Charter Arms quality?

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marv

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I hear about 'good' and 'bad' Charter revos, depending on city on origin and date of mfr. I bought a nice .38 Sp Undercover at auction. Deep polished blue, no rust, no turn ring, sn 2216x, from Bridgeport. What do I have please?
 
Over the years, I've owned 3 Charter Arms .44 Bulldogs, all older original models. I still have one, and I regret having sold the others. BUY one.
 
I bought a nice .38 Sp Undercover at auction. Deep polished blue, no rust, no turn ring, sn 2216x, from Bridgeport. What do I have please?
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You have a first generation Undercover from their first factory. Probably made around 1966 or 1967.

Very nice score. Here's my Bridgeport Undercover. I think it spent 40+ years residing in somebody's sock drawer before getting traded in to a local gun shop where I "rescued" it for 200 bucks. A solid and accurate little gun.

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Bulldog Pug; SouthPaw....

I wanted a DA only(spurless) .44spl Pug for a long time. The cool scenes in Michael Mann's Manhunter( www.imfdb.org 1986) made me want to pack the big Pug. CT makes lasergrips for the Charter Arms line too; www.crimsontrace.com .

I'm left handed & considered the snub Southpaw model .38spl revolver but it too was cut. :mad:
Overall, I heard a lot of - stuff about recent Charter Arms firearms but Id give a Pug .44spl a shot. Pun intended.

CF
 
listen its a decent weaponfor the money.

you can get it fixed. call the company up and theyll tell you what to do. if you were super angry about a problem with it, and you had time, you can pack it up, and take it to the factory itself.

ive seen good and bad reviews of charters. but its the first gun ive seen where it could shave lead and still hit a pie plate at 20 yards.
 
Charter Arms = Good
Charco = Bad
Charter 2000 = Bad
Current production Charter Arms = Good

Charter is now active on Facebook FWIW...they routinely answer questions.
 
Charter Arms quality control is unfortunately all over the map. You might get a properly fitted one. You might get one that has a problem but Charter will correct it. Then you might get one that is so screwed up the even Charter cannot fix it no matter how many times you send it back. I am hearing good things about their customer service nowdays. I have a Bulldog Pug I bought in 1987 and I got lucky. It has never ever done anything except function 100%. I will never sell that one. Older guns are generally better but many of them have been around enough that you will run into guns that belonged to a handloader who tried to make it into a magnum Or a previous owner who believed that he really needed to run CorBon and Buffalo Bore loads through it. They will not stand up to that kind of use. If you are not a revolver expert find someone who is and take them shopping with you. Also look at used Taurus and Rossi snubs. And Ruger SP 101s. They're not S&W quality but they're not bad either.
 
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A Bridgeport Undercover? Ya done good! While mine may not look as good as yours, it has been a reliable and faithful companion for a long time.

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