New - Charter Arms Rimless Revolver (CARR)

[KillzElk]

It's a revolver that shoots semi auto ammunition.

Like revolvers but like that .40 round?Here's your solution.
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This from Gun Pundit, "From the press release:

    Available Calibers: Charter Arms will first offer the .40 S&W chambering, followed quickly by the .45ACP and 9×19 mm Parabellum (the 9mm Parabellum revolver will also chamber factory .380ACP). All three of Charter Arms’ Rimless Revolvers (9mm, .40 and .45) are rated for higher velocity +P loadings.

    The advantage is now the average gun owner can own an affordable, trouble-free revolver chambered in these popular semi-auto rounds without the need for specialized ammunition clips and a specialized gun.

    Back up and self-defense: For law enforcement work the always ready-to-fire, fiddle-factor-free revolver is the back up to have; especially if is the same caliber as the officer’s carry gun. As a primary self-defense carry gun, these three calibers mean reliable protection in popular semi-auto self defense-calibers.

    If more power is needed, step up to +P ammo. The advantage with Charter Arms Rimless Revolvers is they will fire any mix of cartridges while maintaining 100% reliability. For plinking with .45ACP or 9mm surplus and discounted military type ammo, the affordable Charter Arms Rimless Revolver will prove to be very economical and it’s also a .380 revolver. Now that is fun!

    The secret is the patent-pending Charter Arms Rimless Revolver Round System. Basically, when a round is loaded into the chamber a specialized spring engages the cartridge’s ejector groove. When the cylinder is opened and the ejector rod operated, it extracts and ejects the fired cases.

    Models: Initially snubbarrels (2″ 9mm and 2.2″ .40 and .45ACP) as these revolvers are designed for self- defense and back up. The 9mm is built on Charter Arms’ compact and lightweight undercover platform featuring an aluminum frame and weighing only 12 ounces. The .40 and .45ACP built on the popular and robust Bulldog frame due to the larger diameter of these cartridges while maintaining a compact profile.

    Availability: First quarter of 2009.

    MSRP Prices: 9mm $399.00, .40 $449.00, .45ACP $449.00"

[mossback91]

krazy

[Slider]

Very Neat!!! 

[satchel3006]

id really like one with a 4" barrel and adjustable sights i think that would be an awesome trail gun

[thinkingman]

I bought at Taurus Titanium 45acp revolver last year and love it.
Uses 5shot halfmoon clips and weighs nothing.
.40 and 9mm are great options for a revolver.
Lightweight and no rust are great for outdoor carry.

[sisu]

Every gunny knows the history of the 1917 revolver. How American industry couldn't build enough Colt 1911 .45 automatics for the handgun-intensive trench warfare the nation had just entered, and how Smith & Wesson came up with half-moon clips that would allow their large frame revolver and Colt's to handle the rimless auto pistol cartridge.

Countless 1917 revolvers served in WWII as well. S&W subsequently produced it in small quantities as their commercial grade Army revolver, but always enjoyed more success with its target version, dubbed the 1950 Model. Auto pistol technology of the time had not yet made a .45 auto as accurate as a target revolver easily available, nor one with a very light trigger that would last a while and still be safe.

Many a civilian target shooter chose to thumb-cock the S&W 1950 Target for each shot, taking advantage of its good accuracy and easy single-action trigger. Among these was a WWII Marine sniper named Jim Clark. He convinced S&W to incorporate a few refinements, including a heavier, untapered barrel, and the 1955 Target was born. A couple of years later, when Smith & Wesson adopted numbers for all models, this fine sixgun became the Model 25.

Along the way, Jim Clark, had become the first private citizen to win the overall National Championship of conventional handgun shooting at Camp Perry. If memory serves, he shot the .45 stage at that memorable event with a Smith & Wesson Target revolver.

Role Of The ACP Wheelgun

Time went on. The auto came to virtually total dominance in bullseye shooting, with Jim Clark himself one of the leaders in improving the centerfire 1911 breed. Sales of the ".45 Auto revolver" languished, and S&W discontinued the Model 25 at just about the time bowling pin shooting with revolver side-matches had created a new market for the gun. Helping this along was the advent of the full moon clip, which made this the fastest of all revolvers to reload.

Along about 1988, S&W caught on to this, and brought out the first Model 625. Not until now had the .45 ACP wheelgun been rendered in stainless. It caught on, and one or another Model 625 has been available since, either in the standard-line catalog or as a special short-run item for a given distributor.

There have been stubby ones and longer ones, compensated models, and even the svelte Mountain Gun has been chambered in .45 ACP. Now comes the latest, designed by one of the people who brought the .45 ACP revolver back to popularity.

[jdb]

sisu I am impressed with your sixgun knowledge.

[ICEMAN]

The concept for the gun looks interesting. Too bad you cant buy any semi auto ammo anymore.....

[woodswalker]

Sisu, I have a S&W commercial DA 45...its NICE to shoot with clips or 45AR ammo.  Also a 625 Mtn and a custom 625 pin gun.
 like the concept too.

[thinkingman]

I shot a 625 JM one time and it was an excellent gun but maybe it was the grips...didn't fit my hand.
Wish they made a K or L frame 45acp.
I think 9mm and revolver are a good match.
.40 too.
4 inch barrel to get some speed out of it....
My last few purchases have all been wheelguns.

[sisu]

sisu I am impressed with your sixgun knowledge.

Sisu, I have a S&W commercial DA 45...its NICE to shoot with clips or 45AR ammo.  Also a 625 Mtn and a custom 625 pin gun.
 like the concept too.

I can't take credit for this. I was converted by my wife form semi-autos to wheel guns. She is a loyal fan of G. Gordon Liddy and his advice for what hand gun to carry, loads, and such. After years of being a stubborn Finn, I converted. Love the wheel gun. BTW I really like those full moon clips and a 5 inch barrel.

Secondly, all I have done is read. I am not that big on knowing guns like some real collectors or shooters, but once I buy a gun I want to learn all the history I can about it. History of weapons whether guns, blades, clubs, bow and arrow, mace, nunchakus,  etc. are all a view into that society and how it defended itself in the face of oppression.