ODI Viking Combat

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Specifications:

  • Designer(s):  Louis Wilhelm Seecamp
  • Manufacturer:  Omega Defensive Industries (ODI)
  • Model:  Viking Combat
  • Caliber:  .45 Automatic Colt Pistol
  • Capacity:  7+1
  • Operation:  Short-Recoil, Double-Action
  • Action:  Semi-automatic
Manufactured from 1981 to 1982 by Omega Defensive Industries (ODI), the Viking Combat is the only commercial 1911 pistol to have been sold from the factory with a Seecamp double-action conversion. With a commander length slide, 

Patents:

US Patent 3,722,358
"Combined single and double action firing mechanisms for pistols and kits for converting single-action pistols"
Filed by Louis Wilhelm Seecamp, January 14th, 1971

Publications:

".45 Auto Goes Double Action", by Mason Williams
Guns & Ammo, February 1971

"Conn. Gunsmith Makes SA’s into DA’s", by George C. Nonte Jr. 
Gun Week, Friday, January 12th, 1973

"Seecamp Double-Action .45 Autoloader", by C. George Charles
Shooting Times, March 1973 Issue

"The Rolls Royce of Bobcat 45’s", by Mason Williams
American Handgunner, September/October 1973 Issue (?) 

Hipshots Column, by Skeeter Skelton
Shooting Times, October 1973

George Nonte's Combat Handguns
Stackpole Books, 1980

"Exclusive Report: Seecamp’s .25 Auto Pistol", By Bob Zwirz
Gun World, July 1982

"ODI’s Viking II .45 Auto", by Mason Williams 
American Handgunner, January/February 1984 Issue

"The Seecamps: Gun Designs of Today", by Charles Petty 
American Handgunner, 1984 Annual (Vol. 28)

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