Anyone and everyone can yap about how this brand or that model is superior to the Charter Arms, but the bottom line is crystal clear....NOBODY makes a 19 ounce .44 Special revolver OTHER than Charter Arms. (19 oz as weighed on my highly accurate digital scale).
Stoked with five rounds of 250 grain handloads the CA tips in at just 24 ounces.

The CA was built to shoot the .44 special and deliver approximately 100 lb-ft MORE KE than any snubbie .38 special...it does that.

Overall the CA is more "rough" than what S&W builds, but it gets the job done and is probably found in a great many gloveboxes/pockets across the country.