Charter Arms hand replacement

[JERRYS.]

does anyone know of videos or step by step pix for removing the Charter Arms trigger assembly from the frame so the hand can be replaced? also how about firing pin replacement?

Thanks

[Dixie Gunsmithing]

Do a search on Google, and look under the video tab, at the top. You might have to narrow it by model number.

[JERRYS.]

bt,dt. that's why I asked here. thanks just the same.

[g.willikers]

Checking on youtube, there was a couple of videos that almost answered your question.
But just shy of removing the trigger assembly and firepin, one fellow lost his nerve, and another video ran out of time right in the middle of replacing the trigger parts.
So, no dice.
To see them, anyway, just search for charter revolver disassembly.
But, I'll keep on looking too, just to satisfy curiosity.
If all else fails, Midwayusa and Amazon both have a dis- and re- assembly guide for under $10.

[Slopemeno]

Have fun getting the trigger with the trigger return spring back in the frame. Make a tool out a piece of heavy fishing leader to pull back on the tip of the return spring as you re-isert the trigger.

[JERRYS.]

if there was a local to me gunsmith that was fairly versed on Charter Arms guns I'd go that route..... but most only list general gunsmithing, and this isn't general knowledge type work.

[Dixie Gunsmithing]

JERRYS, if they're calling themselves a gunsmith, and can't do this, I wouldn't want to take any gun to them.

You might want to buy a disassembly manual, as mentioned, since they do have the tricks included, such as the fishing leader, etc. Also, there are the AGI videos.

Here is a partial from AGI's video, AGI 1574, on Charter Arms products, which shows a little of installing the trigger, at the end, and the function of the cylinder stop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZk_eAMGrWk

[Bill DeShivs]

I have done action jobs on several Charters. I don't remember the exact process, but it was pretty straightforward.

[JERRYS.]

Bill, do you still do this work?

[JERRYS.]

I just took the cylinder apart to see how it would be shimmed for end shake. needless to say, it took me about an hour to get it back together because of a locator pin and collar that must be pressed and aligned with a hole in the ejector rod..... no thanks, this gun design is unnecessarily complex, I will be sending it in to the company and paying Nick Ecker of the current Charter Arms to fix his Nick Ecker Charter 2000 Bulldog, and to fix (his father's) David Ecker Charter Arms Bulldog.

I like these guns, and I'm going to take one more chance with them after I see if a .22lr pathfinder I bid on needs work. one last hurrah to see what they can do.

[Dixie Gunsmithing]

If I remember correctly, the trigger has a bushing in it, that the frame pin goes through, to hold it in the frame. Thus, when you remove the pin, the trigger assembly, with the hand and the safety bar (hammer block), pulls out together, and the bushing has the spring around it. The hands pin, which is part of the hand, is what holds the safety bar in.

[Bill DeShivs]

No, I no longer have an FFL.

[JERRYS.]

^^ yeah, I saw that after I visited your page.

[James K]

I loved that video. I have had Charters apart so nothing was new or needed, but every time he got to a part where a newbie might be interested, his big fingers got in the way, making the whole thing an exercise in uselessness.

Jim

[JERRYS.]

I got one of mine apart yesterday just to see.... that was the easy part. putting it back together was a sob. without the proper jigs and fixtures this just isn't worth my time. I will pay to have them do it.