CCW Bulldog Revolver Reproduction?

[Finnwolf]

Are there any sources for a repro British Bulldog style revolver that would be good for concealed carry?

Charter Arms told me that they are planning for a .45 Colt revolver but I imagine it would be double action.

Were all the old pocket revolvers of Victorian times double action?  Is it worthwhile for a manufacturer to do some in single action?

Reminds me of Sherlock Holmes stories.

[Coffinmaker]

While I have seen quite a few Bull Dogs, I've never seen a reproduction of one.  I'd hazard a guess, never will.  The market is tiny.  Minuscule actually.  Probably just ....... you.  A customer base of ....... one.

A better choice, if one simply must carry an older single action, would be the short barrel reproduction of the Schofield,  then send that out for the modification by TK Technologies to enable use of a Moon Clip and 45 ACP cases.  I've been drooling over one, or a pair of those for some time now.  they don't fit me well, but they are just FRIGGING NEAT!!

Coffinmaker

[St. George]

No.

Given that the popularity of C&WAS died a long time ago, manufacturers are extremely loathe to bring out new products for a very limited clientele - and what they bring out 'must' be able to appeal to more than the pushing-middle sixties folks commonly seen.

Trusting one's life to something quaint and 'steampunk-like' isn't the best of ideas, nor is the rebuilding of an original, since that metallurgy was essentially wrought iron, and not steel.

You don't carry concealed based on the 'cool factor' of something obscure, or unusual, or to be different from the other kids on the block who carry deadly weapons - you carry because you may 'need' to actually put said weapon into play at some difficult point in your life, and you pray that that day never comes, because if it does, then no matter who is in the right - things are never the same.

Also, should that happen, the piece 'will' be surrendered and put into the Property Room until adjudication is over and done with - and LE agencies don't have velvet-lined boxes to place it in, so rest assured it'll be returned with brand-new dings and scratches you've never seen before, if it's returned at all.

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[Will Ketchum]

Also, should that happen, the piece 'will' be surrendered and put into the Property Room until adjudication is over and done with - and LE agencies don't have velvet-lined boxes to place it in, so rest assured it'll be returned with brand-new dings and scratches you've never seen before, if it's returned at all.

Scouts Out!

 

And that is the exact reason my everyday carry pieces are either one of my Kel Tecs or my Ruger LCP and not my $1,100 Kimber 1911, because no matter how righteous of a shoot I might be involved in the odds of me seeing my gun again aren't good and for sure it won't be in the condition it was in when surrendered. You need to make sure your carry gun is 100% reliable with the ammunition you carry and that you can afford to lose it.

Will Ketchum

[Professor Marvel]

You don't carry concealed based on the 'cool factor' of something obscure, or unusual, or to be different from the other kids on the block who carry deadly weapons - you carry because you may 'need' to actually put said weapon into play at some difficult point in your life, and you pray that that day never comes, because if it does, then no matter who is in the right - things are never the same.

My Dear St George -

This is most eloquent, and periodically needs repeating .

yhs
prof marvel

[pony express]

You don't carry concealed based on the 'cool factor' of something obscure, or unusual, or to be different from the other kids on the block who carry deadly weapons -
 

Reminds me of an article I read about Colt's Lightnings some years back-and it mentioned that someone had one that worked and was still using it for a carry gun! I wouldn't trust my life to a gun that, on any given pull of the trigger, is likely to stop working.

[Pitspitr]

Hey Wolf Was this what you were talking about or did you mean the 100+ year old "British Bulldog?"

http://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/charter-arms-bulldog-44-special-the-bulldog-bite/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=121215chronicle&utm_campaign=121215-thecharterarmsbulldog44special

[Jake C]

The comment about "Sherlock Holmes" makes me think he meant the old British Bulldog.

[Pitspitr]

Yep, but he also mentioned that it would be made by Charter Arms.

Either way it wouldn't be my choice or concealed carry.

BTW +1 to St. George's comments.

[pony express]

I wouldn't be opposed to a Charter Bulldog for a carry gun. As for the old British Bulldog, well, I'd rather have one of those than a knife or club......

[St. George]

For the purposes of clarification, the term 'Bulldog' applies to those short-barreled, large-bore revolvers made popular in the Nineteenth Century.

However, many folks think that 'Charter Arms' built them, because that's the only name currently associated with that nickname.

For this forum - 'Bulldog' means the Nineteenth Century variant and 'not' the many, many decades later one made famous by the 'Son of Sam'.

Scouts Out!