Detonics

Detonics Defense
Type	Privately held
Founded	~1976
Headquarters	Millstadt, Illinois (since 2007), United States
Products	Compact 1911-style pistols

Detonics was an American firearm manufacturing company founded around 1976, which had existed under several owners and variants of this name. Detonics was best known for its innovative design of compact self-loading pistols, such as the Pocket 9 and the 1911-style Combat Master.¹²

Iterations

~1976-1987: Detonics Manufacturing Company (Seattle, Washington)
1987-1992: New Detonics (Arizona)
2004-2007: Detonics USA (Georgia)

Gallery

Detonics Legacy Combat Master
Detonics Legacy, backstrap view
Detonics MTX

References

Detonics Pocket 9, The Specialists Ltd, retrieved 9 November 2018
Leroy Thompson (2011). The Colt 1911 Pistol. Osprey Publishing. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-1-84908-433-8.

"The History of Detonics". Accessed July 2, 2012
The Detonics Story. Rick Brenemen, Sightm1911.com
Rauch, Walt. "Detonics Combat Master". Handguns Magazine, December 13, 2005.

External links

[1] Detonics Pocket 9, The Specialists Ltd, retrieved 9 November 2018

[Thompson2011-2] Leroy Thompson (2011). The Colt 1911 Pistol. Osprey Publishing. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-1-84908-433-8.

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