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I *would* like to have a .40S&W revolver and the S&W610 is pricey enough it might be a while...

Is Charter Arms really that bad?

I have a .38 from the 60s that is still solid ...

Conventional wisdom seems that for a few years normal build quality suffered and perhaps best to avoid those branded as "Charter 2000".

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I haven't owned/shot a Charter Arms revolver in over 20 years. I had one in .38 special & another in .44 special I think it was. A Bulldog maybe? They both ended up with dangerously loose cylinders after very little use. I got rid of them and have never tried another one.

What has CA done to improve quality? Granted they were good BUGs but now I carry a PM40 or a LCP if I want something small. Have any of you really shot one hard to see how it holds up? I'd be curious to know.

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I haven't owned/shot a Charter Arms revolver in over 20 years. I had one in .38 special & another in .44 special I think it was. A Bulldog maybe? They both ended up with dangerously loose cylinders after very little use. I got rid of them and have never tried another one.

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Well, Charter (along with Taurus/Rossi) has long been considered a "second tier" maker, but your experience with models of 20 years ago seems to be atypical. Granted, this is not from my firsthand experience of shooting one a heck of a lot, but rather from lots of webbing, as I really looked into buying a modern one about a year ago. (I wound up buying Ruger, btw).

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Looks to me like you'd have to eject the brass ALL the way out of the cylinder and pick them off the built in moon clip. Sounds like a fun gun to play with, but might be a bit clumsy to reload on the fly.

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Looks to me like you'd have to eject the brass ALL the way out of the cylinder and pick them off the built in moon clip. Sounds like a fun gun to play with, but might be a bit clumsy to reload on the fly.

If you read the description it seems otherwise.

The secret is the patent-pending Charter Arms Rimless Revolver Round System. Basically, when a round is loaded into the chamber a specialized spring engages the cartridge’s ejector groove. When the cylinder is opened and the ejector rod operated, it extracts and ejects the fired cases.

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If you carry a 19 why not get a 26 for a bug?

I am looking for a pocket gun. I have a Ruger LCP that works well but it is a .380 and if I could use the same ammo that would be nice. I wear dress slacks for work so the LCP is light enough to be comfortable and discreet. Can I carry a 26 in dress slacks? I would think it is too heavy. Does anyone carry this way?

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I had a .38 cal. charter arms fishin weight when I was about 18.I would say in 20 years they have improved the reliability or they would have been shut down by now.

I would have to say buyer beware!!!

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Smith & Wesson started making them almost 30 years ago, but they have never really been in much demand.

Model 547 K-Frame

Model 940 J-Frame

You need moon clips with the Smiths. The idea with the Charter is you don't.

I really like the idea, but the mechanism seems kinda iffy.

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I am looking for a pocket gun. I have a Ruger LCP that works well but it is a .380 and if I could use the same ammo that would be nice. I wear dress slacks for work so the LCP is light enough to be comfortable and discreet. Can I carry a 26 in dress slacks? I would think it is too heavy. Does anyone carry this way?

Mick

I'm convinced that the Glock 26 and 27 were built for cartoon characters with three fat fingers and a thumb. They are possibly the only people who could ever find those particular Glocks comfortable to shoot as they certainly weren't designed to be "ultra concealable".

  • Fat grip... CHECK!
  • Short grip... CHECK!
  • Fat slide... CHECK!

I owned a 27 for a while. I couldn't place my finger (no pun intended) on why I didn't like it when I owned it, but it dawned on me subsequent to buying a Glock 23 and then later a Glock 19. The 26/27 just suck from an ergonomics standpoint. :bowrofl:

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