Charter Revolvers

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Just kidding... I got these this morning for a sweet package price. :D

Had to order some .44 ammo, but the little .22 Magnum is sweet... accurate with a great single action trigger!

Charter Arms Pathfinder .22 WMR
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Charter Arms Bull Dog .44
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Bulldog

Let us all know about your experiences with the Bulldog. Looks to be the only .44 on the market ow but ave heard mixed reviews on them.
 
I have a few Charter Arms revolvers, but only one is current production. These older guns had a bit better finish (IMO) than the new ones, but then again, everything made back then had a bit better finish than most guns made today.

I've been pleased with the performance from the new one, and wouldn't shy away from buying another.
 
I have a .22 Pathfinder from that same era that I shoot shorts in from time to time, as well as LR. My only complaint is the cylinder latch wobbles a little loosely, despite having tightened the screw holding it on as tight as I can.

Nice little tackle box pistol, or for the glovebox of the farm truck or tractor, for plinkings of opportunity.
 
While I won't go into the problems with the concept of a "throw-down gun", I will say that your Charters are of significantly higher quality and much more desireable firearms than what I think of when that particular term is used (guns like RG, Lorcin, and Davis are more along the lines of what springs to mind).
 
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Pardon my un-PC-ness, but modern forensics pretty much rendered the throw-down concept obsolete a decade or two back.

Thanks for all the positive comments, I ordered a couple boxes of CCI 200 JHPs, which should be here by the weekend, so we'll see how it goes.
 
I have for sometime considered purchasing one but I have heard hit and miss reports of extraction problems whereby the empties "swell" up in the cylinder chambers...? Has anyone had this issue and if so, can one 'polish' the cylinder chambers (excuse my revolver verbiage as I am a semi guy). Other than this, I probably would have long had one by now (I have read the same issue exists with the EAA revolvers:confused:).

-Cheers
 
All brass "swells" when fired, in both pistols and revolvers.

Extraction can be affected if the chamber isn't smoooth, and yes they are normally polished.

I've never owned a Charter that had extraction issues.
 
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All brass "swells" when fired, in both pistols and revolvers.

Extraction can be affected if the chamber isn't smoooth, and yes they are normally polished.

I've never owned a Charter that had extraction issues.
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Glad to hear that as I am really quite ready to 'pull the trigger' so to speak on a Charter as they seem to be perhaps the best 'value' subjectively speaking in the industry (I look at Taurus/Rossi and maybe EAA revolvers to be in that same ballpark dollar wise). Come to think of it (and it has been a while since I was researching this) I believe it was the EAA revolvers which were on sale big-time last year (believe it or not at my local Cabela's store) that were the effected line I was reading about with purported major extraction issues. I believe the Armscor revolvers too had the problem (which is really no big deal for a plinker type range gun but is potentially dangerous if one is using speed loaders for CCW or HD).

-Cheers
 
I always called my little (and early-era) Charter arms .38s "give-away guns".

They are well-made little shooters and, for a while (maybe 20-25 years back) you could find them frequently in gun stores and pawn shops used for ~$100.

Whenever I found one in that price range, it went home with me. Those days are now gone, but I think that the older ones are still pretty good bargains when you can find them.

I once had as many as six of them. I have given all but two away to son, daughter-in-law, friend, etc. and I really like the two I have left.

Only problem I ever had with them is that one of the ones I still have will regularly shoot the crane-mounting screw loose.

I envy you the find; the .22 especially.

Oh, and I just love the idea of "negligent" recoil. Thanks, Larry.

Best,

Will
 
The older Charter Arms are decent little guns. The larger grips make the recoil negligent.
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Ain't that the truth? My EDC is a mid 70's, Charter Undercover. With the stock grips it would batter my knuckles bloody. Switching them out to a set of the neoprean grips they put on the current production (they'll fit Charters of any era), made all the difference in the world.

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The early Charters were good guns. I've got two, the one above, and one from the early 60's with a 3" barrel that's hardly been fired.

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Had an old bulldog when they were made in stratford, ct. Great little gun. That was stolen now have a undercover made in stratford, that is always in my pocket or the wife throws it in her fanny pack when tag saling.* might get a new one seeing they are made right around the corner from me.:):)
 
I have attached a photo of the two snub nose 44 SP’s that I own. The bull dog and the cow, (Taurus).
The Taurus is actual smaller but heavier and has less muzzle flip due to the forward weight. The 445 is a very nice gun but it had serious reliability issues when I got it. Barrel to cylinder fit was way too tight. I just wish that Ruger would get off their back side and build a comparable gun to ether of these. Think of a SP 101 like the KSP-321XL in 5 shot Ruger 44 special,,,, I would buy a dozen.
RUGER WHERE ARE YOU!
 
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