This late August/early September I'll have a Charter Arms .45 Pitbull.

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It may will talke a while, but by the end of September I'll have a New Charter Arms .45 ACP Pitbull.

I have a 1991 stainless steel 3" barrel Charter Arms Bulldog (original "pencil barreled" configuration). It saved my life on December 25th, 2006. I was working on a lonely construction site as a Security Officer. A man rolled upon site then pulled a machete. I drew my Bulldog. (Needless to say, i won the altercation). I'll never sell that revolver! (Sentimental value, you know).

I think I'll become attatched to the Pitbull as well. It will fit nicely in a shoulder holster and keep me alive. Charter puts out some decent products and Nick Ecker is a good man that stands behind his products.

Roll on, Nick. Roll on, brother! :cool:
 
Jim:

These revolvers are "bad boys". At a maximum of 21,000 psi, the .45 shouldn't be too "abusive" in the Pitbull. (The .44 S&W Special generally launches the 200 grain lead at about 1000 fps at no more than 14,000 psi). This makes the Max loads of the .45 ACP pretty nasty! :fire:

I'd be willing to bet that most of the .45 ACP loads come nowhere near the maximum, yet will still tear the crap out of anything it encounters! :eek:

I like it! :cool:
 
I'm interested in finding out long term how folks like the .45 acp Charter Arms revolver.

Hopefully the spring and little plungers located in the extractor won't become problematic. :scrutiny:
 
Everyone I know online liked theirs.

I have read a great number of "reviews" online from a few people that own the 9mm and the .40 S&W Pitbull. While recoil is subjective, not many complained about abusive recoil and most were pleased with the accuracy.

I can't see where the retention/ejection system will "fail" anytime soon. Some people said that you had to push the ejector rod all the way to the rear to force the shells from the chambers. Aside from that, there weren't many complaints about the handguns.

I think that I'll like the Pitbull in .45 ACP. I won't be shooting "whiz-bang" +p loads through it, it isn't really needed to stop someone. A simple, standard .45 ACP should do that.
 
The Pitbull has to be one of the slowest da revolvers ever conceived to accomplish a fast reload. For that reason alone, I'd go with the Bulldog chambered in .44 Special. There is this caveat, however: If fast reloads aren't a concern, .45 ACP ammunition can be had a lot cheaper and in a lot more configurations.
 
"Speed loading" in a "civilian street situation"?

You don't really expect to be reloading a five-shot revolver in a "typical" civilian street shooting? Hardly. The typical civilian "street shooting" lasts an average of between three and five shots. You can load rounds one-at-a-time as needed from a sport coat or jacket pocket.

Work with it.
 
Good for you. Recently saw a video; a guy with a sword tried to rob a convenience store. Shopkeeper pulled a bigger sword and chased him out. Pretty sure it was in PA, my neck of the woods.
 
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Good for you. Recently saw a video; a guy with a sword tried to rob a convenience store. Shopkeeper pulled a bigger sword and chased him out. Pretty sure it was in PA, my neck of the woods.
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I was on a site in Southwest Washington as a Security Officer. (It was December 25th 2006) when a man appeared on the scene that wouldn't Identify himeslf. He then drew a machete, and I drew My 1991 stainless steel, 3" barreled Stratford Charter Arms Bulldog. (He then surrendered and the County Sheriff took care of him). I still have the Charter Arms Bulldog. it is now, what I call a memento of my service in Security.

It still shoots, and quite well.
 
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You don't really expect to be reloading a five-shot revolver in a "typical" civilian street shooting? Hardly. The typical civilian "street shooting" lasts an average of between three and five shots. You can load rounds one-at-a-time as needed from a sport coat or jacket pocket.
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While I do agree with you about the ammount of rounds needed to stop an encounter, you wont be "topping off" your Pitbull. You would need to eject the whole cylinder, pick out the spent casings, and then re-load the cylinder.

I was concerned about the speed of a reload when I got my 9mm Pitbull. I took an 8 shot speed strip, and loaded 2, skip a space, load 2, skip a space, load 2. When loading the Pitbull from the speed strip, its pretty quick. You can load 2 at a time, and as you rip the strip away, push home the 2 you just chambered. load 2 more, same process, then the last 2(my 9mm Pitbull is the original 6 shot). A 7 shot speed strip for your 45 Pitbull will work well.
 
QUOTE: "Speed loading" in a "civilian street situation"?
You don't really expect to be reloading a five-shot revolver in a "typical" civilian street shooting? Hardly. The typical civilian "street shooting" lasts an average of between three and five shots. You can load rounds one-at-a-time as needed from a sport coat or jacket pocket.

Work with it."

Happy for you that you have a crystal ball that can predict you will be in a "typical" shootout when the time, if ever, comes. Unfortunately for me, I'm not clairvoyant so I like to prepare for the atypical situation. I'll spend my time practicing with conventional speed-loaders and/or moon clips and you can "work with" reloading cartridges one at a time. Life is full of choices; each to his own.
 
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Back in the early 1960's, my father carried a 2" barreled S&W "N" frame 38/44 Heavy Duty. (It weighed a ton! (I should know, I shot it enough). In 1965, he bought a Charter Arms Undercover in .38 S&W Special. He carried it until he bought his Browning Hi-Power. (His final handgun purchase).

Yep, he went to a 5 shot Charter Arms .38 S&W Special. When the U.S. Post Office wanted him to carry $300,000.00 in Gold Bonds in 1966, what did he carry? You've got it. His Charter Arms "Undercover". it carried well and protected him the 8 miles from the Corvallis, OR Post Office to the Corvallis Municipal Airport. (At the time, it was little more than 3 metal buildings (including the hangar). He made the delivery without incident.
 
That's a nice custom Colt, C&L. How long did it take Timothy to modify that? BTW, That Charter Arms Undercover looks "fast" and hot!

Great stuff, C&L!
 
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