More Charter Arms Revolvers Approved for California
Good news for Cali shooters. In the press release they did not say which guns were approved for sale.
Charter Arms, Dayton, OH, July 13, 2010-Fifteen more Charter Arms Revolver models have just been approved for sale by the state of California. California and a few other states require extensive testing before allowing new models of firearms to be sold inside their state. The California State conducted tests cover performance, construction and safety; and these tests take place over a period of months.
Please DON'T ask me about the Charter Arms Rimless Revolver! I am so tired of listening to ridiculous excuses from Charter Arms that I refuse to blog about it until it has been shipped. Well ... maybe I will blog about it if they finally admit that it won't ever be shipping.
Someone asked for feedback on owning and firing a Charter Arms revolver.
I own a Charter Arms Undercoverette, five-round revolver chambered for the .32 H&R magnum cartridge. Since the .32 H&R magnum cartridge is next to impossible to find anymore, I fired two boxes of .32 S&W Special rounds through my new revolver. It’s just as well. The .32 mag round would probably have kicked like a mule. My .32 Charter Arms revolver is well-manufactured, lightweight at 19 ounces and very compact in all dimensions. Thanks to the smaller .32 round the width (thickness) of the pistol is almost as thin as a semi-automatic pistol. I fired my new revolver at an indoor pistol range. Even with milder, .32 S&W Special cartridges, the kick with this compact, lightweight pistol is noticeable but not uncomfortable and is controllable. My judgment is that for the Charter Arms revolver, being in the economical price range, is worth the money you pay. The quality is very good, although I’m not qualified to adjudge the quality as excellent or superior. I’m satisfied with my purchase. That being said, I am considering trading my .32 Charter Arms back to the gun store where I purchased it and use the credit to purchase a Charter Arms rimless revolver chambered for the 9mm Parabellum and the .380 ACP if and when the new revolver ever becomes available. While the .32 S&W Special is more powerful than the 9mm and .380 ACP, the widespread availability and economics of using both the 9mm and the .380 ACP in one revolver are attractive. Charter Arms in my opinion is a decent gun brand. Critics in the past have been unkind. The company’s pistols are definitely NOT Saturday Night specials. I have seen and know what marginal quality pistols look like. Charter Arms is better than that. If you want Colt or Smith & Wesson brand quality by all means go for it, but be prepared to spend twice the amount of money and accomplish the same things you would do with a less expensive Charter Arms pistol. My only criticism of Charter Arms is their odd manufacturing marketing foray into multi-colored pistol frames. Is there really any true consumer demand for something like that? I have no personal desire for a blue, gold, red-framed revolver. I prefer the traditional metal finish. Charter Arms should instead reserve their capital expenditure for the manufacture, marketing, advertising, and distribution of the upcoming rimless revolvers.
For some reason I have always wanted to buy a Charter Arms revolver but don’t know anyone who has ever owned one to get feedback from. They seem well built but the last time I walked in to buy one I walked out with a S&W 642 instead. What are the reasons I should own a Charter Arms revolver?
Charter Arms has ignored their home market at their own peril. I may just purchase one of their rimfire revolvers if they become available at a reasonable price. As for the CARR, it’s the coolest handgun concept of the 21st century so far but I’ll believe it when I see it.