Follows a succinct description and price list for Detonic's line of Combat Masters- circa a factory manual from '83;
“Although there are six different models available to the general buying public, a Detonics is a Detonics is a Detonics. Only finish, type of material used and adjustable rear sight differentiate one model from another. The plain-Jane entrant is the Combat Master Mark I, attired in a matte blue finish, fixed sights, with a retail price of $369 (1980). Stepping up a notch, the Mark II is a fixed-sight model dressed in a satin nickel finish with a price tag of $390. The Mark III is handsome in its hard chrome appearance with fixed sights and sells for $488. Variation number IV is resplendent in aDetonics Instruction Manual
mirror-bright blue finish and adjustable rear sight, and $499 will allow the buyer to take one home. The Mark V is a brushed-finish, stainless steel model with fixed sights and will sell for $498 ($626, 1983). And, finally, the top-of-the-line model is the Presentation-grade, Professional Mark VI which boosts the price to $575 ($635, 1983)[There was eventually also a sightless Mark VII, also $635 in 1983].”
source:
http://gunner777.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/the-original-mini-1911-the-detonics-combat-master/
This is an early review with many inaccuracy's, but a fair barometer of the Combat Master's success in a world solidly seated with the 9mm and 357 mag.
My manual, with a print date of April 1980, does not contain the above paragraph, nor any mention of any difference between Combat Masters, with the exception of the stainless pistols.
That's actually a quote from Guns & Ammo magazine. I collected a lot of information on the Combat Master from various print sources, and submitted them to biggerhammer. They have subsequently been reproduced elsewhere.
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