I bought one as a present to myself in December of 1987, the day I was sworn in as a LEO. It rode backup/off-duty for the next few years until I switched to an agency on whose "approved" list it apparently didn't make. It has always been a great little shooter, and has the then-rare anodized-aluminum barrel/ejector shroud on it. I still own it and carry it once in a while.
In 2010, my dad died and the last two guns he owned became mine. I didn't know him growing up, but had re-established contact with him ten years before his death. One of those guns is also an Undercover 38, made in 1966. It, too, shoots well and is still pretty tight. That one is actually a little slimmer than mine because of the lack of a shroud and the smoother stocks, so it carries even more easily.
Yeah, I'm happy with the brand. The ones to avoid are the ones sold after about 1990 until about 2000, under the "Charco" and "Charter 2000" names. The company has changed hands a few times over the years, but is evidently back under its original ownership.
