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ODI Viking


Photo From: Mark Freburg - Album: Handguns--Modern

Description: The ODI Viking was an early 1911-based double action .45 auto, which was a commercial take-off of the aftermarket Seecamp Conversion. At the time the stainless stleel construction was also radical for a semi-auto. This photo is from a magazine review circa 1983. MSRP at the time was $579. Uploaded: 11/8/2004 by Mark Freburg
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(9/3/2018) Harvey Goldman wrote: I had a Viking for a while. I bought it on line from Randy Bessler. I was really excited about Seecamp conversions at the time, and was looking forward to another iteration of that system. What a disappointment -- when I racked the slide the first time, the hammer followed the slide when it went into battery. Thankfully, I was just dry firing it. I ended up sending it to my favorite gunsmith who fixed that problem, but the pistol was never very accurate, and the trigger pull couldn't be improved, so I sold it to a Seecamp collector, along with another Seecamp conversion (Colt Commander in .38 Super), and that ended my Seecamp collecting.
(11/11/2020) Mark Freburg wrote: This came upon the home page so I clicked it and reread Harvey's reply--and was reminded of my disappointment at what a poor copy of the Seecamp Conversion the ODI Viking was. Bummer....
(2/14/2023) Harvey Goldman wrote: A couple of things -- the ODI Viking used the Seecamp Conversion by way of a license from Seecamp. It was the only "factory production" Seecamp DA/SA pistol ever done. And the one I had was truly different in that it had a push button safety at the rear of the slide that blocked the firing pin. This was in addition to the normal Colt-style manual safety and grip safety. Really strange!
Harvey