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1. #Charter arms undercover 38 special upper receiver full#
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S&W later made a Model 940 5-shot J frame in 9mm… it died too. In a reversal of the historical order, both guns were quickly crucified after their brief resurrection. Both were designed for overseas contracts – who else but the French could want that – but the guns were also sold here.

#Charter arms undercover 38 special upper receiver full#

In the 1980s, the idea was further resurrected: Ruger made a Speed-Six in 9mm using full moon clips, S&W made the Model 547 with a unique and problematic rimless retention system built into a retracting extractor star. S&W continued to make the gianormous Model 25 with 6.5” barrel for Very Old School bullseye shooters. After that conflagration ended, the rimless cartridge in a revolver with half-moon clip thing sort of died down, and surplus guns of that nature were used by folks who couldn’t afford something else. Colt and S&W were requested to chamber their big frame revolvers for the nascent. This market has existed since The Great War (look that one up kiddies, I know you don’t learn that in school anymore), to rectify the shortage of Lord John Moses Browning’s Holy Creation 1911 to arm our intrepid Doughboys (not of Pillsbury descent). Perhaps they should rename it “SCAMdium”.Ĭharter Arms introduced the Pitbull in 2011 as their entry into the semi-auto pistol cartridge in a revolver market. 357 Magnum has an MSRP of $1019… folks that’s $89 an ounce (last I checked titanium was selling for about 15 cents an ounce). The S&W Model 360PD made partially of scandium and titanium alloy in. Lots of clueless and careless yahoos and noobs out there.Īnd made even more outrageous by the greatly inflated prices that are charged for new revolvers. Another reason to be careful at the public shooting range. Which is a rather sad statement on American Industry, and gun owners in general. Get the product out the door, figuring only 10% of the market audience knows what they are doing and will notice, so fix/replace that 10% of guns via customer service and watch how that pile of beans grows via the other 90%! Others had canted barrels, some were out of time, still others had horrendous trigger pulls. Others would not shoot to POA – even with adjustable sights.

Some you could shave with because the various edges were so sharp – unloading the cylinder would abrade your fingers (and I am well callused). In the past two years, a significant number of NIB (new in box) revolvers I have examined from the two big US makers would never have made it out of the factory 20 years ago. Which isn’t to say that Charter Arms hasn’t had their share of ups and downs, as every gunmaker has had. They sell American made revolvers that mostly retail for under Four Large… which is nice for the majority of folks that aren’t leasing a new Audi every 30 months. They are family-owned and operated company, with 50 years of roots, and aren’t controlled by portfolio investors and their resume CEOs. 45 ACP revolver this year.Ĭharter Arms hasn’t cut and run from Connecticut despite the anti-gun politics there. 45 ACP revolver ever made that doesn’t use any kind of clips to hold the cartridges.

#Charter arms undercover 38 special upper receiver professional#

In contrast, the professional pistol-packer and gold medalist amongst us takes a more sanguine view of the vast field. A few ill-advised purchases, coupled with limited experience, turned one of the staff into a 1911- hating glockaid imbiber. Of course the end results often depend on the reviewer, and some of us here at have more experience – and longevity – with handgun shooting than others. Such is life! Another excuse to add more wine to your diet, lowering one’s risk of stroke and heartache. The few reviews we post tend to start out with great fanfare and promise, slide into consternation, and end on a sour note. We don’t do very many handgun reviews here at, despite the fact that some of us do more pistol shooting than anything else.