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Mello2u · May 20, 2011, 06:36 PM

I have a Charter Arms Bulldog 3" bbl in .44 special, but I haven't shot any factory loads through it in over 2 decades. I can't remember what it felt like.

I use stout hand loads, with a 180 gr. wadcutter bullet at about 950 fps. The recoil is quite noticeable, more so than a .38 special +P 125 gr. out of a S&W model 60 2" barrel.

Just for informational purposes the following are the SAAMI pressures.
Cartridge . . . . . . SAAMI pressure
.38 Special . . . . . 17,000
.38 Special +P . . .18,500
.357 Magnum . . . 35,000
.44 Special . . . . . 15,500

May 20, 2011, 06:36 PM	#14
Mello2u Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,424	I have a Charter Arms Bulldog 3" bbl in .44 special, but I haven't shot any factory loads through it in over 2 decades. I can't remember what it felt like. I use stout hand loads, with a 180 gr. wadcutter bullet at about 950 fps. The recoil is quite noticeable, more so than a .38 special +P 125 gr. out of a S&W model 60 2" barrel. Just for informational purposes the following are the SAAMI pressures. Cartridge . . . . . . SAAMI pressure .38 Special . . . . . 17,000 .38 Special +P . . .18,500 .357 Magnum . . . 35,000 .44 Special . . . . . 15,500 __________________ NRA Life Member - Orange Gunsite Member - NRA Certified Pistol Instructor "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." Frederic Bastiat Last edited by Mello2u; May 21, 2011 at 12:05 PM.