>>23717027A pistol being produced for 115 years and still existing as an effective and popular design (with some improvements and changes) speaks for itself.
My great grandaddy brought one back from Italy. He served in the devils brigade. They were an American/Canadian commando unit in ww2, 1st Special Service Force. He got his leg all fucked up by shrapnel and shot a couple times. He made it home tho.
He used to escape from the retirement community and abscond to the liquor offsale on his motor scooter.