Detonics Mark VII

[Chase]

A little off the beaten  topics but I picked up a Detonics Mark VII at a local gun show.  This is the first time I have seen one of these critters in real life.  The Mark 7 is  dubbed "CIA" model--It was made without a front or rear sight.  I've had two combat masters in earlier times, one in 45 and one in 9mm. One I had to sell due to a financial crisis, the other due to stupidity.  Hope neither of these situations repeats itself!

[PJ Hardtack]

Chase

Is that the little stubby Detonics pistol? I've had the pleasure of shooting with the Detonics boys using those at a Canadian IPSC National Championship. I beat one of them in a man-on-man stage - 6 rds-reload-6rds with my S&W M66 4" .357. The full-sized frame gun had not yet hit the market.

I placed both Top Revolver and Top 'B', winning a donated Detonics Halliburton 4 gun gun case with the Detonics logo on it. Still have it, a cherished memory.

[August]

What's going on with the grip safety on that gun?

[Chase]

PJ--I've always liked their compactness along with the big bore.  Last week I carried a Walther PPKS for a couple of days and felt sooooo undergunned!  Better than nothing, but when you can carry a 45 in about the same size, why not?

[Chase]

August--- the grip safety went to the same place that Browning's Hi-Power went.