My first impression at the range with the Seacamp LWS 32. First thought is I have to get a method down for shooting this thing.
1. It hurts the web of my had between thumb and first finger more than my hard-gripped snubby 357 Magnum revolver shooting mag loads!
2. It bangs the trigger finger.
3. The top eject is not ideal, some came back at me, and not on their way down.
4. Got some ejection jams, one even required I drop the mag to clear it.
5. Not having a slide lock is a liability in clearing jams.
All in all though it is a decent little gun for what it is so I will hang on to it but will not be taking it to the range for fun. I probably will take one more range trip to apply what I learned. Here is how I can deal with some of the items listed above.
1. Oh well, not like I will be shooting this all that much.
2. Instead of trying to use the last joint of the finger to pull the trigger I am just going to let my finger sit all the way in and pull by the second joint. I started doing that towards the end and it helped control the gun (and with this tiny gun, control is about 90% hanging on tight). It also makes the finger banging a bit better.
3. Hopefully am wearing my glasses if I need to shoot it in SD.
4. This is probably a limp wrist effect but not an actual limp wrist. Rather, these tiny guns with little area to grip tend to not be held so firmly (at least not without more practice), and so the limp wrist might just be the poor grip.
5. Oh well.
I tried left hand but not much, a few rounds, it was enought for now to use the right hand. Using both hands is tough as there is nowhere to grip with the support hand and I did feel the slide with the support hand, thankfully at the back of it's throw, so no blood.
I ran about 54 rounds of WWB half each from two boxes and split between the two magazines. I also ran a mag and chamber full (7 rounds) of hardball with the slide spacer removed and those shot just fine. I almost think the gun would be better running hardball, but the OAL of 32 ACP is too long for the magazine even with the spacer removed. I just had some ammo that was under the OAL by about half a mm and it worked.
So, the mouse gun is a compromise. Maybe that Kel Tec P32 is the one to get if I really want to go with a mouse gun for backup. BUt I guess the seacamp works for backup once I get my method down so it does not jam.
Do I want to try a Seacamp 380 ACP? No way if you paid me. The 32 beats you up enough.
Also shot the S&W 31-1 Revolver in 32 S&W Long a about 38 rounds and it was a pleasure to shoot!