Ghetto Revolver Face-off

Pitbull in 40S&W

Well...since the point of such a gun is to provide suppression fire, one-handed, while running away from the guy with an AK and holding up your pants with the other hand-
I'd go with the 8-shot Taurus 942.

On the other hand-
Those pointy Charter front sight blades would make them extra effective when issuing a pistol-whipping. So, there's that.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Well...since the point of such a gun is to provide suppression fire, one-handed, while running away from the guy with an AK and holding up your pants with the other hand-
I'd go with the 8-shot Taurus 942.

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I'm with you on this one. My 9 shot Taurus .22 is definitely the easiest to get follow up shots from above my head while holding it sideways. LOL.

Taurus. No question. But, I need to inspect the exact unit I'm buying first.

Taurus 905.

I'm a S&W revolver guy, but my Dad likes his Taurus revolvers. I know personally of one bad Charter revolver, so though I have no experience with either makes, I voted with my personal knowledge of them. Plus, I like moon clips.

I like this one. I do have a pit bull 9mm. 5 rounds. The Taurus has 6 rounds and bigger bullet.
https://www.taurususa.com/revolvers...8-spl-p-matte-stainless-3-00-in-vz-black-gray

My Bulldog breaks firing pins



when I repeatably called the factory for replacements, they told me that they got X requests for replacement firing pins, and I was about X/2 of their requests! While I like the concept, this unreliability stays in the back of my mind. Don't want a fail safe mechanism failing when I want it to be unsafe on the muzzle side.

I really like my Taurus snubbies, they are well made, as accurate as I can hold them, and they were reasonable priced

The new Taurus 380 has appealed to me as a BUG, but only slightly. Similar to the CA .45ACP Pitbull.

Pitbull in .45 ACP. If I'm all ghetto, I don't practice at all, so the round count would very low. Taurus doesn't make a .45 ACP, though I think they made the .44 Tracker in 3", definitely in 4". That'd suffice.

Charter arms undercover. Mine's been with me since the early 80's. 38 special

Not a fan of Taurus, after my experiences with 2 of their 1911's. Having said that, I've shot 2 of their revolvers over the years, and they seemed pretty nice.

If I was forced to carry a revolver, and I had those two choices, I'd take a .44SPC Bulldog... but I would have to examine the pistol first... Charter's QC is about as bad as Taurus.

Spoiler alert: If I was to carry a revolver the size of the Bulldog... I'll just carry a compact .45 or 9mm instead.

Smaug said:

Slamfire, I’d forgotten about Charters breaking firing pins. It’s mostly from dry firing, right? They should really address that. I guess snap caps are a must, for them.


Yeah, might as well just go with a lighter 9 mm load at that point. And have cheaper ammo.


I don’t think the Trackers are in that small frame family I linked to.

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Same frame size as a 44 Bulldog. It has a 5 round cylinder.

I would go with either the Taurus 327 or else the Defender 605. Haven't had a .32 anything in quite a few years. Like that it's 6 shooter too. The Defender 905 could be interesting with a 3" barrel.

Just one anecdote. My Taurus revolver seized up and the adjustable sights fell off. I say a Charter Arms snubby go through an intensive snubby class just fine.

Taurus 450 in 45 Colt titanium or steel.

lee n. field said:

Taurus. No question. But, I need to inspect the exact unit I'm buying first.

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Yep. If it's a newly made gun, I'd pick an 856 UltraLite.

https://www.taurususa.com/revolvers...te-anodized-matte-black-2-in-concealed-hammer

Taurus 605

Choices I've made with my own money, a Taurus 85UL and Charter Arms Undercoverette.

The Taurus won by a mile in fit, finish, and quality of construction. The guns look closer in quality in the photos than they really are.

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Smaug said:

I recently read a review on a Charter Arms revolver, one of the new ones. From the family owned company.

The author said that the trigger needed smoothing up with lots of dry firing. He had to do it and catch the hammer with his finger each time hundreds of times because he knew the transfer bar or firing pin would break if he dry fired at that much otherwise. I wonder if it would also break with snap caps, or if it’s just dry firing?

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The only reason I can think of a transfer bar breaking is if it's not flat to the surface of the frame and flat to the surface of the hammer. Which would make me think it's not supported well when struck, so the thin vertical arm is taking a twisting or bending load when struck. The thin arm should really just raise and lower the striking surface and not be required to be a "spring".

Which means, what was made wrong? The frame, the transfer bar, or the hammer?

I'd get that charter in 45 colt. I hear their pretty good revolvers but never shot one. They look cheap but I'd give one a try.

Charter Bulldog. Packs as easy as a J-frame but retains .44 punch.