Charter Arms filed Chapter 11

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artsmom

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It seems we are losing a lot of fringe players in the firearms market as of late.

Ithaca, maker of shotguns, Dan Wesson bought out by CZ, and I just found out that Charter Arms has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

I am fielding opinions on the company, their products, and any news of their future, or lack thereof.

I hate to see companies pass by the wayside.
 
Sir William, I think the closest you will get is H&R 1871, a subsidiary of Marlin. They make the H&R single shot rifles and shotguns, and seem to be prospering.

If you are talking about H&R revolvers, I don't think Marlin is too crazy about all the attending lawsuits that would come along with the business. Maybe if the legislation championed by firearms makers would pass, it would take a lot of overhead out of making inexpensive handguns...
 
That dosen't surprise me. I bought 3 Charter 2000's nib. Only one worked out of the box. It was 2 bangs and 3 clicks out of the first cylinder full on both guns. My buddy's Undercover locked up after the second round.

It's really sad they didn't have anything resembling quality control. The first generation Charter Arms were some good little guns.
 
I heard it the other way around, that these were the good guns. I have the Charter 2000 Pathfinder .22 snubie and it works great.
 
Between my dad and myself we owned about a dozen different Charter Arms guns. While the fit and finish was sometimes a little rough, the guns always functioned 100%.

It seems the problems with the Charter 2000 guns was mostly in the .38 caliber guns. I have a Bulldog that was up and running strong right out of the box. Same with my buddy's Bulldog. We both had problems with our Undercovers and Offduty. I know of a few others. All of them were in .38 caliber
 
Good.

I bought a Charter 2000 .44 Bulldog about a year ago and it absolutely sucked. I had one of the original .38's at one time and it was a good gun, too bad they couldn't keep to the orig. quality but producing stuff like the one I had I can see them going under.
 
The original Charter Arms guns were decent handguns.

The subsequent iterations, after the original company went belly up in the late 1980s/early 1990s, just stank on ice.
 
I also owned a number of Charter Arms subbies in the 70's and found them to be dependable guns for the price. I have looked at a few new ones at the gun shows and shops, but never bought one. Just don't like something about the new ones. Can't put my finger on it, just something about the new ones I did not like.
 
I dont think Charter will make it back this time.Their current revolvers aren't worth owning.It is sad to see any gun maker shut down however. :(
 
Sad to see another maker go bust, even if they were not popular guns. I also heard somewhere, but can't run it down right now, that "Llama" gun maker has also shut down.

I had one of the .44Spl "Bulldogs" I bought in 1975/76 (don't remember) Decent shooter, but man that .44Spl ammo was well...pricey. IIRC, it was around $25-$27 per 50, while the .44Mag was about $16/50
 
Go to there site and read the FAQ page, question #1. It's no wonder they're in trouble. It does make yuo wonder what they're doing in the firearms business.
 
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