Something ive rarely seen discussed in the shooting commuinty vis-a-vis gun choice is the importance of logistics?
Even if one picks a quality pistol, stuff happens. Overpressure rounds, squib loads which lead to a follow-on Kb, parts failures, etc. The more one shoots and practices the more likely parts failures will happen. Its not an indictment of one gun company versus another's QC. Stuff just occasionally breaks.
If that happens to a hard to find or discontinued gun (aka "The Hipster Gun") , not only is the end firearm broken but the user is also out all the skill and practice built to that point with that specific gun, which means they must now start over with something different and accept the cost of new holsters and gear accordingly.
Of course, some of us like out of production hardware with unique traits not available on modern arms ( HK P7 fans, raise your hands).
How heavily should logistics and parts supply factor into using a pistol for defensive purposes compared to other factors like ease of use, shooter preference , and so on?
The question came to mind after phone call this morning to S&W inquiring about spare parts for my 4006 and other 3rd Gens.
( In short, slides and frames are gone like Hillary Clinton's IT guy, and smaller parts are *ask and ye might recieve*).