It was a good gun and I had zero problems with it. They are generally reliable for the mechanical entities they are. Single action had no issues.Ĭharter Arms has their own proven internals that have been cranking and firing their revolvers for many years. It is something I would have shipped the gun back to Charter for and I know Richard sent them some feedback. It happened to me once, and several times to Richard. We had some trouble with the trigger binding in double action mode.
This was obviously an early production model sent to Richard by Charter Arms. But mostly, a sharp rap on the ejector rod shot all five empties out just fine. On occasion, a round or two would hang up half way out of the chute and tangle in the star. This is what holds the bullets in the extractor, so that was apparently normal.
We later figured it was the spring extractor exerting some side pressure on the casings. At first, I thought the walls of the bores were gunked up because there was a strange grating feeling as the rounds are pushed into place. Inserting the bullets into the Pitbull was…odd. I do not find either gun difficult to shoot with duty ammo. The unloaded Pitbull’s weight is about equal to that of my Glock 27 with empty mag. 40 S&W 155 grain Speer Gold Dot hollowpoints through the Pitbull, so I’ll give you some preliminary impressions. Generous grips fill the hand and dumb down the recoil. The five shot Pitbull comes standard with a 2.3″ barrel, matte finish, and rubber grips. 44 Special, sharing the same 416 stainless steel frame. The size of the gun would be similar to their larger Bulldog. The CARR, later Pitbull, was envisioned as a handy back up for the police officer since his back-up revolver could be stoked with the same ammo that his or her duty gun would hold. Charter said the 9mm version, which would be the last evolution of the production line, would also load, fire, and extract. Originally, Charter Arms’ idea was to provide a revolver that was chambered in rimless auto-pistol cartridges that are popular with law enforcement, such as 9mm. Integral to their design is a dual coil spring loaded extractor, which engages the case rim and ejects the spent rounds. The Pitbull was made to fire a rimless auto-pistol cartridge without the use of full or half moon clips. revolver, which was formerly called the CARR, for Charter Arms Rimless Revolver.
One of the wheelguns he brought was the unique Charter Arms Pitbull. BlueSheepdog Richard and I went to the range a couple of months ago to get some trigger time with a mixed bag of pistols and revolvers.
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