Charter arms picture thread

My 3” Stratford Bulldog .44 that I just had rebuilt and reblued at the factory, and my Stratford Undercover .38. I just got the Undercover for $140...score!

It looks like Mr Biblethumpncop stole my CAs. I will post mine tomorrow. That is if they are still in my safe!
We need to have a talk Mr B. LOL.

A 6 inch .357 Stratford that I got last year, unfired in box, and a 4 inch .357 with a pretty purple blued frame that I call Purple Pain.



I also have the .32 Professional, but that thing has the problem sights and doesn't deserve a place in this thread.

Biblethumpncop said:

My 3” Stratford Bulldog .44 that I just had rebuilt and reblued at the factory, and my Stratford Undercover .38. I just got the Undercover for $140...score!

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Nice, so Charter does a good job with working on Stratford models I take it? What was it doing that made you have it sent in?

ontarget said:

It looks like Mr Biblethumpncop stole my CAs. I will post mine tomorrow. That is if they are still in my safe!
We need to have a talk Mr B. LOL.

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Ok. Looks like we are good. So here are my CAs. 1972 Undercover and an unfired Stratford Bulldog.

Here are my two carry pieces.

I keep buying big heavy guns, but within a couple of weeks I gravitate back to something easier on my back.

The .45 acp Pitbull on the bottom has become a travel companion on the road. Generally, i carry a .45 Shield or a full size 1911 when we go on road trips. I like .357 for hikes, but I'm not keen on touching one off in a car cabin if I dont have to. The Pitbull offers a great back up that uses the same ammo as the gun on me. My wife is not a shooter at all, but standard pressure .45 out of the Pitbull is not bad. The revolver stays close at hand in the console as a gun much faster into action than the pistol I am sitting on, and I feel it is safer to keep a double action revolver out and about instead of fiddling getting a chambered pistol off my belt and into a holster in my console. I bring along the two mags I carry with my CCW, the PB loaded, and a box of .45 next to it.

The Undercover is the little gun that could. I had sworn off .38 snubbies as I tend to shoot them poorly unless I step up to a steel frame .357. The UC offers me a gun that is quite a bit lighter than something like an SP101, but the steel frame makes me shoot it just a bit better. ARX ammo out of this gun is cloverleaf accurate at 7-10 yards, and the DAO trigger puts the 642 trigger I had to shame. I will even go so far as to say I like it better than my LCR because I dont tend to short stroke it. Great combination of practicality: Steel where it needs it, polymer where it doesnt. No frills but dead on accurate and reliable. It's actually what I have in my pocket today.

I am starting to see a pattern shaping up here.

The Big and The Small...

shoebox1.1, you might just have to get your Undercover a big brother...!

My apologies for posting on a picture thread with no pics... I will do so as soon as I am able. Thanks.

MIOkie said:

I am starting to see a pattern shaping up here.

The Big and The Small...

shoebox1.1, you might just have to get your Undercover a big brother...!

My apologies for posting on a picture thread with no pics... I will do so as soon as I am able. Thanks.

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"And I'll be better, I'll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able"

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I love my Charters,
Top is the 1st gen(#5950 1965) and my .32 undercoverette.

Until Sunday, this was my latest acquisition. New Snubnose Pathfinder..

shoebox1.1 said:

Pathfinders are .22?

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.22LR and .22WMR

I've liked Charter Arms since 77 Sunset Strip era. Unfortunately I keep buying them and giving them to relatives. However I will take care of that soon.

Here are my three Charter Arms handguns,,,



Patty - Undercover in .38 Special
Maxene - Pathfinder in .22 LR
Laverne - Bulldog in .44 Special

Aarond

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I also have a Professional that shoots 4 inches low at five yards. I have sent it in twice and it still isn’t right. Very disappointing...

Here’s my duet...



Bulldog .45 Colt and Undercover .38 Special

They may not harmonize like The Andrews Sisters... but they do a fine rendition of Rocky Raccoon...!

The .45 colt Bulldog is on my very short list...if I dont buy a boomer first. No more guns until 2021 for me though. I'm tapped out

Fiv3r... I know that feeling. Truck needing tires trumps the desire to expand the firearm family. Until I can figure out a way to drive my firearms to work... they will just have to wait.

My guns didn't photograph well, but here they are. Top: 1966, carried by my dad, and became mine when he died in 2010. Center: 1987, purchased by me the day I was sworn in on the job that year. Bottom: 1985-ish, acquired in around 2016. All are Undercover models.

45 colt