I have a friend, old retired Tennessee cop, who's been through two or three recent Charter 44s and finally gave up on them. I don't recall the entire laundry list but he is a knowledgeable shooter and wouldn't kick them to the curb for no reason. He has several Rossi revolvers and likes them.

All my old Charters were Bridgeport guns and they were pretty decent revolvers. Any parts I ever needed was usually sent at no charge, with a phone call to the company.

I really hate to hear about the recent problems with the company. I had about talked myself into one of their little 45 ACP snubs.

On the stainless ex-Otony .22, the extraction woes were tied to cases swelling at the base. All 6 chambers were badly cut, and badly cut in an odd way. The were normal for 85-90%, and right before the rim, there was this sort of belt. Doubt that was from tooling wear, that had to be an actual bad cutter, which still got used.

The current Charter is not the same as the one who manufactured the ex-Otony. However, after much correspondence, the 2023 iteration of Charter agreed to fix it. That they did, it now pushes the empties out nicely. The badly executed crane cut in the frame wasn't fixed, and I doubt it could be. But it functions fine despite it.

I will add the 2023 Charter did not charge for the work, and paid the return shipping.