That is a very unique pistol!

 

Back in the day, Detonics were a Big Name.

 

I used a Quadra=Lok barrel on my pistol when I was shooting IPSC, although I had a double-chambered compensator on it (custom made). They are VERY accurate barrels, if they're set up correctly. I used mine to place 5th in my class at the '89 USPSA Nationals. I could really, really shoot that pistol (my eyes and hands were in a lot better condition than they are now, certainly). I had previously used a Wilson LE-K Accucomp on that same pistol, the Quadra Lok barrel was a lot better shooting. I could shoot back then, WAY better than now, but I sure had fun in those days.

 

That is really cool.

 

Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) retrieves a Detonics SpeedMaster with Pachmayr grips from the armory in the Mojave desert and takes it with her on her mission to kill Miles Dyson (Joe Morton). Sarah manages to wound him with the gun before she realizes what she is doing and stops. She later uses it to keep a SWAT team at bay during a shootout at the Cyberdyne building.
The SpeedMaster was a custom-built Detonics model featuring a ScoreMaster frame with a CombatMaster slide, as well as an extended barrel with a barrel weight, giving it the appearance of a long slide. In a touch of irony, the pistol was originally made for the Tom Selleck film Runaway, intended by its producers to be the big sci-fi action blockbuster of 1984 but which was thoroughly eclipsed by the debut film from a then-unknown director called The Terminator.

 

The Scoremaster had several features that are common now, but back in the day were pretty trick: Bull barrel with a recessed crown, enlarged ejection port, ambi-safety, beveled magazine well, a full length guide rod and interchangeable front sights were all standard on the Scoremaster. They are a pretty distinctive looking pistol with the protruding barrel & I remember seeing them show up in a couple 1980‘s movies:
Tackleberry carried one in Police Academy 2
Arnold Schwarzenegge’s nemesis Bennett had a Scoremaster in “Commando”
Leon Nash, one of the bad guys in the original Robocop carried one.
They showed up in a few Miami Vice TV show episodes as well.

A pretty cool piece of 1980s pistol nostalgia

 

Can you get magazines for them?

 

Standard 1911 mags for the Scoremaster.

 

Yup, a 1911 mag works fine. I believe that Randall made the original magazines. They had two versions, a standard 7 round flush-mounted mag and an 8-rounder that stuck out a little. Not sure why they made that one, but I want it!

 

I had a 6" barrel 45 ACP Scoremaster years ago. It was the most accurate 45ACP 1911 I have ever owned. Never should have sold it.

Tony

 

I read about Detonics in the Richard Marcinko books, back in the day..

 

I think it was "Rogue Warrior". Nice Action/Suspense books.

 

hadn't heard that name in a while. Looks like a nice piece

 

I think you have a great 1911 there.
I have two old Detonics .45s and I would have looked real hard at getting one like yours if I saw one.

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