

45 ACP versions of the Pitbull have subsequently been released. 40 was still a popular police pistol cartridge back eight years ago. Charter Arms’ intention was obviously for this revolver to be a police officer’s backup gun. 40 S&W cartridge, which was an interesting choice. The Charter Arms Pitbull double action revolver was initially introduced in 2012. While all were very intriguing, the idea of buying yet another handgun cartridge caused me consternation. Some of us with lots of firearms in our safe may have found ourselves shying away from certain guns because “I really just don’t want to get involved in another caliber.” I remember when the. For those with only two guns, it sure made sense to need only one shared caliber. The same ammo for both made sense when travel across wide open spaces was measured in weeks on horseback instead of hours in an jet plane.

44-40 was popular because it was chambered in lever action rifles and in single action revolvers. 45 handgun ammo.Ĭonsolidation of ammunition applies to those with only a few firearms as well as to those with a collection numbering in the multiple dozens or more.
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So it made more sense to get revolvers produced that could fire the military’s huge depots full of. 45 ACP cartridges because the military couldn’t get 1911 pistols made fast enough. The old Smiths and Colts were made to chamber. 45 ACP revolvers to prove the concept of ammunition consolidation. Take the new Ruger Match Champion 10mm as just one and then look back one hundred years ago to revolvers such as the S&W and Colt 1917. 38 Special Bulldog Pug.There is considerable interest in revolvers that fire semi-automatic pistol cartridges these days. The most famous revolvers manufactured by Charter Arms are the.

Charter Arms has produced many different handguns chambered in. They are completely American-made, with most of their part suppliers being less than an hour's drive away. Charter Arms revolvers are known for being affordable and high-quality, and are built by the Ecker family in Shelton, Connecticut, located in New England's Gun Valley. The average Charter Arms revolver is twenty-five percent smaller and lighter than other revolvers, and the Ultralites are half the weight of other revolvers. Charter Arms revolvers also come from the factory in a variety of colors. Charter Arms revolvers do not use a side plate, which creates a stronger frame, and they do not use a traditional crane arm, as it locks inside the frame to create a stronger action. Charter Arms is also the only company to make a revolver chambered for rimless cartridges that does not require moon clips, as well as the only company to make a production model left-handed revolver (the Southpaw). Charter Arms revolvers are interesting because the lockwork is something of a combination of Ruger, Smith & Wesson and Colt technology. In 1967, McClennahan's lifelong friend, David Ecker, became a 50/50 partner in Charter Arms. Douglas McClennahan, a young gun designer who founded Charter Arms in 1964, had previous revolver experience after working for Colt, High Standard, and Sturm-Ruger.
