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I had no idea I had already signed up. I had not posted apparently.
I am a member of several forums as Fredseviltwin The one I have participated the most in the past has been the Weapons Guild.
My interest has settled on the Detonics pistol. Here's one I built. It is still in the white, but it runs well.
I am a member of several forums as Fredseviltwin The one I have participated the most in the past has been the Weapons Guild.
My interest has settled on the Detonics pistol. Here's one I built. It is still in the white, but it runs well.
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I remember Detonics well,shame they disappeared .
I remember Detonics well,shame they disappeared .
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My only Detonics was a Pocket 9 in the mid 80's. I was used to pocket guns but they all came in calibers like 25 acp , 32 acp, or .380. This fired a real service caliber and at least technically fit in a pocket. Pretty wild for the 1980's.
Its problems were, it was heavy as a brick, and only reliable with hot ammo. I don't remember +P being a thing back then. My gun only fed round nose FMJ's. I did not keep it very long. I traded it to a friend for a PPK in 32. I could hang on to the PPK, and shoot a pretty decent group with it. something I was not able to do with the Pocket 9.
I will say this, the Pocket9 drew a lot of attn. at the range. Everyone wanted to try it. It had the Cool factor. I wonder if with today's ammo it would have been more reliable. DR
Its problems were, it was heavy as a brick, and only reliable with hot ammo. I don't remember +P being a thing back then. My gun only fed round nose FMJ's. I did not keep it very long. I traded it to a friend for a PPK in 32. I could hang on to the PPK, and shoot a pretty decent group with it. something I was not able to do with the Pocket 9.
I will say this, the Pocket9 drew a lot of attn. at the range. Everyone wanted to try it. It had the Cool factor. I wonder if with today's ammo it would have been more reliable. DR
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DETONICS RESSURECTION
I built this pistol as the early four diget frames were done with a horizontal cut in the magazine well, just above the mainspring housing. The amount removed I have written in my notes. There is a vertical cut at the front of the magazine well. This location allows the stock grip panels to cover the welds. When you see a CM pistol with a serial number below around 33xx. And no prefix letter it likely has the chopped and channeled full size frame. The welds at the mainspring housing are usually quite visible if you know where to look.
These very early pistols originally had cut down slides and modified barrels. The modified barrel seam is visible from the muzzle, . They brazed a cone shaped sleeve over the cut down barrel.Today we call this a "Bull" barrel. It is true that many of these modified top ends were seriously out of spec. Returning the pistol to the factory allowed replacement with a top end that was not of the early modified parts.
Now regarding the slide. Taking a five inch slide and cutting an inch and a half from the muzzle end. There is very little left of the dust cover. The Detonics gunsmiths added material to support the recoil components.
When you see an early CM slide there can be discoloration along the lower left side. This is due to the necessity to relocate the Slide Stop and takedown notches in these shortened slides.
Consider this… the slide was cut down there was no internal cut for a barrel bushing, hence the bushingless bull barrel was invented.
This pistol has a couple changes of my own desire. I have used the Clark-Para-Lisner feed ramp. I also chose to buy into the Chen Custom gen 2 magwell.. what are your thoughts.
I built this pistol as the early four diget frames were done with a horizontal cut in the magazine well, just above the mainspring housing. The amount removed I have written in my notes. There is a vertical cut at the front of the magazine well. This location allows the stock grip panels to cover the welds. When you see a CM pistol with a serial number below around 33xx. And no prefix letter it likely has the chopped and channeled full size frame. The welds at the mainspring housing are usually quite visible if you know where to look.
These very early pistols originally had cut down slides and modified barrels. The modified barrel seam is visible from the muzzle, . They brazed a cone shaped sleeve over the cut down barrel.Today we call this a "Bull" barrel. It is true that many of these modified top ends were seriously out of spec. Returning the pistol to the factory allowed replacement with a top end that was not of the early modified parts.
Now regarding the slide. Taking a five inch slide and cutting an inch and a half from the muzzle end. There is very little left of the dust cover. The Detonics gunsmiths added material to support the recoil components.
When you see an early CM slide there can be discoloration along the lower left side. This is due to the necessity to relocate the Slide Stop and takedown notches in these shortened slides.
Consider this… the slide was cut down there was no internal cut for a barrel bushing, hence the bushingless bull barrel was invented.
This pistol has a couple changes of my own desire. I have used the Clark-Para-Lisner feed ramp. I also chose to buy into the Chen Custom gen 2 magwell.. what are your thoughts.
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Yes a real shame. Having talked to one of the gun smiths that spent years with the company. He confirmed that management was feeding less profitable parts of their companies the profits from the firearms buisness. Who knows what could have happened if they didn't do stupid stuff.
I have some other dirt for later.
Detonics is one brand that I've never owned. I recently sold a Colt Officers Model, which is similar.
I inherited three of these. One was made with the lightweight frame; another was a basic 1991A1 with a bad cerakote job on it. The S/S version in the picture above had been modded with a solid recoil spring guide. It was made in 1989. Colt came to this market rather late in the game. Star in Spain came out with their Model PD in 1975. I think the Detonics came out a couple years after that.
I fired all three of these Colt guns to test them for function. At first, I expected them to be uncomfortable to shoot. But to my surprise, they weren't unpleasant to shoot at all, even the lightweight frame version.
I inherited three of these. One was made with the lightweight frame; another was a basic 1991A1 with a bad cerakote job on it. The S/S version in the picture above had been modded with a solid recoil spring guide. It was made in 1989. Colt came to this market rather late in the game. Star in Spain came out with their Model PD in 1975. I think the Detonics came out a couple years after that.
I fired all three of these Colt guns to test them for function. At first, I expected them to be uncomfortable to shoot. But to my surprise, they weren't unpleasant to shoot at all, even the lightweight frame version.
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