20 Guns That Should Still Be in Production

Above, my Ruger P95 came in at number 15. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Gun companies introduced guns that are considered the closest thing to perfection over the years.

Many hunters swear by them and also love taking them out to the shooting range. Despite this, these guns were considered outdated (or for other reasons) by those companies and are replaced by newer, sometimes albeit inferior, models. 

The Avid Outdoorsman took a look at 20 guns they feel should still be in production. I have two on the list. The Winchester Model 12 shotgun came in at number 12 and the Ruger P-series of pistols came in at number 15 (I have a Ruger P95).

They begin with:

Every gun company loves to tell us what we “need” next. New coatings, new cuts, new  marketing names for old ideas. Meanwhile, some of the most useful, honest firearms ever built quietly slide out of catalogs and turn into “good luck finding one” guns at the local shop.

I’m not talking about museum pieces. I’m talking about the kind of rifles, shotguns, and handguns that actually got carried, got scratched, got used in the rain, and still ran when it mattered. Here are 20 that never should’ve left regular production in the first place.

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