# Detonics

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{{Short description|American firearm company}}
{{distinguish|text=[Detonics Series X](/source/Detonics_Series_X), a brand of firearms produced by UNRRA Group s.r.o. in Czech Republic}}
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| name = Detonics Defense 
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| type = Privately held
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| foundation =  ~1976 <!-- this parameter modifies "Founded" -->
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| location_city = [Millstadt, Illinois](/source/Millstadt%2C_Illinois) (since 2007)
| location_country = United States
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| products = Compact [1911-style](/source/M1911_Colt_pistol) [pistol](/source/pistol)s
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'''Detonics''' was an American [firearm manufacturing](/source/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 [pistol](/source/pistol)s, such as the ''Pocket 9'' and the [1911-style](/source/M1911_Colt_pistol) Combat Master.<ref>[http://www.thespecialistsltd.com/detonics-pocket-9 ''Detonics Pocket 9''], The Specialists Ltd, retrieved 9 November 2018</ref><ref name="Thompson2011">{{cite book|author=Leroy Thompson|title=The Colt 1911 Pistol|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQ07O0VT5QsC&pg=PA76|year=2011|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84908-433-8|pages=76–}}</ref>

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

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Detonics Legacy Combat Master.jpg|Detonics Legacy Combat Master
File:Detonics Legacy, backstrap view.jpg|Detonics Legacy, backstrap view
File:First Detonics MTX produced.JPG|Detonics MTX
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.detonicsdefense.com/history/ "The History of Detonics"]. Accessed July 2, 2012
*[http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/history/detonics.htm ''The Detonics Story'']. Rick Brenemen, Sightm1911.com
* Rauch, Walt. [http://www.handgunsmag.com/handguns/featured_handguns_master_121305/5 "Detonics Combat Master"]. ''Handguns Magazine'', December 13, 2005.

==External links==
{{commons category|Detonics}}

Category:Companies based in St. Clair County, Illinois
Category:American companies established in 2007
Category:Firearm manufacturers of the United States
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Illinois
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 2007

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