Goldfinger!!

[NitLion]

First time out with my Charter Arms Goldfinger. Sorta mixed reviews. I got my daughter a Lavender Lady a while back and have been wanting similar ever since. Hers has been flawless since day one. Like hers, the Goldfinger locks up tighter than any other revolver I own....has an pretty good single action trigger and a pretty stiff DA trigger.
Here are the first ten shots SA ( at ten yards):
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/2120/goldfingersa.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/goldfingersa.jpg/)

Here are the next ten shots DA(at ten yards):
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6708/goldfingerda.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/goldfingerda.jpg/)
So, it shoots ok.
Now the bad news. The front sight was a little hard to pick up( it was a dark dreary,foggy morning) and when I went back to 25 yards, under the pavilion, The sight all but disappeared. I had about 5 ftf with light strikes on the primers shooting one box of factory loads and one box of factory reloads. I had one round of the reloads that sent fire out of the cylinder gap and muzzle. The round was a little hard to eject and I found the case was cracked full length:wow:...gun seemed no worse for the wear. Guess i will clean it up and try some different loads - hope the ftf go away....

[Chup]

As for the front sight, I paint mine with appliance white touch up paint so I can see it. As for the miss fires, I would try several different makes of ammo before I sent it back for repair.

[NitLion]

Second trip out with the Goldfinger! I brought the same ammo that works so well in my daughter's Lavender Lady and voila - no more failures to fire. Really starting to enjoy this gun. I like the fact that even though it is small and light (12oz's), they put a nice hand-filling grip on it which makes it nice to hold and reduces felt recoil -even though it makes it slightly less concealable. (an aside - a shrouded hammer version would be awesome!)
Below is a picture shooting single action at about 12 yards. Even though the double action is stiff, I always seem to shoot just about as well as in SA.
Now I need to try some carry loads and find something that works nice....


http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5018/goldfingersecondouting.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/goldfingersecondouting.jpg/)

[Chup]

I am happy to here your Charter Arms is working out for you. I had a Charter Arms a few years ago and really liked it. A Lady friend needed a carry gun, I let her try my Charter and I have missed it ever since. I have been thinking I would like to buy another but, I can't decide on the 38 or 357. If they made a Black 357 in DAO it would be my pick. I guess I will hang in there for a while longer and see what they come up with. I like to buy American made Revolvers and carry Two Ruger 357s daily.

[NitLion]

Latest range visit! 100 rounds consisting of PMC - 132g - FMJ and Federal American Eagle - 130g - FMJ. No problems! Total round count 250!
Here is a 12yrd group in the rain...
http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4121/goldfingerat12.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/854/goldfingerat12.jpg/)