Seecamps Revisited
Overated, overpriced and UNDERsupported. Mine had a serious factory defect (tumbling bullets which shed their jackets)
I'd be inclined to think that was an ammo problem rather than a gun problem. I've run into certain defective lots of .357 ammuntion that would do that in Colt Python...Had one lot of 230-grain Golden Saber do it
out of my 1911s...All of'em. Also, firing into a test medium is a crap shoot
Not even ballistic gelatin reliably duplicates the human body.
I've handled and fired a few Seecamps, and found them to be well-made
little pistols, and very reliable provided good ammuntion was available.
Though they strongly recommended Silvertips for reliability, I found that they would work as well with other ammo, provided it would fit the magazines.
Now...What's all this talk of sights and accuracy? The things are belly guns...last-ditch lifesaving (hopefully) tools that are designed to be used
at arm's length or less when you find yourself up to yerass in alligators.
They're not target pistols, and were never meant to be. The lack of sights
has a purpose...and that purpose is minimizing the chances of snagging
on clothing and fouling the draw. I have carried...and still do in the winter... a Colt LW Commander that doesn't have a rear sight. I filed the sight down to match the contours of the slide and reduced the front sight to about half its original height. I did this to minimize snagging on cold-weather clothing. I know that I'm not about to engage in a duel with
anybody, and out to 25 feet, the front sight will do nicely in an emergency,
and at farther distances if used carefully. All it takes is knowing the gun and practice. Farther distances favor the skillful marksman, and they allow
a time factor to use those skills. Beyond a certain range, it becomes questionable as to whether it truly was self-defense, or an act of aggression. There's a fine line between the two, and a prosecutor will make that distinction clearly in a courtroom. It's much easier to make a case for self-defense if the dead or crippled goblin has powder burns than with an eyewitness who relates that you took dead aim and squeezed off a shot from across the street. The world is full of eyewitnesses whose
versions of the event are affected by where they were standing, and even how they feel about gun-toting citizens. Many don't believe in self-defense
at all, especially if a gun is used. Bear that in mind every time you put
the gun in the leather and run down to Wally World.
The purpose of carrying a gun is to survive, not to make a stand. If you can duck and unass the AO, it's in your best interest to do just that. If you're cornered, the ranges are going to be short, and likely in the dark anyway...Why worry with group sizes that mean nothing and sights that you won't be able to see or have time to use?
Just food for thought...and my 2 pence worth.
Tuner
