Why not give us options for reskinning the weapon, despite Ab8's purpose was for different skins. Half of us may not like changes, while others like changes.
IMO, I miss the old starter pistols because there wasn't that many silver and shiny weapons. Starter pistols are given to new players. They're new to the game and the starter pistols looks new too. The new starter pistol lacks sound effect when reloading dual pistols.
Changing weapons sometimes result completely changing the gun but still retaining the stats. Why change a weapon someone was already content with? This is why player given options are sometimes good. Heck, I'll pay $5000 to change my starter pistols into the classic one.
You can't expect everyone to love new changes.