FWIW Dept:
I purchased my NAA Guardian new approx. 8 years ago. (It's an AA series). I wanted a Seecamp at the time, but they were being scalped at $800+ with a long delay.
My Guardian had some ftf problems very early on, but one return trip to NAA for warranty work solved that problem. I was even given a free magazine for my trouble, and in the ensuing 7+ years it has never faultered once.
I am well pleased with my Guardian, and if you have two custom Guardians and are pleased with them I certainly would not be selling them to buy a Seecamp.
For all practical purposes the Guardian will do everything the Seecamp will.. When I bought my new LWS32 I never considered selling my Guardian to pay for it.
Now for the Seecamp.
First, Seecamps and new Guardians are very close in retail price. I ordered my Seecamp online (from Ron Gilyard, Alvin Tx. 1-281-686-5093) from a dealer recommended on the Seecamp forum. Ron sold me my new Seecamp for $380, + $20 shipping, + $35 extra mag.. Or: $435. I then paid my local ffl transfer dealer $25 for the transfer, so paid a total of $460.
The Seecamp is obviously almost a custom made pistol... IMO it is the "Rolls Royce" of mouseguns, and it is smaller than the Guardian.. Not much smaller as the picture shows, but the difference is surprisingly apparent when you cc the pistol. The Seecamp just seems to "hide" easier, and it's lighter than the Guardian too.
The first time my wife held my Seecamp she said "This is MY gun"... I didn't fall for that line, but I did order her a personalized Seecamp LWS from Ron yesterday. My bride and I have been married for almost 40 years, and "if Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"...
The bottom line is that either pistol will serve you well. The Guardian is in my estimation a quality firearm.. The Seecamp, ime, is simply in a class of it's very own. It's not often I can afford the "best of anything" (on my retirement check), but I consider the Seecamp LWS32 the absolute best of it's type.
Additionally, it's almost worth buying a Seecamp pistol just to join the online Seecamp family at
www.seecamp.com... Nicest bunch of folks you've ever seen, and Larry Seecamp monitors the forum. You have a question about your Seecamp, you ask the man who made it.
I don't put down NAA Guardians.. My Guardian has been excellent, and NAA Customer Service is super.
I would never sell a custom Guardian that had given me excellent service just to buy another pistol that I no experience with, other than the reputation that pistol has..
But I WOULD save up my money, and buy a Seecamp. If it turns out you don't like it you will have NO trouble selling it later.. Betcha' if you ever get one of Larry's little jewels in your hands you won't part with it..
Just my old fart opinion..
Best Wishes,
J. Pomeroy
P.S. The only concern I had about the Seecamp before buying one was the "disassembly" business of needing a "tool" to do it. I use a small punch and I've found disassembling and cleaning my Seecamp is easier than doing so to my Guardian... Go figure..
