Flash said:Now prove to me that the polymer guns are better and that the manufacturers made them to be better and not cheaper.
Just because something is cheaper, doesn't mean its not also better. I'll tell you what, If I were making guns, and found a frame material that was not only cheaper, but also better, I would jump on it too.
No one said polymer is better for ALL guns. But it cannot be denied that for a lightweight gun, its not just lighter, but also tougher, more abrasion resistant, and will last longer than aluminum. I already proved it in a previous post, but ill post it again just for you.
Polymer is better than aluminum in a lot of ways. Aluminum WILL eventually fail, no matter how lightly it is used. It has a finite fatigue life. Steel has an infinite fatigue life. Take a steel bar and an aluminum bar, both rated at 10,000 psi, apply 5000 psi to both, then let off, do that over and over again, the steel bar will last forever, the aluminum WILL eventually snap, even though you never exceeded its rated capacity, thats just how aluminum is. Polymer, like steel has an infinite fatigue life, so in all truthfulness, a polymer framed gun WILL last longer than an aluminum framed gun.
The same tired argument's been made time and again regarding rifles and wood vs polymer stocks.... Polymer is better hands down, yet wood still has its place because its pretty, and is good enough, and there are lots of people that "wont own a plastic gun!". If wood were not pretty, do you think we would still see wood rifle stocks?