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Posted: Sun Oct 11th, 2009 05:54 AM

Joined:	Fri May 2nd, 2008
Location:	Boise, Idaho USA
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I picked up a used Bulldog Target (4" bbl, adjustable rear sights) about 5 years ago or so. Don't know how many rounds it had run through it before that, but I've put at least 400 rounds each of jacketed and lead bullet handloads through it, low to mid-range .44 Spl data out of the Speer manuals, using 180-240 grain bullets. It shoots just as good today as the day I brought it home and is one of my favorite little revolvers for CCW use when I feel like packing a wheel gun. 200 grain bullets are far more pleasant to shoot and can be coaxed up towards 1000 fps and still stay well within published loading data.

As far as factory loads, I've shot Winchester, Federal, Remington and CCI with no trouble at all. When I take it for a walk around town, CCI Blazer 200 grain Gold Dots fill the chambers. I've water-tested and cantaloupe tested them for expansion and kinetic energy transfer at combat distances and have been very impressed with the results.

A year or two back, I picked up a stainless Bulldog Pug. Haven't shot that one yet, but I have carried it some, stoked with Glaser Safety Slugs (silver tipped). It's a nice little inside-the-waistband equalizer, light weight enough to be comfortable and yet powerful enough to speak with authority if the crap hits the fan. I wouldn't worry too much about the Bulldog's durability with factory loads. It's a light-weight gun and that translates into some pretty stout felt recoil, but as far as strength of the platform goes, my experience has been that it takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'.

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