380 ACP round, allowing the fired (and unfired) cases to be pushed out of the cylinder. The Pit Bull’s extractor plate has a small individual spring-loaded metal extractor that protrudes into each chamber and locks in under the “rimless rim” of the. Unlike other manufacturers, Charter does not use moon clips to lock all five or six rounds together, thus dictating simultaneous ejection of all empties. All rounds, fired or not, come out of the gun at once. Using conventional moon clips, there is no tactical or partial reload. Like all double-action revolvers built to shoot rimless ammunition, there are issues in the loading/reloading process. The ammunition tested shot 2 to 4 inches lower than my point-of-aim, but it is capable of making fight-stopping head shots at a range commensurate with your skill level. Perhaps equally important, the gun makes practice a pleasure, particularly for a new shooter. The Pit Bull performed well on the range. Plain but practical, the rear-sight notch spans the entire length of the frame’s topstrap.

An integral ramp front sight tops the Pit Bull’s 3-inch barrel.The dual-coil spring assembly aids cartridge insertion while forgoing the need for moon clips.The barrel was 3 inches in length instead of the expected 2, it held six rounds instead of five, and the grips were full size (or Combat-size), black neoprene with three finger grooves.Ī full-length underlug and a shrouded ejector rod are practical features 380 ACP Pit Bull was the revolver’s size. My big surprise upon first seeing the company’s. Enter the Pit Bull revolver from Charter Arms. The negative aspect of the revolver version is the mandatory use of moon clips. In revolvers, the gun can be the same size as that American icon, the 2-inch barreled snubnose. 380s is to make them as small as possible for concealed carry which, in turn, makes them more difficult to shoot accurately.

It can be made smaller than a 9 mm, operates at lower pressure levels allowing lighter-weight guns and generates a level of recoil that intimidates practically no one. 380 ACP handguns offers certain advantages.

But despite the naysayers of a decade ago, the family of mild. 380 ACP amongst your knowledgeable shooting buddies would have been greeted with sneers. Not so long ago, mentioning a handgun chambered in.

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