WTS Detonics Combat Master in 9mm RARE!
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This was actually the strong point of the Detonics Combat Master in 45acp.
it was the first 3” 1911 (which it mimics, but isn’t exactly the same) to be reliable with regards to proper feed and eject characteristics.
i have a MK 1 and really do like it. mostly for its iconic history, but less so for the trigger, which pales in comparison to my other 1911s.
best of luck to the OP on the sale. i have no idea of vsluation, but I wouldn’t sell my daily carry (with regards to wear) for $1000, and yours is in impeccable condition and is far less available.
it was the first 3” 1911 (which it mimics, but isn’t exactly the same) to be reliable with regards to proper feed and eject characteristics.
i have a MK 1 and really do like it. mostly for its iconic history, but less so for the trigger, which pales in comparison to my other 1911s.
best of luck to the OP on the sale. i have no idea of vsluation, but I wouldn’t sell my daily carry (with regards to wear) for $1000, and yours is in impeccable condition and is far less available.
i just read up a bit, and while they used some colt parts initially, the slide, barrel, and frame are Detonics in origin.
read here.
Parts Compatibility
Combat Master parts that are compatible with standard Colt Government Model production:
Extractor, firing pin and spring, magazine catch/spring/lock, slide stop/safety plunger assembly, plunger tube, trigger, mainspring housing, mainspring cap, mainspring housing pin retainer, mainspring cap pin, mainspring housing pin, stock screw/bushing, safety lock, hammer pin, sear pin, slide stop, barrel link/pin, disconnector, sear, hammer, hammer strut pin.
Combat Master parts that are different from similar Government Model parts:
Frame, slide, barrel, rear sight, firing pin stop, “grip plate” (grip safety), sear spring, magazine, stock panels, recoil spring guide, recoil spring cap (plug), recoil springs (two or three, depending on model).
https://www.sightm1911.com/lib/history/detonics.htm
sorry OP, hoping this lends to the knowledge, and thusly, the sale of your pistol.
someone will be lucky to own it.
read here.
Parts Compatibility
Combat Master parts that are compatible with standard Colt Government Model production:
Extractor, firing pin and spring, magazine catch/spring/lock, slide stop/safety plunger assembly, plunger tube, trigger, mainspring housing, mainspring cap, mainspring housing pin retainer, mainspring cap pin, mainspring housing pin, stock screw/bushing, safety lock, hammer pin, sear pin, slide stop, barrel link/pin, disconnector, sear, hammer, hammer strut pin.
Combat Master parts that are different from similar Government Model parts:
Frame, slide, barrel, rear sight, firing pin stop, “grip plate” (grip safety), sear spring, magazine, stock panels, recoil spring guide, recoil spring cap (plug), recoil springs (two or three, depending on model).
https://www.sightm1911.com/lib/history/detonics.htm
sorry OP, hoping this lends to the knowledge, and thusly, the sale of your pistol.
someone will be lucky to own it.
I have had a MKI and a MKIV combat master, as well as a pocket 9 from Detonics all excellent guns, never had any issues, do not own them anymore 
had financial issues and they saved my bacon, but in a different way, carried the .45's when I lived in Los Angeles, very reliable and very good guns for concealment, fed them a steady supply of FMJ for practice and Winchester Silver tip Hollowpoints for defense...
had financial issues and they saved my bacon, but in a different way, carried the .45's when I lived in Los Angeles, very reliable and very good guns for concealment, fed them a steady supply of FMJ for practice and Winchester Silver tip Hollowpoints for defense...
So it seems.
i read a good write up lat night which mentioned he cut one down to check out his ideas. Not sure how many he did this to, but sure enough, you two know that of which you speak.
never too old to learn, eh?
good luck with the sale OP!
Here is one of the two articles I saw which mentioned the colt cut-downs as you mentioned. I had never read that before.
http://lengendarydetonicscombatmast...3/08/pat-yates-from-concept-to-prototype.html
on a somewhat related, but opposite note, I also have a Long Heavy slide built by Jim Clark Sr.
the history of this pistol is that Clark wanted to make a 6” 1911, so he bought demilled 1911s by the oil barrel full, and cut the ends off the slides, welded and made right with an existing 5” duty 1911 and then producd barrels etc.
i have a few 1911s, and the Clark, is the one that I just won’t sell.
at any rate, here is a pic of it, you can see a faint weld/machine mark about a inch back from the muzzle.
the other end of the spectrum ?
i read a good write up lat night which mentioned he cut one down to check out his ideas. Not sure how many he did this to, but sure enough, you two know that of which you speak.
never too old to learn, eh?
good luck with the sale OP!
Here is one of the two articles I saw which mentioned the colt cut-downs as you mentioned. I had never read that before.
http://lengendarydetonicscombatmast...3/08/pat-yates-from-concept-to-prototype.html
on a somewhat related, but opposite note, I also have a Long Heavy slide built by Jim Clark Sr.
the history of this pistol is that Clark wanted to make a 6” 1911, so he bought demilled 1911s by the oil barrel full, and cut the ends off the slides, welded and made right with an existing 5” duty 1911 and then producd barrels etc.
i have a few 1911s, and the Clark, is the one that I just won’t sell.
at any rate, here is a pic of it, you can see a faint weld/machine mark about a inch back from the muzzle.
the other end of the spectrum ?
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