Concealed Carry Handguns – August 2019

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oaring out of a 2.5-inch bar-

rel, a .41-caliber, 175-grain

Winchester Silvertip bullet

launched from a slightly

recessed muzzle warps downrange at

more than 1,000 fps, and when it hits

something, it’s going to hurt.

Charter Arms’ Nick Ecker probably

saw me coming when he decided

to chamber his five-round XL-framed

double-action revolver in a de-

fense-size package. After all, it is

widely known that the .41 Magnum is

my favorite of the magnum wheelgun

cartridges, and even from a Mag Pug

platform, this round delivers the goods

and then some.

Built tough from stainless steel with

a matte finish, full underlug barrel,

swing-out cylinder, full rubber grips

with molded checkering on both sides

and finger grooves along the front

strap, the .41 Mag Pug is a handful.

Now, I’m not going to mislead

anybody. When this baby roars it also

bucks. Recoil just might be more than

some folks can handle, but I found it

manageable and the only problem

I experienced was that the grooved

trigger tapers down to a very narrow

tip that pinched my index finger more

than once. That has happened on one

The Charter 41
Mag Pug features
all-stainless con-
struction with a full
underlug barrel.
It’s built on the
XL frame, with a
wraparound rubber
grip.

BOTTOM LEFT:
Charter’s cylinder
holds five rounds.
The cylinder walls
are beefy enough
to handle those
magnum rounds.
BOTTOM MIDDLE:
Looking into the
bore of this .41 Mag-
num short gun, one
observes that it is
cut with eight lands
and grooves.
BOTTOM RIGHT:
The trigger is
grooved, which
some people may
not like but author
Workman likes for
nasty environments.

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