All second generation pieces will be marked on the right side of the barrel with that name and address in two lines. This was the end of the FIRST GENERATION.Īround early 1992, the company was re-organized under new leadership and became known as Charter Arms Company - CHARCO, and was located in ANSONIA CONN. The very first Charter Arms Corporation production began in 1964 in BRIDGEPORT CONN - earliest pieces - mostly Undercover model will have either NO address on the right side of the barrel or will have BRIDGEPORT.Īround 1974, address was changed to STRATFORD CONN - all pieces made after mid 1974 will be marked with that address on the right side of the barrel and all will have CHARTER ARMS CORP. CA revolvers FYI and pics of a couple of my little CA gems: Current CEO is son of original CEO, but records have been lost or surrendered to ATF during the period of change - 2001-2009. I have over a thousand data points in a base with s/ns to models and highlighted to verified dates (which are few and far between) - from viewing that data base (to which I've added Chubcobear's Bulldog), it appears that s/n 833644 was made, probably in mid 1983.įrom what I've heard - calling customer service for the current CA company will not give you the answers to your questions - records are incomplete. I know this will give Jim K a chuckle - BUT - I've, also, been collecting and researching 1ST GENERATION Charter Arms revolvers for about the past 5 years, just to give myself a break from the H&Rs.
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