FULL CIRCLE
It’s funny how life comes full circle. Fashion, music, movies, and many other things in our culture get recycled. The recent influx of movie remakes creates the notion that all the good ideas have been used up, and the suggestion that there are a finite amount of stories to tell is an unsettling thought. Alas, the point of a remake isn’t just to top the original. It’s more about that first impression. Technology is a great catalyst; it plays with the concept that you can have a second shot to see things for the first time. It’s intriguing to see old ideas through modern eyes. That idea I like.
Firearms have their own cycle. The progression of manufacturing has made things that were once impossible now commonplace. In the beginning (for reference I consider the “beginning” as the advent of the 1911 pistol), there was pretty much one way of doing things — everything was made from steel. HK and Glock revolutionized the polymer pistol idea and eventually lightweight Tupperware guns became standard issue. Even 1911s are being made with polymer. What would John
