Charter Arms

[LAH]

Anyone have a stainless 3" Bulldog 44??

 

[farm23]

Don’t think they make a 3” stainless . I have the Bulldog Classic which is 3” and blue .

 

[GBExpat]

I have two of the 2½" stainless steel 44 Bulldogs that I bought 3-4 years ago.

 

[Dave T]

I believe they did make a 3" stainless Bulldog at one time. I remember seeing them around, probably back in the 1980s or 1990s.

Dave

 

[Tallball]

I have a 2.5" stainless. It's been good to me.

 

[mditurno]

I have a cassic Bulldog with 3" barrel - I like it a lot

 

[the Black Spot]

I have a 3" stainless from the 80's

 

[Col. Harrumph]

I had a stainless .44 many years ago. I don't remember the barrel length, but 3 inches seems about right. I fed it a few boxes of Remington standard pressure loads and a bunch of handloads that were all well under SAAMI specs. (I tend to handload down, not up.) Nevertheless a pin that fastened the trigger guard to the frame bent under the stress. (Either part 32 or 34 on the Numrich diagram, I don't remember which.) Naturally, when I tried to get that fixed at the factory, Charter Arms chose that month to go belly up. I had it repaired privately, sold it and never looked back.

 

[Slamfire]

This one, I purchased in 1984, Charter Arms had been making the three inch version since 1973. I replaced the original factory hammer with a snagless version. The original grips were wood, these plastic grips were much better on the hand and they actually feel pretty good.



I used to carry the thing, but I ended up preferring smaller 38 Special snubbies.

 

[If1HitU]

I don't have a CA Bulldog,3",I do have the CA Bulldog 2.5".

 

[mustachio]

I believe they are all stainless, they just blacken some. Here is mine.

 

[Monster Zero]

I believe they are all stainless, they just blacken some. Here is mine.

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Nice grips. Happy New Year!

 

[Deltaboy1984]

I have a old undercover 38 that I love!

 

[aarondhgraham]

I have what I believe is a 3" .44 Bulldog,,,



Maxine is a new 4" .22 Pathfinder,,,
Laverne is an older model in .44 Special.

The barrel length looks like 3" to me,,,
I've never actually measured it.

Nice shooting handgun though,,,
Shooting it is like wielding the Hammer of Thor.

Aarond

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[Walkalong]

Traded for in the 80's. Super accurate. Very nice DA & SA trigger. Recoil is brisk at 22 (?) ounces. The factory wooden grips are put away.


One of my favorite bullets for it are these cast Lee 208 Gr WCs, along with the store bought Magnus 215 Gr SWC.

 

[loose noose]

I have both the Classic .44 Bulldog, as well as the 2.5" SS version purchased the first in around 1974-75, and the 2.5" SS version in 2017, both are reliable firearms and quite rugged as far as an inexpensive firearms go. Definitely nothing you would want to shoot for a prolonged session at the range. Excellent customer service from what I understand, but have never had to use it. The Classic, I had to install Pachmyer grips on it shortly after purchasing it to tame it down a bit.