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Who owns a Charter 2000 .44spl Bulldog?
trusta45
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I have been looking for another handgun purchase for a little while now and I think I have my mind made up now,finally.I am looking for a small snub nose revolver that shoots a large caliber slow moving bullet.I have been told on here before about the overly harsh recoil of the Taurus 450 .45 Colt,I was in a local store earlier and got to handle a Charter Bulldog in .44spl with a 2.5" barrel.Its priced right in what I would like to spend($299.00 stnls.,NIB w/ pocket hammer) and it meets my other criteria for what I am looking for.Barring to much bad feed back here I plan on picking it up Monday.Who has one and how good a gun is it?Would especially like to hear from those of you who CCW with it.
"A gun is as good or bad as the man using it"
-Shane-
"A gun is as good or bad as the man using it"
-Shane-
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If force ain't work'n... Your not use'n nough of it.
I know the spelling is bad but guess what I DON'T CARE
Who has one and how good a gun is it?
David Berkowitz adored his.
David Berkowitz adored his.
And just how, exactly, is that germane?
Oh, wait, I see; it was meant to be breathtakingly funny. Oh well, I guess that perhaps somebody, somewhere, might have gotten a chuckle out of it.
Maybe.
It was in rather poor taste, though, if you ask me.
(Even though you didn't.)
.280 freak: Bite me.
Yum! We'll be lining up!
And I didn't realize "Sam" was German!
Sorry...[:I]!
Don't take anything too seriously that I post at 3 in the morning. Even though I know better than to PUI, it still happens occasionally.
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My suggestion is to purchase one.
Good to see ya, 280. Hope everything is still doing well on the farm. The grandkids are a dream come true I bet.
Good Deal!
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The grips are clever -- they are as small as Pachmayr's Compac model and even thinner in girth, but the finger grooves keep it securely in the hand. Those grips are uniquely concealable on this gun and should not be replaced lightly. I bought all the different neoprene Pachmayrs for mine (Gripper, Compac, Presentation) and never found grips I liked better than Charter's own compacts.
The gun will make the web of your hand sore if you shoot it long enough, but that's a minor detail. If you need grips with just a LITTLE more cushion, the Pachmayr Compac may be the best replacement since it is no larger and should not reduce the gun's concealability much. The little gun looks positively undersized with full-size Presentation grips on it. I never tried wood boot grips on mine, but I think those might be okay too.
You can get the rare failure to fire, mostly with reloads, due to the slightly lighter-weight pocket hammer. Use good factory ammo in it for carry and it should be fine. The frame screw above the grip has a tendency to turn out. A carefully applied drop of Loctite near the surface will take care of that. Don't let it flow in too deep, because this screw is connected to the hammer assembly.
This is one of the most streamlined pocket revolvers you can buy, or used to be until some others caught on. But it still beats everything else on price. The rear sights are a groove cut, so there is nothing on it to snag in clothing -- something that could not be said for many of its competitors over the years.
I'm a fan of this one. It's practical and it won't break you if you need something in this line. They used to call the .44 with 2-1/2" full underlug barrel the Pug, but now they've given that title to their ported .357, a gun that has not been reviewed quite as well.
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18.5 gr 2400 with 235 gr hollowpoints and it held together ok. 250 grain bullets are murder in a 19 ounce gun.
After experimenting with different grips, I ground (using a bench grinder)the factory rubber grip covering the backstrap down almost to the frame leaving a curved flat surface. You get a more secure grip and the flat produced, doesn't bite into the palm as all the other grips do.