The reason Charter keeps coming back from the dead is that the original 1970's era designs were really, REALLY good.
I own a late '70s production "Undercover" .38snubbie. The frame has no sideplates, instead it's an unbroken circle of metal around the cylinder. At the rear, it "forks" and allows the grip frame, hammer, trigger and trigger guard assembly to slide up inside it. Follow? It's a somewhat radical departure, and some gunsmiths comment that it's kinda "funky" to tune one. But it allows a steel primary frame (unbroken with side plates or similar) to surround the cylinder and an aluminum grip frame and trigger guard. Combined with a steel-cored aluminum barrel, total carry weight is halfway between an all-steel and an early all-aluminum snubbie. The Charter snubbie is considered +P rated and may be among the strongest in it's class.
(Mine was WELL tuned by a good gunsmith before I bought it used, barrel gap is .002" and the trigger is a dream...so they CAN be tweaked.)
Now, if by that description you can go back to the gun shop and determine that this new 2000 is using the original design concepts AND it seems to be put together well, then sure...give it a try. Check all the usual stuff regarding cylinder slop, gap and timing (let me know if you don't know how, or I may post a separate "how to check out a revolver" thread).
Jim