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charter arms bulldog 44 special
Mormonb
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I have a used bulldog from sometime before 1992.
I am trying to decide whether to sell or keep it maybe as a backup when i go pig hunting(for the 1st time next month). Its small and light enough. But I have a python in 357 mag which should serve me well.
q) Are the bull dogs good guns or one I should plan on selling her on gunbrker
as soon as i figure how ot post pic that is
I am trying to decide whether to sell or keep it maybe as a backup when i go pig hunting(for the 1st time next month). Its small and light enough. But I have a python in 357 mag which should serve me well.
q) Are the bull dogs good guns or one I should plan on selling her on gunbrker
as soon as i figure how ot post pic that is
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Charter arms bulldoll revolver in 44 special serial number 6677x
blu handled aa bit in good shape but not shiny and new.
good old faithful gun. keep it.
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Personally, I had good luck with mine. It functioned OK and shot pretty decent with handloads. It's been replaced by a S&W 696 but if I still had it I wouldn't sell it now. I'd just keep it in the nightstand or under the car seat in a paper bag, etc. I doubt it would stand up to thousands of heavy loads, but it isn't useless or worthless.
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Can you confirm that the serial number on your Bulldog is only 5 digits (66xxx) and what is the address on the right side of the barrel? I'm doing some research on the 1st Generation Charter Arms revolvers and am in need of info on the "early" 5 digit pieces. If your gun is an early one, it should have CHARTER ARMS CORP. over Bridgeport, CONN. on the barrel, with that serial number. I currently own 6 Bulldog 44s in several different configurations - and find them to be very well built and strong revolvers. They have some innovative design features - 8 groove rifling (rather than the common 6); blued chrome-moly steel frames, barrels and cylinders with aircraft grade aluminum alloy grip frames or Stainless steel frames, etc. and grip frames; beryllium-copper, frame mounted firing pins that are "unbreakable"; short 55 degree arc hammer throw and quick action trigger/sear lock work; coil main spring; transfer bar ignition system; three point cylinder lock-up; off-set cylinder bolt cutouts; case hardened triggers and hammers and flame hardened recoil shields. Some of these features are found on "modern" revolvers. Current prices range from around $275 to $325 for pieces in v.good to excellent condition, which are commonly found. While the fit is generally excellent, the finish leaves something to be desired - but then these guns were meant to be "used" and not "showed" and cutting back on the polishing saved money and lowered selling prices. The Bulldogs are FINE guns, along with the rest of the Charter Arms Corp. 1st Generation line-up.
My only issue with these guns is the DA trigger pull.
I've got three of them - .32Mag 4" Police, .32 Mag 2" Police Off Duty and a .38 SPL Police Off Duty. I'm still looking for a 4" .38 Police Bulldog.
Total CA Corporation 1st Gen. collection now tops 20 pieces, with a few more to go. 1986 Catalogue shows 42 variations. DA pull on guns that have been broken in a bit, seems no worse than any of the S&Ws I have. Unfired and unbroken in pieces are quite stiff, but loosen with proper lubrication and cycling by hand. Single action is mostly crisper and shorter than any of my modern revolvers. I'd always heard that the Charters were junk guns - but after acquiring one, then two - I found them to be quite well constructed and good operating revolvers with features that rank fairly high in my estimation. I think the CAs got a bad rep. after 1991 when the Charter Arms Company, Ansonia CONN (2nd Gen known as CHARCO) restarted production and put out quite a few inferior and poorly constructed firearms.
I've chronographed Keith loads using his 235 gr GCHP bullets ahead of 17.5 gr 2400 at an average velocity of 1250 fps produces energy of 819 ft lbs.
Recoil isn't for the faint hearted so you wont shoot many.
Someone reported they loosen up with a lot of heavy loads but mine hasn't under limited shooting.
Lighter loads at about 850 fps with a 215 gr bullet are very accurate and still serious.
250 grain bullets near 1000fps are too unpleasant to shoot in this lightweight.