Solid Side Plate: Actually no (screw-on) side plate at all.  The result is a much stronger overall frame (less flex), and it is made possible in part to number 6 above.

Three Point (not two) Cylinder Lock Up results in superior strength and improved accuracy.

The Crane (also called the yoke) is held in place by the frame: Other revolvers use 100-year old technology to hold the yoke in place with a small screw that by itself must resist recoil momentum. This side screw can loosen or on rare occasions fail. On Charter revolvers the yoke is retained in the frame itself and this results in significantly more strength and some accuracy advantage (also see number 8 above).

Eight Groove Button Rifled Barrel:  Only Charter has it.  The result is better gas sealing which results in higher-velocities.  Unlike the deeper and more abrasive lands and grooves in other brands which can distort the bullet some. The result is Charters’ accuracy is better, too.

Manufacturing/Engineering Quality:  Highest in the industry. If you want it pretty, shiny, or modified somehow Charter can do that-too, it just costs more and does not make it shoot one bit better. But for a highly affordable, user friendly and effective working self-defense firearm that a person will carry and not be afraid to knock around, Charter Arms makes the best.

About Pretty and Shiny:  The U.S. Army Rangers have a saying that goes like this: “Train like you fight, fight like you train.”  It means just that too.  Under life-and-death pressure you will act and handle your firearm just as you do in practice or in everyday life.  We make Charter Arms revolvers to be used and used hard.  This means you can toss one in your tackle box, pack, under your car floor mat, or wherever, so it is there to protect your life when you need it—just as we learned at the 2007 NRA Convention, from the few thousand people who came by our booth - and agreed with us.  A pretty and/or high-dollar handgun will receive special handling by most owners and may not be where you need it when you need it because it’s too pretty.

Charter Arms revolvers are working stiff guns.  A Charter Arms revolver is tough and intended to protect your life and be where and when you need it and under any conditions because a self-defense gun is for saving your life not winning a beauty contest.  If you want a high-quality, reliable, affordable and yes, a pretty good looking working gun that you will not be afraid to have with you when you need it, well, that’s what we sell

Still Innovating: In 2007 Charter Arms introduced the revolutionary Southpaw .38 Special +P revolver; the world’s first left-handed revolver.