I think the ppk design, although almost 100 years old, is still superior to the glock. It’s got major safety features built in. DA/SA is far safer than glock’s absurd trigger safety, and the external safety decocker is a second means of preventing accidental discharge. Best modern handgun IMO, the beretta 92x/m9a3, has both the same safety features. To S&W’s credit, they added external safeties to their striker pistols, unlike glock. 1911’s are awesome but 9 mm’s have been shown to be more accurate for the average shooter due to lower recoil. An enhanced 1911 in 9 mm would probably be just as good or better than the beretta. Heavier guns absorb recoil better, so a polymer gun has another strike against it, not to mention that polymer frames can melt or be chewed up by dogs, etc. there’s probably a niche right now for polymer frame DA/SA pistols with external safeties that look awesome like the ppk and m9 but manufacturers seem to have gone lock stock and barrel into strikers.

I think the ppk design, although almost 100 years old, is still superior to the glock. It’s got major safety features built in. DA/SA is far safer than glock’s absurd trigger safety, and the external safety decocker is a second means of preventing accidental discharge. Best modern handgun IMO, the beretta 92x/m9a3, has both the same safety features. To S&W’s credit, they added external safeties to their striker pistols, unlike glock. 1911’s are awesome but 9 mm’s have been shown to be more accurate for the average shooter due to lower recoil. An enhanced 1911 in 9 mm would probably be just as good or better than the beretta. Heavier guns absorb recoil better, so a polymer gun has another strike against it, not to mention that polymer frames can melt or be chewed up by dogs, etc.