My personal experience is that Charter Arms' quality control was very spotty. Some were okay, others, not so much. To be fair, a few I've seen were "misused" in that shooting full house .357 Magnum loads out of a light weight framed piece on a consistent basis is asking for problems. I had a friend who was a LEO and carried one as a back-up. He had to get special permission as the only official back-ups were either Colts or S&W - my buddy had a chronically sick child, so money was tight, and his Chief was an understanding guy. So he got to carry the lower priced Charter Arms until he could afford a Colt or S&W. Funny thing was once he could upgrade, he didn't want to - for whatever reason.

Best of luck,

Dave