Academy Sports Recalling Charter Arms .38 Spl Revolvers.

[kenemoore]

“The Pink Lady” and “The Lavender Lady” sold between February2012 and July 2016.

http://www.guns.com/2016/08/09/retai...ource=facebook

Academy Web Page:
https://content.academy.com/recalls/...ce_7.28.16.pdf

[gb6491]

Interesting:
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...ady-revolvers/

Regards,
Greg

[zaitcev]

Academy's plan at this point is to abuse Charter's overly generous warranty promises. Can't say nobody saw that one coming.

[berettabone]

Is Charter Arms suing their arse???????????????????????????????????????

[Planedude]

Beeeezar...

Academy has just gone weird on the world.

[CJB]

Oh this is so much BS I can't stand it.

First - I get the very dubious feeling reading the "Academy Recall". You have to contact Academy, not the manufacturer. No Academy near you? Well just call Academy Customer service. Everything through Academy.

Second - Why just the Pink Lady and Lavender Lady? All of the Undercover Lite revolvers are made the same except for color. You got Chic Lady, Pink Chic Lady, Lavender Chic Lady, Red White and Black, plain silver, plain black, red white and blue, etc etc.... All the same, just colors are different. Why just two? Can't say, except it sounds weird.

Third - Never once does it say contact Charter. No mention at all.

Forth - Charter is unaware. I've spoken to Dee and Nick at Charter (owners). Not about this, but about other things. They seem like pretty straight up, unpretentious, and salt of the earth kind of folks. If someone says Charter is unaware, I believe Charter.

Fifth - A retailer is going out of their way for a manufacturer. Its not like Charter "dealers" have any dealership agreements. They buy from jobbers, or possibly direct from Charter. That just doesn't make sense.

Ok then, possible scenarios.

No recall at all. Academy is pissed at Charter for some reason.

Academy got caught with their pants down by perhaps.... coloring guns that came in silver.

Academy is doing a promotional stunt.

Academy is run by a bunch of dipsydoodle lawyers and is doing a Chicken Little "sky is falling!" routine.

Academy saw one or two issues, and is "sending in the Marines", panic mode, and plans to recoup expenses by taking Charter to court....

Academy just got bought by the Clinton Foundation.... hell, weirder things have gone down!

If folks had problems, the recourse would be to contact Charter. I can see Academy doing that for its customers, as a service. But to issue a bogus "recall" is out of their jurisdiction.

Somethin' ain't right.

[Bills1873]

+1 on the somethin ain't right, CJB. I got a bad taste in my mouth concerning Academy since they hid the rifles in the back. Something rotten in Denmark.

[kenemoore]

Maybe it has something to do with armed women?

[Bills1873]

Ha! Not going there!

[CJB]

I heard that the cops at the Louvre museum in Paris frisked Venus but she wasn't armed