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Originally Posted by BUFF
An easy way to visualize this is that the speedloaders that fit the Bulldog also fit the 5 shot L frame .44 Special S&W's.
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I've owned a couple of both (Bulldogs and 696s) and my experience is different than yours. The Bulldog speed loader from HKS did not fit well at all in either of my 696s. The cartridges had to be forced outward, binding them in the speed loader and making turning the knob difficult.
I've always heard the CA Bulldog was the same size as a D-frame Colt (Det Spl) and so a bit smaller than the K-frame. My recollection is the Bulldog forcing cone was a damn skimpy piece of business. At the trailing edge there was almost nothing to it. It depended on the frame to support it. Just find it hard to believe a K-frame Smith couldn't do the job as well as the chintzy Charter Arms but maybe you're right, Buff.
Dave