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Old 12-31-2011, 09:51 AM
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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Default Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!

I know, I know, it's not a S&W. However, it is pretty cool and they're ultra hard to find. I've been looking for a long time for one of these but they're rare as hen's teeth. I have only seen one other for sale (long gone) and pics of maybe 4 or 5 others. Thanks to a heads up from a guy on another forum I hooked up with a dealer out west that had this one. The story is that some of these were originally made by Detonics when they were in Seattle but were never regular production guns until Jerry Ahern took them over in 2004 and opened the Georgia factory. That factory was operational for less than two years and, while they produced some of the best Detonics guns ever, they made very few of them, especially the StreetMaster.

What makes the StreetMaster unique is that it has a full-size (5") slide/barrel mounted on the CombatMaster frame, which is shorter than an Officers frame. That configuration has never been offered on any other regular production 1911. It makes it look long and stubby but it gives you the best of both worlds - full size sight radius and ballistics with a short grip frame for concealability. I haven't shot it yet (just picked it up a couple of days ago) but I assume it will be quite manageable, the 3.5" barrel CombatMasters have a reputation for being very "shootable" in spite of the short barrel and grip thanks to the recoil spring system. The longer slide will make it more muzzle heavy and should force the recoil back more than up. Should be accurate as well, it locks up nice and tight and has a bushingless barrel.

Anyway, I wanted to share, so here's some pics taken right after I took it out of the bubble wrap!






Here it is next to a full size 1911 for contrast-



And with my customized CombatMaster (also a Georgia gun)-
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Old 12-31-2011, 05:17 PM
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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Wow, that is an interesting configuration!! Congrats on finding it!

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Old 12-31-2011, 05:45 PM
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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It is a nice looking gun. Give us a report on how it shoots.
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Old 12-31-2011, 05:50 PM
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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Very NICE !!!
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Old 12-31-2011, 06:46 PM
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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So if I ever see one of these what should I expect to pay?
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Nice score. Detonics is a hot ticket.
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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Congrats on the pickup. Make sure you post how well it shoots for you.
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Old 01-01-2012, 05:02 AM
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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Nice gun! Is that a scratch I see in one of the photos?

(don't spend all night looking for it.)
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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Nice score! If you don't mind me asking, what did you have done to your CM? Who did the work?

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Old 01-01-2012, 08:54 AM
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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Congrats, that is an awesome find--especially NIB. Thanks for posting the pics!
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Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!! Grail gun found!!! Got me a NIB DetonicsUSA StreetMaster 1911!!!  
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So if I ever see one of these what should I expect to pay?
I gave $800 for this one and I consider that to be a very good deal. The used one I missed out on sold for $950 a year or two ago. I would expect that on a site like gunbroker, where Detonics collectors and aficionados would see it, it would probably sell in the $1200-$1500 range. MSRP on the CombatMaster was $1200 new in 2005, I've never seen a MSRP for the StreetMaster.

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Nice score! If you don't mind me asking, what did you have done to your CM? Who did the work?

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Dietrich Gunsmithy in Otis, ME did the work on it for me. It got an action job (4.5lb trigger), they broke all the edges, undercut the triggerguard, recontoured and blended the MSH and grip "safety", half bobbed the hammer, flush cut the muzzle and gave it an 11deg crown, installed a black 3 hole adjustable trigger, and then bright polished everything but the top of the slide, it was left matte. I finished it off with a set of thin Alumagrips.

This is what it looked like before the work was done-
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