Neat Gun

Not sure on the details, but it looks neat! Detonics modular 1911! Not sure how much is modular, like can you swap calibers just by swapping uppers? It appears the grips are double-stack and polymer (tho it might be metal, hard to tell from just that picture) and the “Gun” is a chassis with rails and firing controls that mates with different grips and different “Uppers”, so you can take a 5″ 1911 and drop a 3″ barrel and slide onto it. Kinda neat. Frankly I’d rather just have two guns than worry about all the extra parts given that I doubt there’s a huge savings.

I do have a soft-spot for polymer framed Double-stacked 1911s. They just seem so WRONG! I mean the king of all-metal and single-stack defying those norms. I mean how do you berate Glocks when your 1911 is double-stack and plastic? (Hint: Grip angle, unsupported chamber, and lackluster reliability with the Gen4 Guns! 😉 ) Shelley Rae reviews the Bul M5, I’m not sure if this is pre-suck or era-of-suck Kimber, but the Kimber TEN has always been interesting to my eyes.

Of course there’s the STI 2011 Series which is THE name in double-stack 1911s, and it has a grip that appears VERY similar to that Detonics.

Still, when looking at polymer double-stack 1911s, I get wondering if maybe its too far. I like 1911s, and I carry one damn near every day. Still why the 1911? Well they’re fun, and I like shooting them, which means I’m good at shooting them, so there’s that. Also For Carry, because 1911 has a double-lug lockup with the slide rather than just the monster barrel-hood lockup (which is cheaper and works just as well, means the gun is fatter) they are SCARY slim. My S&W1911Sc with Chip McCormick slim grips measures 1.1″ across the safety wing. Its about 0.9″ every where else. This makes for a gun that is VERY comfortable to carry and VERY easy to conceal.

Looking at double-stack .45s, Why wouldn’t I just want the simpler and cheaper S&W M&P45? Or the XD series, or the FNH P45, or many other polymer double-stacks that really rule the market. Yeah even the Glock 21 or G30 if you’re OK with the grip angle and either don’t shoot reloads, or put in a replacement barrel with a supported chamber.

Still in the gun world the question should never be “Why?” but “Why Not??” 8)

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0 Responses to Neat Gun

  1. Caleb says:

    Fun info: the Kimber 10 and 10-2 guns were the Bul 1911s. Imported and rebranded, baby!

  2. Linoge says:

    Alright, I am going to have to put my foot down – if it is a doublestack, it is not a 1911.

    Oh, sure, it might be based off the 1911, but that could be said of a myriad of things…

    • Weerd Beard says:

      LOL, yeah that’s an argument that goes all over the map. Like are Swept beavertail and skeleton trigger 1911s true 1911s? How about my S&Ws with their external extractors?

      I try not to get too bent out of shape about it. 😉

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