Honest Seecamp Advice

[vanchierifamily]

Friends,

I'm about ready to send my final payment to seecamp for their new 380. I
was originaly on the list for the .32, but I opted for the upgrade to the
380.

I've never owned a seecamp. How reliable is it? Would you get it again if
you had it to do all over again? It's not too late for me to cancel and get
a refund, so I'm hoping for some honest advice.

Thanks!

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[MG9MIKE]

#I've never owned a seecamp. How reliable is it? Would you get it again if
#you had it to do all over again? It'

Temperamental, overpriced, a sig 230 is a better value and very easy to carry.
the 230 is also a time proven design.

mike

[Derek V.]

I traded my Seecamp .32 for an Autauga Arms Mk II.

Both were reliable if kept clean and greased and shot with proper
ammo.

I couldn't hit reliably with the Seecamp any better than with the
Autauga at conversational distance, and can use the Autauga sights
successfully out to, maybe, 20 feet, something I could not do with the
Seecamp. With a braced position, I can reliably get on a person sized
target at 25 yards with the Autauga, again something I found
impossible to accomplish with the Seecamp.

I believe your Seecamp will hold its value, something I'm doubtful
about with the Autauga, and since the Alabama firm is out of business,
I'm doubtful about repairs and spares. CDNN did offer extra magazines
for it, and I've gotten a spare pair, one of which needed smoothing
with a Dremel and polishing bob. The magazine is a quality design and
requires some attention to reassemble correctly. It also requires
internal lubrication, unusual in my experience.

Both pistols operated well with Winchester Silvertips and Fiocchi
hollowpoints.
Other loads may be too long overall, or the bullet nose might be too
wide to work smoothly in the magazines. Donno what the
magazine/bullet shape situation might be with the .380.Hope you enjoy
your new pistol.

Derek V.

[Ron Seiden]

I got my Seecamp .32 not long after it was first developed. It has proven to
be exactly as reliable as you could want with a "just-in-case" gun. Aside
from occasional shooting at a range just to practice and use up old ammo, I
only had to unexpectedly pull it out of a linty pocket for use once when it
had been left there loaded for years (terminal car-whacked deer that needed
to be put out its misery). It fired first try and cycled perfectly. The only
upgrade it has ever had was a set of new Wolff springs -- the recoil springs
because they wear out from all the work they have to do, and extra strength
magazine springs, so that they might help avoid the failure to feed on the
last round (as well as cope with being left loaded forever).
Although I might have bought the cheaper Kel-Tec P-32 if it had been around
at the time, I do not regret my Seecamp and it is *always* with me.

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# I've never owned a seecamp. How reliable is it? Would you get it again
if
# you had it to do all over again? It's not too late for me to cancel and
get
# a refund, so I'm hoping for some honest advice.

[Dennis D. Carter]

I have a .32 acp Seecamp, carry it all the time. They reliable and the
workmanship is exceptional.
Dennis D. Carter

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[Jim Alder]

"vanchierifamily" <vanchie...@cox.net> wrote in
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# Friends,
#
# I'm about ready to send my final payment to seecamp for their
# new 380. I was originaly on the list for the .32, but I opted
# for the upgrade to the 380.
#
# I've never owned a seecamp. How reliable is it? Would you
# get it again if you had it to do all over again? It's not too
# late for me to cancel and get a refund, so I'm hoping for some
# honest advice.

I envy you getting the new .380. I've had a .32 for years and
will not part with it until and unless I can pick up the 380 and
try it out to my satisfaction. I've occasionally stumbled on
others at what I consider bargain prices. If they have extra
magazines I'll buy the gun et all, keep the mags and sell the gun
again. I think I have four spare mags.

What did it cost you to upgrade? If you don't like it, maybe
I'll buy it off of you! <g>

[JohnD]

I've had several Seecamp LWS .32's. Each has functioned reliably.
The Seecamp design features of of a locked slide and trigger when the
magazine is removed is very appealing to me as is the European-style
magazine release.
These features are not found on Seecamp-wannabees. The bottom mag
release is much more secure than an American-style mag release.
The workmanship, finish, hand fitting and tuning of each pistol before
it leaves the shop is superb. At the distance it is designed to be
used, it does not need sights.
If you require sights for a pistol as small as the LWS .32 or .380,
you need something more than sights,... like lots of practice. It is a
self-pointing pistol. If you want the Rolls Royce of pocket .32s &
.380s, think Seecamp. Keep it clean, lightly lubed with Militec-1 (The
lubricant the Seecamp shop uses), and change the recoil spring after a
few hundred rounds. Stick with the manufacturer's recomended
cartridges, for which it is timed. You will enjoy it.

JDsr