Guns That Got More Respect With Time

Above, the Ruger P95 is described as, "the trigger is nothing fancy, and
 the styling is pure utility, but the gun works." Photo by Armand Vaquer. 

Some guns got passed over or just overlooked. But over the years, those same guns gained more respect with the passage of time.

That is the topic of a slideshow article in MSN (courtesy of The Avid Outdoorsman).  

I have two guns that made the list and they're both Rugers: the Ruger 10/22 rifle and the Ruger P95 pistol. Both have been reliable over the years. I've never had problems with either one.

The slideshow begins with:

Some guns earn respect right away. Others have to sit through years of jokes, low prices, bad timing, or plain old indifference before people finally understand what they were looking at. That kind of respect usually means more because it was not handed out by ads or internet noise.

The guns on this list did not all start out as legends. Some were considered ordinary. Some were too cheap to impress anybody. Some were misunderstood because they looked different, felt different, or arrived before the market knew what to do with them. Over time, real use has a way of cleaning up the conversation.

To see more, go here.