I came by this destroyed gun in a round about way. I was there when the bullet was loaded and fired, that caused it to be blown apart. It was a 7.0grs of Unique under a 215gr bullet. I saw the powder measured with my own eyes...it was 7.0grs of Unique. There was only 1 round loaded...just to try before loading more, to see if they would hit pretty close to POA. Not sure what went wrong...but something did...no doubt. This was a new gun with about 200rds through it...obviously, there had never been a similar incident in those rounds. A call was made to Charter and they said it was a reload and that voids any claim to warranty. Unfortunately, the owner had a salvage gun on his hands.
At any rate, since my son and I have several Charters...including this same model gun that I bought for him just this past Christmas, this was a good parts gun for us...there were still a lot of good parts that could be used or even sold. Anyway, I got to looking at it last week...still did not understand what caused the failure...I was there and saw it...but still didn't understand what happened. With this fresh on my mind again, I picked up the phone and called Charter and talked with the tech. I told him that it was a reload...gave him the details and asked if I paid to send the gun to them, if they could tell me what had happened to it...he said to send it. I carried it to my dealer the next morning for shipping...cheaper for them to ship than for me...$20. It was shipped and delivered to Charter on Friday,2/24/2017. I fully expected to have to call them at some point to move this along as I was sure that it would not be a priority with them. Well, I check my email on Friday, 3/3/2017 (8 days later) and discovered that my dealer had sent me an email that my gun was already back. So, I called my son and told him to stop and pick it up. Well, a couple of hours later he comes in with a BRAND NEW revolver...but, they did not include a report as to what they found. I don't know why they replaced that gun...but, I ain't gonna hassle them for an explanation.
I had to do the right thing...presented it to the guy...put a smile on his face.
Folks...that is GREAT customer service...I don't care what you say.