Charter Arms 9MM Pit Bull Revolver

[Worsley]

Hi I’m in the market for one of these revolvers. Curious if any MDS’ers have experience with the 9MM Pitbull.

Model # 69920

The 9mm Rimless Revolver Pit Bull now features a 5-shot cylinder in line with the rest of the Pit bull family. The 9mm uses same unique rimless cartridge extractor assembly system as the Charter Arms .40 caliber Rimless Revolver. A dual coil spring assembly located in the extractor allows...

charterfirearms.com

 

[Alan3413]

No experience but curious to know how the extractor works

 

[Worsley]

No experience but curious to know how the extractor works

I have the Smith & Wesson 547, it’s extractor is fairly complex. So I’m equally curious.

 

[Alan3413]

Just saw a couple of YouTube videos on the pitbull. Seems like there's a detent built into the central "star" (not versed with revolvers) for each chamber. Push each round until it clicks. 5 round capacity. To eject, push the rod and the detent acts like an extractor.

Seems like a nice concept. The demo I saw had a couple of hangups (stuck empties) when ejecting so I'd polish up each chamber real well and run a bunch of ammo through before I'd trust this as a carry gun.

Reloading can be a bit slow too. You can't use moon clips, which defeats the purpose of the detents.

Ironically, many of the comments suggested people have had good luck using a semi-auto magazine to quickly reload the revolver. Just eject spent casings then use your thumb to strip fresh cartridges from the magazine and push them into each chamber.

Not sure where this fits into the scheme of things. It takes 9mm, which is cheap(er) and more available. A revolver is more reliable than a semi auto but the weight makes it somewhat hefty for a carry gun. Only 5 rounds. Unsure if there's a transfer bar, so you might need to carry with one empty chamber, leaving you with only four rounds during a debate

 

[RFBfromDE]

Unsure if there's a transfer bar, so you might need to carry with one empty chamber, leaving you with only four rounds during a debate

Charter Arms (Or one of the founders/engineers) invented the transfer bar.

Their construction is more similar to Ruger than to S&W.

 

[BradMacc82]

No experience with them, but they're openly available - price isn't too bad either. Interestingly, the stainless is cheaper than the nitride finish by $14.

 

[Worsley]

No experience with them, but they're openly available - price isn't too bad either. Interestingly, the stainless is cheaper than the nitride finish by $14.

I ended up buying the nitride one from buds.

 

[Alan3413]

Interested to see what you think of it

 

[Worsley]

Interested to see what you think of it

I absolutely love it. Shoots very well, nicely balanced, cartridges lock up solidly, nice trigger, their nitride finish is tough and their one piece frame is built like a tank.

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

Charter Arms (Or one of the founders/engineers) invented the transfer bar.

Their construction is more similar to Ruger than to S&W.

Iver Johnson had the transfer bar over one hundred years ago. Maybe someone at Charter developed the modern iteration of it…but the concept predates it.