It’s been a long time since High Standard gave the old Sentinel a veritable rainbow of colors. Complete test results are in the accompanying chart and they just serve to make the Pink Lady look better and better. I simply cannot shoot this good, however the Pink Lady can. The best shooting load in the Pink Lady proved to be CorBon’s 110-grain JHP at 821 fps which placed all five shots in one tiny little hole measuring 3/8″ center to center. Any of these should make a good self-defense load. Buffalo Bore, Federal, and CCI all offer a 158-grain lead SWC hollowpoint with the former clocking out at 800 fps and the latter two right at 725 fps. All three of these low-recoiling loads placed 5 shots in 7/8", however my choice from Black Hills for self-defense use is their 125-grain JHP +P at 781 fps which shoots every bit as good as these other loads. These are their 158-grain CNL at 512 fps, 158-grain Lead SWC at 562 fps, and a 148-grain LWC at 576 fps. 38 Special will handle it well.įor those who may have trouble with recoil, Black Hills offers three very easy shooting loads. No matter what load is chosen I am convinced this Charter Arms. Across-the-board the Pink Lady delivered exceptional accuracy. 38 Special ammunition and I tried to cover the complete spectrum by using everything from wadcutter target loads to cowboy action shooting loads to both jacketed and cast hollowpoint loads designed specifically for self defense. There is a virtual unlimited choice when it comes to. With this being the case I chose to do all the test firing at 7 yards. Grips are a very comfortable fingergrooved rubber compact design.ĭesigned as a concealment weapon, it is unlikely the Pink Lady will ever be used at any greater distance than across the room and more likely at arm’s-length. It is certainly not designed to be this way, however it works just fine.
The double action pull is almost a “set trigger” as when pulled it exhibits a definite feeling of clicking into a notch just before it fires so it is quite easy to pull the trigger double action, hesitate when the trigger engages this final notch, and then fire in what is almost a single action mode. The Pink Lady has a 2″ barrel, weighs in at a scant 12 ounces with swing-out 5-shot cylinder and a single-action trigger pull of 4-3/4 pounds. 38 Special Pink Lady, Charter meets her demands with reliability and style.” There was a time when I would not be caught dead with a pink pistol! Nevertheless, everything changes and I guess I feel a lot more secure these days, and besides Diamond Dot is eyeing the Pink Lady for herself. She also appreciates the personal touches that make the revolver uniquely her own. Charlie Brown (yes, that’s really his name) of Charter Arms says, “For personal protection at home or for concealed carry, the female shooter demands the same quality engineering as her male counterpart. Although, instead of the regular blue or dull grey finish, the Pink Lady is a lot more colorful having a stainless steel barrel and cylinder matched up with a pink anodized aluminum frame. The basic platform is the standard Charter Arms Undercover Lite. The latest test gun to arrive from Charter Arms is appropriately dubbed the Pink Lady. If Diamond Dot has her way, that’s about to change. 22 Magnum, however I have only held on to the. Over the years I have also tested Charter Arms revolvers chambered in. Personally I have used the Charter Arms Bulldogs for well over 40 years now and still have three always in reach and yes, they are always loaded. 44 Special as well as small-frame revolvers in. 38 pocket pistols available at the time, and they soon added the Bulldog, a very popular 5-shot. 38 Special to give shooters a much less expensive alternative to the Colt and Smith & Wesson. Charter Arms has been producing relatively inexpensive yet dependable firearms since the 1960s. We certainly can’t fault currently produced firearms for function and certainly not for accuracy, but in the world of black plastic polymer and dull gray finishes, they leave a lot to be desired as far as eye appeal. If anything, today’s firearms have become less and less aesthetically pleasing and especially so to women shooters.