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wild cat mccane
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Looks fun for sure
jetinteriorguy
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I’ve never been much of a fan of Charter Arms, but I’d snatch one of those up in a heartbeat.
Tinker Pearce
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An honest, affordable .22 Revolver. What's not to love?
TruthTellers
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Bridgeport and Stratford are the Charters to get. Anything made post Stratford is suspect.
Bob Wright
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I bought a Charter Bulldog when they were first introduced after reading Skeeter Skelton's write-up of them. In .44 Special, I loaded .44 Russian to ease extraction/ejection. these with the Speer 225 gr. half jacketed bullet.
One day on the range I was about to leave when I broke out the Charter. There were remnants of snow on the berm 110 yards down range. I picked out some snow about the size of a dinner plate, maybe 10" in diameter. I began shooting at his little puff of snow, raising the front sight to walk my bullets. With the base of the front sight even with the top of the rear sight (Yep, the old "hog wallow" groove in the frame.) I began breaking up that snow puff. As Col. Askins once described it, it was "Elmer's little mortar," but the fact remans I was able to pound five shots into those little snow puffs. Impressed me that a 3 1/2" little revolver could do that consistently.
That was maybe 1979 or so. Wonder if I could still do that?
Bob Wright
One day on the range I was about to leave when I broke out the Charter. There were remnants of snow on the berm 110 yards down range. I picked out some snow about the size of a dinner plate, maybe 10" in diameter. I began shooting at his little puff of snow, raising the front sight to walk my bullets. With the base of the front sight even with the top of the rear sight (Yep, the old "hog wallow" groove in the frame.) I began breaking up that snow puff. As Col. Askins once described it, it was "Elmer's little mortar," but the fact remans I was able to pound five shots into those little snow puffs. Impressed me that a 3 1/2" little revolver could do that consistently.
That was maybe 1979 or so. Wonder if I could still do that?
Bob Wright
Here's a good article on Charter Arms by Ed Buffaloe.
The Pathfinder .22 was called the Pocket Target when it came out, but they changed the name to Pathfinder around 1970. See the "Timetable" section. Iirc, the name was changed because another company (Colt?) had something called a Pocket Target.
https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/CAR/car.html
The Pathfinder .22 was called the Pocket Target when it came out, but they changed the name to Pathfinder around 1970. See the "Timetable" section. Iirc, the name was changed because another company (Colt?) had something called a Pocket Target.
https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/CAR/car.html
I must be getting old .... I just never considered Charter Arms and / or 1978 ...
... as Vintage !
In my mind Charter Arms is a relatively new company and most everything I own was bought / made before 1978 ...
I guess "Vintage" is all dependant pn how old you are ... my idea of vintage is my Remington model 17 - 20 ga. pump made in 1929 !
Gary
... as Vintage !
In my mind Charter Arms is a relatively new company and most everything I own was bought / made before 1978 ...
I guess "Vintage" is all dependant pn how old you are ... my idea of vintage is my Remington model 17 - 20 ga. pump made in 1929 !
Gary
