I have to agree with much that has been said with this cravat. With the new production methods one wonder's why some of the "old" models couldn't be brought back. The Detective Special or the Colt .380 instead of a miniaturized 1911. I have a pre-warning Ruger [1974] that after all these years the finish is still superior to a new model. Colt shot themselves [again] in the foot with a marketing decision. Couple of years ago Colt recreated the M16A1 in semi @ a retail of $2500, Brownell's is doing the same at half the cost. Which one do you think will sell the most? Locally Wal-Mart brought back long guns and the local gun shop couldn't/wouldn't compete and is now closed. Gun companies were bought up by $$$people who saw a product to sell, not a heritage to cherish. The guy who inherited by marriage the local gun shop was the same, a lawyer who saw a cash cow and nothing more. People like Hodgson and Brownells understand the heritage not just the $$$.
Sam