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drail · August 23, 2012, 06:47 PM

There is NOTHING wrong with a good 240 gr. .44 Spl load traveling at 800 fps. Anybody who tells you it's not enough cartridge is an idiot. Now on the Charter Arms guns if you push one with anything hotter than a standard load you are going to destroy it. Pretty quickly. No, it won't blow up in your hand but it was not made to take the hot stuff for very long. Use of Buffalo Bore and Corbon loads will beat a Chearter to death. It is a lightly built .44 Spl. and attempting to make it into a .44 Magnum is immature and pointless. I have been shooting one since 1987 and mine is still tight and I still love it and carry it quite a lot. But I have watched a number of people beat them to death with stupid handloads and +P stuff. All you really need in a Bulldog is any type of 200 gr. bullet moving at 850 to 900 fps. Trust me, it's enough. It doesn't need to expand or be traveling at the speed of sound when it's punching a hole that size.

August 23, 2012, 06:47 PM	#10
drail Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2008 Posts: 3,150	There is NOTHING wrong with a good 240 gr. .44 Spl load traveling at 800 fps. Anybody who tells you it's not enough cartridge is an idiot. Now on the Charter Arms guns if you push one with anything hotter than a standard load you are going to destroy it. Pretty quickly. No, it won't blow up in your hand but it was not made to take the hot stuff for very long. Use of Buffalo Bore and Corbon loads will beat a Chearter to death. It is a lightly built .44 Spl. and attempting to make it into a .44 Magnum is immature and pointless. I have been shooting one since 1987 and mine is still tight and I still love it and carry it quite a lot. But I have watched a number of people beat them to death with stupid handloads and +P stuff. All you really need in a Bulldog is any type of 200 gr. bullet moving at 850 to 900 fps. Trust me, it's enough. It doesn't need to expand or be traveling at the speed of sound when it's punching a hole that size. Last edited by drail; August 23, 2012 at 06:55 PM.