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Old 04-05-2025, 09:11 PM
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The little Seecamp always intrigued me; many of me fellow officers carried one as their BUG, but I never owned one. That changed today during my Saturday rounds. Got her with 2 mags. Now to find some ammo
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I've handled one and they look pretty solid. I seem to remember there was no semblance of sights; just point and shoot. My Kel-Tec P32 serves me well and is extremely reliable. It's one of the lightest .32 ACP guns on the market. I carry it often and shoot sparingly. Every so often I take it to the range, shoot three seven-round mags, clean it up and reload it again to put in my truck. Attached is photo after cleaning and preparing to reload.

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You did well price wise. I have a Milford built .32 and my son has a Southwick .32. His gun is not as picky as mine is about ammo.
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Seecamp used to say "Winchester Silvertips only!"

No clue if that's still true or not?

I haven't seen a Seecamp in decades. Didn't know they were still made.
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Old 04-05-2025, 11:13 PM
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Seecamp used to say "Winchester Silvertips only!"

No clue if that's still true or not?

I haven't seen a Seecamp in decades. Didn't know they were still made.
That was the case, but now Hornady, PMC, Fiocchi, etc make ammo that works.
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I have never personally owned a Seecamp but had a few friends that did. They are produced by a small Company in limited numbers. They are extremely ammo sensitive so when trying to get ammo that works reliably, you must choose it for that purpose alone and not by how effective said bullet performs. IMHO the ammo issue (at least for me) is a deal breaker as far as a Seecamp is concerned! From what I understand extra magazines must be hand fit and are a bit pricy too.

If you get the pistol to function correctly and reliably, I guess it is a viable back up gun, but IMHO a Ruger LCP Max with 10+1 or 12+1 would be a much better option and it is chambered in .380acp. The Ruger has much better sights, is very reliable out of the box and more than accurate for SD / EDC. Just my honest opinion......
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CH4 you did very well on the price. A Milford gun? Your serial number is a personalized one. Regular serial numbers are all numbers no letters.Your slide should say “restricted edition” on the other side. The owners manual is well written and a good read especially the introduction and also the company history on the web site. They sell the Desanits holster on the web site and have a very good Aker back pocket holster on sale. Bear Creek also makes a great holster for Seecamp.

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There is a definite learning curve for disassembly and assembly. Read the manual on it.
The manual has the ammo recommendations. DONT shoot ball ammo.
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They are well made. I've owned 2; a .25acp and a .32. My .32 ran well with PMC Bronze.
Magazines are available from Seecamp for a fair price.
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I had one for many years but traded it in. With the advent of the lightweight micro .380's didn't see any purpose anymore. It was a little well made jewel though. I actually had a problem one time with it many years ago...I think a stuck round....and called Seecamp and believe it or not got put through to Larry Seecamp himself for help. Pretty cool.

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I believe the first issues of the See camp were made for the Winchester Silver Tip round only. If you take note of this cartridge, you will notice the case has a slight crimp into the bullet similar to a revolver. This shortens the length of the case. Once I decided just to try a standard 32 round just to see what would take place. The magazine would only take one round, and after chambering the round, I could not eject it as it was stuck in the chamber. Action held open and a small wooden rod cleared the chamber.
It is my thought that the later See camp pistols were made to accept standard 32 rounds. I have no proof of this, just my thought.
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The magazines are short to prevent rim lock. Unfortunately that means you can't use most FMJ rounds. The FMJ rounds in my opinion are the only ones with reliable penetration in 32 acp. I also found the guts of it pretty delicate and it's easy to mess up a spring when cleaning. I would never carry it for self defense. The little Keltec P32 is a better gun that is reliable, has less recoil, has sights and locks open after the last shot.
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I have a Southwick 32 and a Milford 380, one of the first batch Larry Seecamp made.

That 380 bites.


Keep the OAL of 32 to .90 and it will work.
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I forgot to mention that mine is a Southwick.
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I have never personally owned a Seecamp but had a few friends that did. They are produced by a small Company in limited numbers. They are extremely ammo sensitive so when trying to get ammo that works reliably, you must choose it for that purpose alone and not by how effective said bullet performs. IMHO the ammo issue (at least for me) is a deal breaker as far as a Seecamp is concerned! From what I understand extra magazines must be hand fit and are a bit pricy too.

If you get the pistol to function correctly and reliably, I guess it is a viable back up gun, but IMHO a Ruger LCP Max with 10+1 or 12+1 would be a much better option and it is chambered in .380acp. The Ruger has much better sights, is very reliable out of the box and more than accurate for SD / EDC. Just my honest opinion......
One has to remember when the Seecamp was introduced it was the ultimate deep concealment gun. They were pretty expensive and sought after. There were no micro 9s and 380s. The 32 was a big improvement over 25. I think the Baretta Tomcat was popular simply because it was cheaper than the Seecamp.
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OP, you know that stealing a firearm is a felony, BRO!
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I can't add a pic without a security token? But mine has ridden as a third gun sometimes as a second gun many of miles.
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The magazines are short to prevent rim lock. Unfortunately that means you can't use most FMJ rounds. The FMJ rounds in my opinion are the only ones with reliable penetration in 32 acp. I also found the guts of it pretty delicate and it's easy to mess up a spring when cleaning. I would never carry it for self defense. The little Keltec P32 is a better gun that is reliable, has less recoil, has sights and locks open after the last shot.
Agree; and it doesn't care about ammo. HP or FMJ it will eat it all. The gun is a bit harder to unload the round out of the chamber with FMJ due to overall cartridge length.

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