>>64174494
Police and military dominate the firearms industry. Its always been this way, anyone thinking their was that much more variety in the boomer days is seeing it through rose colored glasses.

Back then, the majority of the time if you wanted a a pistol, youd have a revolver or 1911. If you wanted a rifle, it was an M1 derivative. If you had money and wanted to be special ad different, maybe an AR, or some wonder nine.
But most of the time you were using the same generic stuff as everyone else because thats what was issued to the military and police, and they dont need anything fancy. Most of the time they dont even need anything "good" just enough to check the boxes


And just like now, if you want a pistol youre getting a generic striker fired 9mm, and an AR15 of some kind for your long gun. Im sure 50 years from now some kid will be pulling out his grandpas CZ SP101 and AUG, complaining that they "dont make guns like back then", but the reality is grandpa was just autistic.

war never changes