Like any two-inch barreled revolver, the ejector is slightly too short to completely eject empties.

The DA doesn't stack, but the lockup of the cylinder does come before the hammer falls, so if you want to shoot trigger-cocking style, you can. Me, I just use a straight-through pull and use the extra fraction of trigger pull as extra aiming time.

The trigger pull in single action is clean and light enough. Again, no one is going to select it over a Colt, S&W or Ruger for target shooting, but this is hardly a target-shooting kind of gun, now is it?

The two-inch barrel precludes a full-length ejector rod, so your empties will not be pushed completely out by a stroke of the ejector. You want them out, you have to slap the rod. This is not a detail exclusive to Charter Arms; any two-inch barreled revolver will have this problem. The solution is proper training and practice to get the empties out.

The accuracy is good, although the width of the front sight makes aiming a bit of work. The front sight is 0.150 wide, and it subtends 41⁄2 inches at 25 yards. A narrower front sight would make aiming easier, but I was still able to shoot four-inch groups at 25 yards with it. A group smaller than the apparent width of the front sight is entirely acceptable.

What was a real problem was that those groups were more than a foot below where I was aiming. I luckily found that out before doing the chronograph sessions or I might have shot my skyscreens.

For the ammo-crunching drills I did to test function, I simply aimed where I'd always aim and let the groups form at the bottom of the "A" zone on my USPSA targets.

ACCURACY RESULTS: Police Underc over
.38 Special	BULLET WEIGHT (gr.)	AVG. VELOCITY (fps)	AVG GROUP (in.)
Win. White Box FMJ	130	744	5.0
Blazer LRN	158	713	4.0
Magtech SJHP+P	125	804	5.0
Magtech SCHP+P	95	925	5.5
Speer Gold Dot	110	823	5.0
Extreme Shock Air Freedom	85	1,007	5.5
Black Hills JHP	125	755	3.0
American Eagle LRN	158	664	6.0
Corbon Performance	147	738	5.0
Remington JHP	95	948	5.5
Mighigan Ammo TMJ	585	158	5.0
Notes: Accuracy is the average of three five-shot groups, fired at 25 yards from a sandbag rest. Abbreviations: FMJ, full metal jacket; SJHP, semi-jacketed hollowpoint; SCHP, solid copper hollowpoint; LRN, lead roundnose; JHP, jacketed hollowpoint; TMJ, total metal jacket.

Once I'd churned through 600 rounds, I figured I'd let the Charter Arms warranty department have a go at it as every new Charter Arms product comes with a lifetime warranty. If your Charter Arms has a problem, send it in. This is for the new ones; repairs done to models made by previous iterations of Charter will have to be paid for.

So I sent the Police Undercover in with a letter explaining that it was hitting low. Three weeks later, a package arrived on my doorstep: the Police Undercover returned. I tossed it in the gun bag for the next range trip, and viola, it shoots to the sights.

So if you're looking for a solid, no-frills revolver that won't break the bank, Charter Arms is back. The money you save can be applied to practice ammo, making you a better shooter in the long run.