Given Charter Arm's reputation, I'd be exceptionally wary of any of their products, let alone a new model. I'd take a reliable, vetted 3" 6-shooter (or 7-shooter) over an unvetted, previously problematic manufacturer. Ruger's GP 100 3" variants, or a used Ruger Speed Six come to mind....I'd even be more inlined to test one of Kimber's K6 revolvers...
Best, Jon