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01-23-2012, 12:18
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Marine Corps adopts Detonics MTX 1911 for their shooting team
Just got wind that the US Marine Corps competition shooting team has chosen their new pistol. Its the 5" Detonics MTX 1911 pistol. The team has been testing the guns and now have placed their orders. New guns will be produced and should be in use by March of this year.
Rumors are that other units are now looking at/testing the Detonics MTX 1911 for their teams.
Interesting development for a small company that could launch them into the big leagues in terms of production!
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01-23-2012, 12:28
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Why a rail?
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01-23-2012, 12:34
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I dunno.
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01-23-2012, 12:41
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For those not in the know - I assume the frame isn't polymer and painted - but it's all a 1 piece metal grip? Aluminum?
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01-23-2012, 12:45
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more info from the same OP
States it's modular and "fully CNC machined"
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Last edited by asiparks; 01-23-2012 at 12:45..
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01-23-2012, 12:45
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Originally Posted by R0CKETMAN
Why a rail?
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Bayonets!
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01-23-2012, 12:55
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shipwreck-The-Sequel
For those not in the know - I assume the frame isn't polymer and painted - but it's all a 1 piece metal grip? Aluminum?
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Yes, its aluminum.
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01-23-2012, 12:56
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That's pretty interesting.
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01-23-2012, 13:11
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That's really cool that you can change the grips out for compact or full size grip, and also to take single stack or double stack as you please.
So has it been released into production yet? Looks like the preliminary posting about this post was about 3 months ago..?
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01-23-2012, 13:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by melensdad
Just got wind that the US Marine Corps competition shooting team has chosen their new pistol. Its the 5" Detonics MTX 1911 pistol. The team has been testing the guns and now have placed their orders. New guns will be produced and should be in use by March of this year.
Rumors are that other units are now looking at/testing the Detonics MTX 1911 for their teams.
Interesting development for a small company that could launch them into the big leagues in terms of production! |
So far the only one confirming this is...you on a bunch of different forms.
Last time you posted here you said you do not work for Detonics,.
Me thinks you are full of it!!!
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01-23-2012, 13:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by swatbwana
So far the only one confirming this is...you on a bunch of different forms.
Last time you posted here you said you do not work for Detonics,.
Me thinks you are full of it!!!
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I didn't want to be that blunt about it, but I also have had my speculations.. :D
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01-23-2012, 14:51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by R0CKETMAN
Why a rail?
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.......for a light perhaps??
I'm a 1911A1 guy but that pistol is dead-sexy.
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01-23-2012, 14:58
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Uh,.......that's FAR from a 1911!
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01-23-2012, 15:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by faawrenchbndr
Uh,.......that's FAR from a 1911!
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I wonder if the lower would work with a standard 1911 upper??
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01-23-2012, 15:32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FLIPPER 348
.......for a light perhaps??
I'm a 1911A1 guy but that pistol is dead-sexy.
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Lol. I think he meant why would they need a light on a race gun.
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01-23-2012, 16:00
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Tonight there will be 100 posts in the ads. People will be selling their 1911's to buy one of these because the Marines want them. Will not matter if the story is true or not.
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01-23-2012, 16:07
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FLIPPER 348
I wonder if the lower would work with a standard 1911 upper??
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Yes, a standard 1911 upper will work on this lower, I tried it with 2 different uppers that I have.
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Originally Posted by swatbwana
So far the only one confirming this is...you on a bunch of different forms.
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That is no surprise, I often get inside tips from folks who are in the know. In this case I was on the phone with a guy today who was intimately involved in the USMC gun testing. What you see here you will probably read about in another month or so somewhere else.
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Originally Posted by swatbwana
Last time you posted here you said you do not work for Detonics,.
Me thinks you are full of it!!!
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Feel free to be wrong in public, but no I do NOT work for Detonics. I do have one of the largest collections of original Detonics pistols in the world (so I've been told) owning them in virtually every variant ever produced, in all 4 calibers produced, plus many factory custom pieces and some engraved models too. I own models from each factory, some one-off guns, etc. Within the collector community I'm reasonably well known and have contacts both inside the current factory, as well as in prior factories.
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01-23-2012, 16:26
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You will not find me buying one,.......I think it's dog *** fugly!
Looks too much like a Springfield XDm,....I actually like those.
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01-23-2012, 16:37
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I posted on the the 1911 forum thread.
They may use this gun for some sort of steel challenge or other type of shooting sport.
They are not however using it for CMP or NRA Bullseye at Camp Perry. I know it's not CMP legal and I am pretty sure the modular grips made from aluminum disqualifies it from NRA.
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01-23-2012, 17:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TxGlock9
I didn't want to be that blunt about it, but I also have had my speculations.. :D
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The ONLY guy in the world that posts about that gun is the OP>
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01-23-2012, 17:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HAIL CAESAR
The ONLY guy in the world that posts about that gun is the OP>
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Nice to see you picked up on that as well!
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01-23-2012, 17:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FLIPPER 348
.......for a light perhaps??
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TxGlock9
Lol. I think he meant why would they need a light on a race gun.
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ding ding ding ding
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Originally Posted by HAIL CAESAR
The ONLY guy in the world that posts about that gun is the OP>
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So what
Why so much hate? The comments below add validity to this thread. No need to be rude. The guys into them. I get it
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Originally Posted by melensdad
Feel free to be wrong in public, but no I do NOT work for Detonics. I do have one of the largest collections of original Detonics pistols in the world (so I've been told) owning them in virtually every variant ever produced, in all 4 calibers produced, plus many factory custom pieces and some engraved models too. I own models from each factory, some one-off guns, etc. Within the collector community I'm reasonably well known and have contacts both inside the current factory, as well as in prior factories.
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01-23-2012, 17:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by melensdad
Yes, a standard 1911 upper will work on this lower, I tried it with 2 different uppers that I have.
That is no surprise, I often get inside tips from folks who are in the know. In this case I was on the phone with a guy today who was intimately involved in the USMC gun testing. What you see here you will probably read about in another month or so somewhere else.
Feel free to be wrong in public, but no I do NOT work for Detonics. I do have one of the largest collections of original Detonics pistols in the world (so I've been told) owning them in virtually every variant ever produced, in all 4 calibers produced, plus many factory custom pieces and some engraved models too. I own models from each factory, some one-off guns, etc. Within the collector community I'm reasonably well known and have contacts both inside the current factory, as well as in prior factories.
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We will see in a month.
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01-23-2012, 17:56
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Originally Posted by R0CKETMAN
So what
Why so much hate? The comments below add validity to this thread. No need to be rude. The guys into them. I get it
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No hate. Just his first post here was about this gun....actually all his posts deal with this gun. Each and everyone of them..................
I just checked another website. I made it to page 6 of 12.....all posts about this gun....................
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01-23-2012, 18:06
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HAIL CAESAR
No hate. Just his first post here was about this gun....actually all his posts deal with this gun. Each and everyone of them..................
I just checked another website. I made it to page 6 of 12.....all posts about this gun....................
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Yep,..........
Also, since when is questioning one's intent considered "hate"?
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