New Charter Arms Undercover Fail

[joed]

Wow- I'll make sure I never buy anything from you!

Well, the person that bought the bulldog paid $200 for a brand new gun that was fired 50 times. I paid $302 for the gun. I was up front with the buyer as to the reason on selling. What the buyer chose to do with the gun is hard to say. He may have sent it in and had it repaired free of charge by Charter. The choice was his, I wanted nothing to do with Charter ever again.

I was honest with the buyer as well as everything I've done. Can you say the same?

 

[BE Mike]

Although the gun should have been "right" from the factory, you should have allowed Charter Arms to attempt a repair or replacement IMHO. Of course that was your decision and it cost you a C note. In my experience, most firearms manufacturers will stand behind their products. They usually go the extra mile and give good service even when the user and not the product was at fault.

You didn't indicate in your previous posts that you had been upfront with the purchaser or even had any contact with him. When you called him a "sucker" I too was made to think that you didn't disclose any problems prior to the sale. I'm glad that you cleared that up.

 

[TopDog]

You ask around when you go to buy a model or make you never had any experience with. Sometimes you just take the chance and t works out, sometimes it does not. I was looking for a short barreled revolver and came across a Taurus 415. The advice from friends was don't buy a Taurus. I bought it anyway and have been very happy with it. For me it worked out. But with the cost of guns rising I'm more careful now than I used to be.

I hope they take care of you. Looking forward to seeing you post your experience with Charter Arms service.

 

[jbrich]

I was just looking at one of these for the wife today. Very unfortunate. I would assume that the part was probably cast, not billet. Could not see something like that breaking unless it was cast

 

[wbjenks]

My Charter Arms 44 Buldog has been just fine. Shoots to POA and I have had no reliability issues. Fit and finish not superior but for the price, OK. I does work!

 

[joed]

Although the gun should have been "right" from the factory, you should have allowed Charter Arms to attempt a repair or replacement IMHO. Of course that was your decision and it cost you a C note. In my experience, most firearms manufacturers will stand behind their products. They usually go the extra mile and give good service even when the user and not the product was at fault.

You didn't indicate in your previous posts that you had been upfront with the purchaser or even had any contact with him. When you called him a "sucker" I too was made to think that you didn't disclose any problems prior to the sale. I'm glad that you cleared that up.

I guess I take it personally that I was more then fair in selling the gun, especially at a loss. I even told the buyer of the bulldog that I would consider him nuts for buying the gun. He still wanted it, why I'll never know. But being honest was why it took so long to sell.

I opted not to send that gun back because there were things wrong that should not be wrong on a new gun. At one time I had 45 guns in my safe. Some had problems but none were as bad as that Charter. I never owned a gun that couldn't hit a silhouette at 10 feet, the Charter was that bad. Also, at the time there was talk of Charter going out of business. I still think I came out ahead by not sending it back even with the money I lost.

Since that episode I've seen lots of others on the internet with the same experience. Charter should not be in business, yet they keep reeling us unsuspecting fish in. It's one thing to have an occasional bad product but inexcusable to consistently have a horrible product.

The worst thing of all was on some website last month they had a video with the owner of Charter Arms showing off shooting targets. He was saying how great the bulldog is. The person doing the interview never tried to shoot the gun. And I wonder how many guns the owner of the company had to go through before he found one that could even hit a target.

 

[calcot7]

Sorry that happened. But thanks for the heads-up. Keep us posted on the service you receive. I was thinking about picking one of those up, but now I think I will wait awhile. Or mabey try to get the "Off Duty" I bought for my mother back in 1982 back and get here somethin else.

 

[BE Mike]

Since that episode I've seen lots of others on the internet with the same experience. Charter should not be in business, yet they keep reeling us unsuspecting fish in. It's one thing to have an occasional bad product but inexcusable to consistently have a horrible product.

Could you give us some links to the some of the other owners of CA revolvers and their problems? I would be interested in seeing them.

 

[joed]

Could you give us some links to the some of the other owners of CA revolvers and their problems? I would be interested in seeing them.

I'll have to look around for some as it has been awhile since I looked. IIRC there were a lot of problems with the barrel and shroud, accuracy and lastly problems with the cylinder timing. Mine certainly had timing issues.

With the holidays upon us it may take me awhile.

 

[joed]

Actually did a quick google. Pretty good read here.

???'s Charter Arms BullDog .44spcl / DAO - TheFiringLine Forums

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Charter arms revolvers? Any opinions

Mostly opinions though. I have friends that own the older models and that's why I bought one. The consensus is the older ones are great but the new ones really have some quality issues. My friends still have their older Bulldogs and wouldn't part with them.