New Charter Arms .44 Bulldog

[ladder13]

My one and only .44 Bulldog, from approximately 1973. Factory nickel, rare bird!

Never saw one in nickel, very nice.

 

[ladder13]

New Bulldog, Pachmayr Compac grips, Simply Rugged holster ...

Colt came out with a copy for twice the price called the Cobra

 

[Bangler]

I took my Pitbull .45 ACP apart tonight and it had black grease all over the trigger and trigger spring. I cleaned everything up and put some nice light gun oil on it all instead. Took a file to some parts that were sharp and took a file to the little collar that snaps into the frame to lock the front of the cylinder up as well. It had sharp edges on it and it wasn't always locking up. Now it does. Love my Pitbull! Shoots true.

 

[WDW44]

I had one in the early 1980s and really liked it but at the time there was very little 44 special brass around. I even had trouble finding factory rounds. This was before the S&W 24s were reintroduced. I found that I could use 45 acp brass resized by running them into a 44 S&W full length resizing die. The result was a short case that I reloaded to 44 S&W specs. I still have some those skinny 45 acp rounds with cast 44 bullets that worked fine in my bulldog.

Would like to see photo's of those 45 acp/.44 cases. Did they catch the ejector star properly? How did they resize enough at the case head, as it is usually solid brass for about 0.30-0.35 thousands (or more!)? Sorry, but it sounds impossible to me to work. If it does, I have thousands of .45acp brass but no guns in that caliber any more! Thanks for the reply!

 

[duke2002]

I always wondered about them. I love the 44 spcl. I see them pop up but know very little about them. Maybe i'll have to add one to the collection.