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L. W. Seecamp Co. Is an American manufacturer of located in Milford, Connecticut from 1981 to 2014. In 2014, Whalley Precision purchased the company and took over production of the pistols from their facility in Southwick, Massachusetts.
In 1978, Seecamp specialized in the miniaturization of pistols. As a result, Seecamps are among the very smallest semi-automatic pistols ever produced. The LWS-32, for example, is smaller than pocket pistols produced by Beretta, such as the Model 21 Bobcat in .22 Long Rifle. It is only marginally larger than the old .25 ACP Baby Browning, or modern versions thereof, such as the PSA-25 made by Precision Small Arms.The Seecamp patented spring system is currently used in almost every locked breech miniaturized semi-auto pistol.
In 1981 Seecamp started firearms manufacturing, beginning with the LWS-25.
The elder Seecamp died in 1989. His son, Larry, kept the company going, before selling the company in 2014 due to failing health.
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The original Seecamp model was the LWS-25 chambered in .25 ACP and manufactured from 1981 through 1985, with a total production of about 5000 units. It used traditional blowback operation with a magazine capacity of 7 rounds. Collectors have driven the price of these original Seecamps to as high as $3000.00(US). The .25 ACP model was dropped shortly after the introduction of the .32 ACP version.
Seecamp's second model, the LWS-32 was designed around the only hollow point .32 ACP ammunition available at the time, Winchester Silvertips. Ammunition with an overall length exceeding may not feed or chamber correctly. Operation is through chamber-ring delayed blowback where a raised ring at the rear of the chamber retards the rearward motion of the slide. This model uses a magazine with a capacity of 6 rounds. The LWS-32 remains Seecamp's most popular firearm. During the height of demand, production guns were selling out years in advance with individual guns selling for up to US$2000.
There were 20 sets made in both .25 ACP and .32 ACP with matching serial numbers in 1988.
In 1999 Seecamp introduced a third model, the LWS-380 chambered in .380 ACP. The LWS-380 is the same size as the LWS-32.
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