Lack of Classic Guns

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Originally Posted by predator20

In Lethal Weapon Murtaugh actually said "15 in the mag", not clip. Which is surprising since the overused and incorrect term is clip.

Ah, good call. Well, that's what I get for not taking 2 seconds to look it up on IMDB.

Originally Posted by predator20

While there was the Wonder Nines of the '80's Beretta, Glock. The Hi-Power is a 13 shot pistol it came out in 1935. I consider it the first Wonder Nine. It's always overlooked. But like you said the Wonder Nines weren't all that revolutionary as they were portrayed in the '80's.

Exactly, and I have always wondered why it took so long for Wonder Nines to catch on. But that's how it was in the 1980s. Before the Beretta 92F, most people who thought of handguns had revolvers in mind. So the 92F seemed like something special and innovative even though it was really just old re-packaged as new.

Originally Posted by predator20

While the 1911 still has usage in new films, they are all almost always custom. No bone stock GI models.

There are plenty of pretty bare-bones models. Especially in Seagal movies. Anyway, that is to be expected since Picatinny rails, compensators, and other such features are the new trends of the handgun market nowadays. But the 1911 as a platform is as unlikely to lose popularity in movies as in real life.