January 2007
Media contact: Charles Brown
T: 937-454-0363 or 877-425-4877
Email: sales@charterfirearms.com
DAYTON, OHIO—The innovative minds at Charter Arms have created an ultra-lightweight left-handed revolver for the oft-neglected left-handed shooter. With lefties making up to fifteen percent of the adult population, Charter Arms sees a much-neglected market.
“We feel left-handed people deserve the same level of self defense firearm efficiency enjoyed by right-handed shooters,” says Charles Brown of MKS Supply, the exclusive marketer for Charter Arms. "Now, our new state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and advanced designs have moved us into the ultra-quality arena and at prices up to half that of our competition.”
How Different? Charter Arms new Undercover Southpaw is a true left-handed revolver. The cylinder release is on the right side and the cylinder opens to the right side so the left-handed shooter’s weaker right hand can do a more efficient and safer reload. Until now, revolver reloading for the left-handed shooter has been awkward at best.
Additional Background: The Southpaw required unique engineering and retooling. Coupled with the simple fact that production numbers will not be that of its right-handed sibling (new Undercover Lite, Model Number 53820, MSRP $359.00), Charter was still able to hold the price at a scant $16.00 higher. These novel ultra-compact lightweights (most compact and lightest in the industry) come with an exposed hammer for both single and double-action firing.
How revolutionary? We are not aware of any other production left-handed revolvers. Over the years, semi-automatic pistol companies have tried to accommodate lefties by adding ambidextrous features; however, only a couple moved the ejection port to the other side. Many right-handed ejection port semi-autos when fired left-handed can subject the shooter to a face full of ejected gas-powered blowback particles—if not an entire ejected case. Now lefties have a real choice.
Model: Undercover Southpaw (Model Number 93820)
Caliber: .38 Special +P
Capacity: 5 rounds
Weight: 12 ounces (super-tough 7075 aircraft aluminum alloy one piece solid side plate frame)
Barrel length: 2 inch
Price: MSRP $375.00
About Charter Arms
For more than 40 years, Charter Arms has maintained the tradition of craftsmanship found in Connecticut’s GunValley. High quality, American-made and assembled Charter Arms revolvers are available from reputable firearms distributors nationwide, and carry an unconditional lifetime warranty. For more information contact Charter Arms at 866-769-4867.