45 ACP ammunition is offered in as many locations as any other caliber, except maybe 9mm and. I have a friend who refuses to own a gun chambered in a caliber you can’t buy at a local “super store,” and I agree that this makes some sense. Practice with the sights but rely on the laser when you can’t see them. Lasers are remarkably reliable, but I don’t want my ability to shoot well to depend on the life of a battery. This prevents the temptation to completely rely on the laser for sighting. I recommend the laser be adjusted with the beam slightly lower than the sight plane, so the shooter can’t see it while getting a proper sight picture. Seventy percent of defensive situations occur in low light, and under many of these conditions seeing your sights is almost impossible. 44 Bulldog sports a set of Crimson Trace Lasergrips, something I recommend for every concealed-carry handgun. Standard Charter Arms grips fit me perfectly, however, in this respect with no pinching. With some gun grips, this arrangement can cause the trigger to pinch the flesh of my finger between the trigger and the frame. I like the trigger to nestle just next to the first joint. For accurate DA shooting, the trigger finger must extend well into the trigger. The finger grooves fit my hands well and allowed a solid feel with all three fingers on the grip. The black synthetic grips have enough checkering and tackiness to provide a good grip. The parts are well machined and fitted for a functional working gun. The finish on the test Pitbull is a matte stainless that gives the gun a neutral grey look. I test concealed-carry guns at 7 yards, and at this distance, firing deliberately in DA, my groups measured less than an inch. The hammer can be cocked and the cylinder rotated as the gun comes back on target, and when the sights line up the last pressure can break the trigger. I like this kind of trigger because it allows for precise DA trigger control. It’s not buttery smooth, but it’s easily manageable with a slight bit of stacking as the bolt drops into the cylinder cut. The trigger is crisp and precise in SA and a bit lighter than average in double action (DA). RELATED STORY: Charter Arms 9mm Rimless Revolver PITBULL.RELATED STORY: Charter Arms Pathfinder.During testing, I intentionally found some rounds that would provide sticky extraction, requiring a firm bump on the rod, but they came out as if they were rimmed cases. Having said this, the Pitbull’s ejector worked as well as it does with rimmed cases. I would like to see just a bit more ejector stroke, since I do the ejection stroke with the muzzle vertical and I worried that sometimes a case might get hung up between the ejector and the frame. 45 Pitbull loads and ejects, and I can report it does just fine. When I picked the gun up at my dealer, the owner asked me to give him a report on how the. There is a bit more resistance in loading rounds into the chamber, but by pushing them straight in or slightly inward it’s minor. As the rounds are loaded into the cylinder, the bar snaps into the extractor groove of the cartridge and on ejection they simply slide out. The system works by using a spring-loaded plunger bar at the inside edge of each chamber. Revolvers are simple and require no training for handling malfunctions other than the practice of simply pulling the trigger again when the gun fails to fire due to a dud round. In my nearly 50 years of shooting pistols, I’ve only experienced a handful of malfunctions from revolvers, and have only had a few semi-autos that never malfunctioned when subjected to really high round counts. I also happen to be a major advocate for revolvers for concealed carry since they come as close to being totally reliable firearms as you can get. RELATED STORY: Charter Arms’ Tiffany Revolver Designed For Women.I suppose it would be hard to say that I’m totally without prejudgment concerning Charter Arms, as I’ve never had a bad experience with its guns.
I also use a Pathfinder for training, and a Bulldog sleeps in a lockbox beside the bed. It’s the darling of our CCH certification classes when we lay out guns for students to try after qualification. We bobbed the hammer to make it easier to extract from a purse and added a Crimson Trace Lasergrip. When I married my wife, Cherie, she got her concealed-carry permit and fell in love with a Charter Arms Pink Lady.
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