American Handgunner July/August 1982

STURDY, FEW PARTS:
SEECAMP INTRODUCES
UNIQUE .isAUTO
Features include double action, simple operation, stainless steel
finish, ultra- compactness, foolproof safety and no-snag hammer.
By Dave Reynolds
I
've learned from my ranching days that the pistol to near .380 size. (The rights to
.25 cal. pocket pistols aren't the best this conversion have been sold to ODI in
guns to shoot rattlesnakes from horseback, New Jersey.)
although they do have considerable practi- People who know Seecamp well are
cal value.
generally surprised to learn that he se-
When Larry Seecamp sent me one ofhis leeted a lowly .25 auto pistol for his debut
first production guns from the L. W. into manufacturing, because he has a
Seecamp custom shop-turned factory, I number oflarger, more exciting designs on
was pleased at having the opportunity to hand. Wh¥ would Louis want to build
look it over and do some test-firing. grass huts when he is capable of building
Louis Seecamp, Larry's dad, has been a skyscrapers? Well, there's a lot more need
custom pistolsmith for many years, pro- for grass huts. That's why.
ducing some highly innovative weapons. Our "grass hut" is a straight trigger
Louis' most widely known modification is cocking, double action only, stainless steel
a double action conversion on the Colt .45 automatic. With its inertia firing pin, it is
auto, combined with a chop job to reduce perfectly safe with a round in the chamber.
Seecamp .25 Auto showing doub'e-action trigger and stain'ess stee' magazine.
It has the absolute simplicity of operation
of a double action revolver, for every shot.
Ifyou pull the trigger, it fires; ifyou don't,
it won't.
The Seecamp .25 has only one safety
device. When the magazine is removed,
the trigger is blocked and the slide will
only retract about a half-inch, not enough
to eject or load a round. The block becomes
effective when the magazine is
pulled out about 3/8:' The only way to
load the chamber is from the magazine. To
carry a full load ofeight rounds, put one in
the magazine, charge the chamber, then
remove the magazine and load seven
rounds. .
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