nofendertom
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If I wanted a snubby, I would be looking at a Taurus 856.
Taurus has an excellent selection of cheap and robust for price revolvers.If I wanted a snubby, I would be looking at a Taurus 856.
Save up and buy what you really want. The gun you'll buy will last a lifetime. Don't give into impatience and instant gratification. You can find deals on used Smiths between $500-$600.Hi All
So a local shop has a Charter Arms snub nose (Under Cover or something like that I am not sure). 38spl on the used rack for $250 Dose that sound like a decent price and are they good guns?
I really want a Smith but I know I won't find a Smith for $250 anytime soon. So I am thinking that the Charter Arms might scratch the itch. Or should I suck it up and save the extra coin for a Smith?
Thanks
WB
The 856 has QC and design issues. The OP should not cheap out. He should buy what he really wants, and it does not appears that he really wants a Taurus.If I wanted a snubby, I would be looking at a Taurus 856.
May I ask about this? The design seems OK to me but of course it's no smith, and nether am IThe 856 has QC and design issues.
If you want a S&W you won't be happy with a charter arms.
I'd rather have a zero finish, mechanically sound M10 than any charter arms.
Wow! That’s bad. That redefines the term Rough Around The EdgesI bought a new Southpaw a couple years ago.
When I picked it up at the FFL, we both laughed at how awful it was. The action felt like it was full of sand.
I purchased it as a project so I wasn't too concerned. Once I took it apart, I was shocked at the lack of finish work. Lots of grinding and stoning and polishing later, it works okay.
Unless you are going to do the work I would not purchase one.
This is a closeup of the hammer when I removed it. Every part was this bad.
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I bought a new Southpaw a couple years ago.
When I picked it up at the FFL, we both laughed at how awful it was. The action felt like it was full of sand.
I purchased it as a project so I wasn't too concerned. Once I took it apart, I was shocked at the lack of finish work. Lots of grinding and stoning and polishing later, it works okay.
Unless you are going to do the work I would not purchase one.
This is a closeup of the hammer when I removed it. Every part was this bad.
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Plum color blueing of some parts is something you see on some guns. I forget what causes it. Not a problem, just an artifact of the way the blueing was done.I just bought an older (Stratford, 400,000 range serial) Charter Arms Undercover. It has a plum-colored cylinder and frame, which tells me the alloy or the bluing solution or the temperature was maybe a bit off? But the price was right and the trigger is, no joke, better than any J frame I’ve ever felt. It’s not as good as an LCR, but for a third of the price, for something that will be “put it in your pocket to walk the dog” sort of gun…. Really hard to argue with!