Practice is necessary here, however, as the cylinder swings open very close to the revolver’s frame and this, combined with the width of the rubber grip, allows very little clearance for an HKS speed loader, though they can be used (they’re HKS number 36). Reloading is simple as the cylinder release is large and easy to find with the thumb. 38, the Charter’s rubber grips do still leave a shooter’s hand a bit sore after a couple of boxes at the range. While very good for keeping control of the small. My wife, a newer shooter, quickly learned the long but relatively soft, smooth trigger pull of her new Charter and was able to keep all of her shots in minute-of-angry-bad-guy’s-chest at seven yards and over the weeks, these groups continue to shrink in size. Out at ten yards groups did open up a bit but only to a hand-sized group. At seven yards, in both single and slow double-action fire from a standing, two-handed grip, I was easily able to keep all five shots in a fist-sized group in center of mass on paper. That said, I was extremely impressed with my initial results at the range. With its two-inch barrel, fixed ramp front sight and notch in the top-strap for a rear sight, the Charter Undercover Lite Santa Fe isn’t exactly a target shooter but this is not its intended purpose. While the model my wife selected offers double and single-action shooting thanks to a knurled, spurred hammer, those concerned about snagging can always opt for a double-action-only model, though these are not available in as wide an array of colors. 38 revolvers, didn’t make my pinky feel like it wasn’t invited to the party. 38 Special ammunition, the Undercover Lite Santa Fe hits the streets at a single, comfortably carried pound.Īs I first handled my wife’s new firearm, I was immediately pleased with its full-sized rubber grip that, unlike the standard grips of so many short-barreled. 38 Special with a similar barrel length, though the Ruger is constructed entirely of stainless steel. By comparison, this is literally half the weight of the venerable Ruger SP101 in. Made from a lightweight combination of aluminum and steel, the Santa Fe is advertised to weigh twelve ounces, a number that held up to scrutiny reasonably well as it sat on my scale at thirteen ounces and change. Having made revolvers in the United States since 1964 when founder Douglas McClennahan and company initially released the five-shot Undercover, Charter Arms continues to crank out wheel-guns today from their Shelton, Connecticut facility and offer them with a confidence-inspiring lifetime warranty. The culmination of these last several weeks of regularly shooting the Charter Arms Santa Fe Undercover Lite revolver have revealed it to be an affordable, reliable, lightweight American revolver in which a shooter can confidently place their trust.
As I had never fired a Charter Arms revolver in my many years of shooting, writing and photographing shooting and working in a gun shop, I made it clear that we would extensively shoot and evaluate it in the weeks between my wife’s application for her permit and her first day trusting her life to the little revolver once her permit was in her wallet. After an hour or more of browsing the various tables at the show she selected for herself a Charter Arms Undercover Lite revolver, a Santa Fe model in an attractive blue turquoise and black finish. At a recent gun show in Fredericksburg, my wife finally decided the time to obtain her concealed carry permit and a firearm suitable for daily carry had come.
In my home state, the Commonwealth of Virginia, firearms purchases are off the charts and firearms retailers, from “big box” retail stores to local gunshops, are busily handing devices that go “bang” across the counter to everyone from new shooters to seasoned enthusiasts. Whether political, economic or social, debate the causes all you want but the effect is undeniable – more responsible, law-abiding American citizens are exercising their rights to own and carry a firearm for protection of life and family every day. SilvermanĪs Published on, an outstanding and friendly internet Firearms Community online at My wife Jennifer shooting her Charter Arms Santa Fe revolver on a cold January evening An affordable, reliable, lightweight and American-made concealed carry revolver!
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