need help with a charter arms bulldog
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I don't have a manual or anything, but Charter Arms is still in business...
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281 Canal St.
Shelton, CT 06484
For parts and repair questions
Phone : 203-922-1652
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Email: [email protected]
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http://www.charterfirearms.com
Contact Us
Please contact us with any questions or comments about Charter Arms products or repairs.
Mailing Address
Charter Arms
281 Canal St.
Shelton, CT 06484
For parts and repair questions
Phone : 203-922-1652
Fax: 203-922-1469
Email: [email protected]
For your convenience, we've created a form you can use to describe the nature of your repair need. Simply fill in the form, print it and include it with the firearm sent to Charter for repair.
website:
http://www.charterfirearms.com
MachIVshooter
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Or you could do what I do, and just take it apart one piece at a time 
Really, as long as you carefully lay out the removed parts in their proper orientation, it's pretty hard to screw up. Just beware of tiny flying springs (or the parts they were putting pressure on).
Really, as long as you carefully lay out the removed parts in their proper orientation, it's pretty hard to screw up. Just beware of tiny flying springs (or the parts they were putting pressure on).
MatthewVanitas
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Perhaps a more important question: what's wrong with it that requires disassembly?
If you can describe the problem, maybe someone here can suggest an easy fix.
If there is no problem, and "rough condition" is mostly cosmetic, I'd say just give it a good cleaning (no disassembly needed) and wipe it all over with a slightly oily rag to protect the finish. If there's any rust, you can scrub it off with bronze wool (less aggressive than steel wool) before oiling.
Is it mechanically bad, or just lookin' ugly?
If you can describe the problem, maybe someone here can suggest an easy fix.
If there is no problem, and "rough condition" is mostly cosmetic, I'd say just give it a good cleaning (no disassembly needed) and wipe it all over with a slightly oily rag to protect the finish. If there's any rust, you can scrub it off with bronze wool (less aggressive than steel wool) before oiling.
Is it mechanically bad, or just lookin' ugly?
Not exactly sure whats wrong. Your right it is mostly cosmetic but sometimes the cylinder will not spin all the way into the locking lug. Sorry if thats not the right terminology. Plus i just enjoy taking apart all my guns just so i know exactly how they work.
W.E.G.
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Does this happen when you index the cylinder with normal force, or does it just happen when you "baby it?"
Having worked on these guns I recommend you don't tear it apart unless you know what you're doing. The cylinder release mechanism requires 3 or 4 hands to reassemble correctly (ask anyone who's done it) and there is a tiny washer that has to be in place that will normally go flying into space when you take it apart. If you must put it in a large plastic bag to catch the parts. When you say the cylinder will not spin all the way into the locking lug do you mean when cycled pulling the trigger slowly the cylinder is not locking before the hammer releases? If that is the case I wouldn't fire it until it is corrected. The gun is out of time if it does that and it will beat itself up pretty bad shooting it like that. It will fire but you're going to have bullets slamming into the side of the forcing cone because the cylinder is not lined correctly. Accuracy will be pretty much out the window. If the gun has been shot loose and out of time only Charter Arms is going to be able to make it right again. No one else will have the tooling and parts. Be careful.
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Then it's out of time. The hand is worn or the cylinder ratchet lugs are worn. Either a new hand or possibly stretching (peening) the original if it only needs a little more rotation. Firing it while it's out of time will cause even more serious problems- at the very least it's probably spitting some lead out the side of the gap now. Don't have anyone standing next to the gun when shooting it. You can either spend some money and have it fixed or make a boat anchor out of it.
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