Those old products had more hand fitting and attention to detail. For example, old S&W revolvers had five screw frame with finely checkered wood grips. Now they only use 3 screws plus inexpensive rubberized grips to make manufacture and assembly easier and cheaper. In addition to quality they bring older folks to their years of youth which almost always seem like great times even if in actuality they were less then great. Nostalgia rules.
