my cheek a bit I do think that, in my 40 some years of shooting and my slightly longer years of reading everything I could get my hands on about shooting, I have never seen such a crop of crybabies as we have today. I walk around it gently because my observation is based on reports and complaints about the bottom feeder guns that "everyone knows are better than revolvers" (we need a rolleyes emoticon). Did we raise a generation by cutting off the crust on every sandwich an using a thermometer in their soup? I used to think that "Idiocracy" was a "How To" movie for our society, but now I think that movie was "Volume II" and that "Rainman" was "Volume I".
 
I just saw someone complaining that the slide stop (he called it a "release") on his new self-shucker was slightly off color and he wanted to know what after market company made one to exactly match the factory finish of the rest of his gun.  (Lord, I hope I don't have to point out the flaws in that thinking here of all places) I have heard a person get down right indignant because a grip screw was loose on a new gun. Mention it sure, but to indicate that you no longer have faith in the gun because of it???  Recently a well known company has faced a recall of a certain, rather ground breaking, carry pistol. It is the first recall the company has ever had with the product line. These folks I am talking about are up in arms. Bad enough that they are ditching this great design, but they are swearing off the company in total because they recalled, and fixed, one model! If I limited my collecting and shooting to only companies who have never recalled or had to upgrade a gun after it was sold, I would have a very boring shooting life.
 
I don't know how many I have heard complain that "Carrying a pistol is uncomfortable. I seem to always know it's there," One of my favorite whines (to be served with a cheap, bulk cheese) is "I don't want to have to dress around my gun.". Ok. let me see, you want to go shirtless in Spandex bicycle shorts and you think people will notice a pistol? Yah, I guess I could understand that, not that I want to visualize it, and I sure don't want to imagine the solution. It has never been physically possible to carry a useful sized gun without some degree of "unnaturalness" to it, but that can be alleviated to a degree with the right holster and position, and GETTING USED TO IT! Besides that, if it is momentarily uncomfortable, its presence should be comforting. How someone expects to put on something like a decent sized pistol and keep it concealed without giving a thought to adapting their wardrobe a bit is beyond me. Even I my primitive region, where un-tucked flannel shirts are  considered the height of Haute Couture  I have to purchase them with the "drape" and length in mind in case I decide a 4" 629 or Ruger Blackhawk is to be the unseen accessory of the day.
 
With so many people demanding things be exactly "their" way or they will pout, is it any wonder our political system, that depends on their votes, is in such  shambles?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

...just confirming general agreement... 

And I cannot think of anything better to add than, Aggreement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Agreement in pretty much all of the ways that things seemed to be better years ago than they seem to be today.  We did things better, and easier, back then, didn't we? 

I must also agree that there are way more persons concerned with the "non problems" with some parts of the newer made guns of today, but they can't quite seem to make sure that the ones they do have are used to the point of wear signs on the metal.  Good Lord help us if there is a tiny scratch in one of those show pieces....  Use the gun until there is no doubt that the difference in coloration will not affect function, then complain about the colors.

I had a gunsmith reparkerize a slide for my Colt 1991A1 many years ago, and the color was off a bit.  Didn't mind it then, and it still looks as worn now as the rest of the frame.  The wear comes from carry, use, and years of not worrying about a scratch on the finish.  Now, I sit and think about it, and take notice that there seems to be a couple of companies that make an "upgrade" for having different colors/materials on different parts of the gun.  Wow, would you believe it, I might have been ahead of my time....

I wish they still made:
Pickups made of steel,
Most sporting rifles made of blue steel & walnut,
And last, but not least,,,,,, The U.S.F.A.  single action! What a great gun.