1911Tuner,
Magazines are just one example of the symptoms of the disease. 1911 pistol is another, K frame revolvers , yet another.
Part of this disease is just the way folks are, we are all unique, some like chocolate, others vanilla, yet someone else prefers strawberry. No problem, not a "Us vs Them" - just being human, we all have different tastes.
Another Part is also okay, that being taking the proven designs to further research and development's of new offerings for specific tasks. 2+2 is 4, proven, it is a standard, and used by Einstein in higher math applications for his work. Einstein did not try to re-invent 2+2 = 4, just took what worked to a higher level for what needed.
One part, I don't know what to call it. These folks just flat resent anything being as is. It does not matter how many flavors of ice cream - they are going to fuss. These don't want to accept 2+2=4 , they want to find fault with it, argue about it, get picky and say 2+2= 3.9999999999 to the nth degree. Most cannot share what they like - they can only share what they don't.
Growing up when and how I did attributes to a lot of my beliefs and preferences. Being poor, and not that many offerings, one got what fit them, learned its nuances and maintained it.
I paid $350 for my first car from my mechanic, his wife's car. Just an old Army mechanic, that went into his own independent shop. I drove that car for near 6 years, and sold it for $285.
I was was the guy that had a car that ran to take folks to parts stores for parts they needed, either fix something they messed up by fixing something not broke - or get the factory parts to go back into as designed.
I picked up folks broke down on the side of the road, I towed these cars, and I was kidded, chided , ribbed , made fun of...but my car worked, my guns worked, my stuff was not "hip, slick, or cool" - my stuff just worked.
I didn't know any better, poor, being hungry, and what I had, had better work, had better last, as I did not have money to fix stuff being stupid by breaking it.
.22 shells were .17 a box, and I got 2 cents a soda bottle turning them in. I did not learn to shoot by "spray and pray" , I learned on a .22 revolver shooting double action only. Soda bottles get to bringing 3 cents each and my ammo went up to 21 cents or something.
Six years old and I shoot my first center-fire pistol - Gov't Model of 1911. Gunny, was teaching me. He had BTDT and survived. I paid attention. In the years to come I would hear him, other Gunny's and Mentors share about real world things, and the bottom line -
Simple saves your bacon - Complicated gets folks killed.
Enhanced guns? Sure, I had Mentors that enhanced the 1911. One Gunny was on the Pistol team, another Mentor shot Bulls-Eye , and these guys and gals would NEVER carry that enhanced pistol for Combat use. Offensive, or Defensive reasons.
You don't do it ! Plain and simple, matter of fact, period, end of story.
"What is wrong with your gun?" I asked this nice Fellow in Uniform and his wife in nurses scrubs. He had a Colt .38 Super. He wondered why I asked, and I was telling him I thought he gun was not going to work with that ammo.
I had not seen this gun before, and to me, something wrong with his gun, since them .38 Supers fit into his mags.
It was not supposed to do that. His ammo was supposed to be fatter
I was good at being a Range Brat.
Steve
