The recent post about a Seecamp prompted me to go to their (or his) website and read a few things. While I didn't read anything on the forum, the FAQs were interesting. He clearly has his own ideas about a defensive handgun. That's reflected in his product, although it is possible a larger pistol might have slightly different features. We'll probably never know. But the whole thing brought up two questions in my mind.
I was wondering how many people go along with his concept of personal defense, which is that (for civilians) encounters will be very close and that point shooting is best. He even goes so far as to claim that most police encounters are pretty much the same, at least in large cities. I completely understand what he is saying and that it is in line with some other writers old and new on the subject. I'm not sure it is even close to the Jeff Cooper theory of gunfighting.
His pistols are especially small and either intended for backup or as an easily concealed carry pistol for those who think a Colt .45 to be a little too large. I imagine he has his hands full producing all he cares to sell, rather like some custom holster makers. At one time there was a vogue for highly customized carry guns, cut down from regular production guns. I'm thinking here of the S&W Model 39 that was heavily modified along the lines of Seecamp's theory of self-defense but some Browning HPs were similiarly modified. I guess there were already production revolvers that incorporated all those features. But I was wondering if there were anything today, in larger calibers, that incorporated most of what he was thinking, in case you didn't like small calibers and small guns and thought something a little larger might be easy enough to conceal. The smallest Glocks come to mind but they aren't works of art by my (not very high) standards and they're a little blocky. The old pre-war Colt .32s and .380s were almost unique and there's been nothing like them since but they're still small calibers. I don't read the magazines like I used to, so I'm sure there are dozens of new guns I've never heard of but do any of them seem like they would be particularly adaptable to Seecamps way of thinking, in so far as he is different? You can buy a sporting rifle without sights but I guess it is essential for a handgun.
I was wondering how many people go along with his concept of personal defense, which is that (for civilians) encounters will be very close and that point shooting is best. He even goes so far as to claim that most police encounters are pretty much the same, at least in large cities. I completely understand what he is saying and that it is in line with some other writers old and new on the subject. I'm not sure it is even close to the Jeff Cooper theory of gunfighting.
His pistols are especially small and either intended for backup or as an easily concealed carry pistol for those who think a Colt .45 to be a little too large. I imagine he has his hands full producing all he cares to sell, rather like some custom holster makers. At one time there was a vogue for highly customized carry guns, cut down from regular production guns. I'm thinking here of the S&W Model 39 that was heavily modified along the lines of Seecamp's theory of self-defense but some Browning HPs were similiarly modified. I guess there were already production revolvers that incorporated all those features. But I was wondering if there were anything today, in larger calibers, that incorporated most of what he was thinking, in case you didn't like small calibers and small guns and thought something a little larger might be easy enough to conceal. The smallest Glocks come to mind but they aren't works of art by my (not very high) standards and they're a little blocky. The old pre-war Colt .32s and .380s were almost unique and there's been nothing like them since but they're still small calibers. I don't read the magazines like I used to, so I'm sure there are dozens of new guns I've never heard of but do any of them seem like they would be particularly adaptable to Seecamps way of thinking, in so far as he is different? You can buy a sporting rifle without sights but I guess it is essential for a handgun.
