Ive got a Charter Arms Bulldog, its in pieces all wrapprd up in a bag. A friend of mine darn near lost his life to this gun. Im not sure what kind of metal they used in them but it is not real good. He was not a reloader and only shot this firearm on the range on spare occasions using only factory ammo. This was his main carry gun. It blew up and so he brought it to me to see if I could repair it. The cost of the new parts, cylinder, ejectors parts was to costley compared to a newer Charter Arms that he liked. So he brought the new CA and let me keep his old one. Im happy to report that he likes the new revolver and has not had any accendents with it. I guess I would be kinda carefull in using hot loads in the CA revolvers. I dont know anything much about them, but the old "you get what you pay for" is truer today than ever.