Getting a grip on a classic .45

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

The other year a friend of mine brought some moose antler back from Alaska and I made new grips for my Detonics Mk.1 Combat Master .45. Pretty chunky, but I've got a pretty big hand, so that's OK. Still room for improvement though, and last night I thinned them out a bit, re-sanded and refinished them.

I didn't stop there, of course. I added some 20 line-per-inch checkering to the front of the grip frame, which makes it very secure in the hand. First time trying checkering, and it came out well!

 

[Tallball]

Wow! Another gorgeous piece of work!

 

[UncleEd]

Outstanding, the grips and the checkering.

And kudos to your bravery on tackling the
checkering on such a classic "li'l feller."

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Outstanding, the grips and the checkering.

And kudos to your bravery on tackling the
checkering on such a classic "li'l feller."

I gotta admit, I took a deep breath before that first cut!

 

[Reinz]

I bet that checkering will really enhance the shooting of that little dragon.

I used to be hardcore about those little Detonics and had 8 of them, 6 of which I shot a lot. I still love them, but I’m down to 4. Two of them are unfired 9 mm in the box which are fairly rare.

 

[bannockburn]

Tinker

Nice job with the checkering, especially for the first time out! Grips look great too!

 

[horsemen61]

@Michael Tinker Pearce Nice work love the look of that little Pocket Rocket!

 

[ontarget]

MTP, amazing as always.

 

[Nature Boy]

Perfect accoutrement for a Memorial Day BBQ

 

[Riomouse911]

Very nicely done!

Man, I wish I had half of your skills.

Stay safe.

 

[Frankl03]

Ya great work and cool pistol! Had never heard of Detonics!

 

[UncleEd]

... and cool pistol! Had never heard of Detonics!

Back in the day (Circa 1980) the Detonics "1911" along with
the ASP and Devel "39s" and "59s" were just about as
"cool" as you could get.

Knew a LEO who saved his
pennies so he could get a Smith Model 39 Devel.
And wouldn't you know it, right after he received his
Devel 39, Smith issued a compact to rival the custom
gun at a very reasonable price. IIRC that was the 3913.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Checkering a Combat Master!?!? Heresy! Abomination! Whats next, Mike, adding forward serrations to a Singer 1911? Why dont you just get Tark to smuggle the first M1 Garand to you so you can turn it into a "tanker" conversion while you're at it!?

Just kidding, bro. I think it looks great.

Are you sure it can't get any shorter though..........

 

[doubleh]

Nice. I always enjoy looking at the things you do.