Having used these in service, those that are convinced they will be all clapped out rattle traps are simply wrong.
While a pistol issued to a high op tempo unit, mp detail for base security, or the mp or armor schools may indeed be pretty beat, this no universal. For example when I was still an enlisted guy ( retired many years later as an offficer) I was assigned to a medical unit-they had about a dozen Remington rands all original and about 90% finish. They were taken out of the arms room once a year on qualification day, and for field training where they were carried in holsters, cleaned and returned. Since we were not issue ammo for field training ( making carrying the pistol pretty pointless) many troops would wrap them in plastic bags to keep them clean so they got very little wear.
Also ( again with the exception of MP details and armor units ) pistols were mostly assigned to officers and senior nco’s who cared for equipment, and unlike a rifle constantly exposed to the elements they rode protected in holsters