Charter Arms Bulldog Range Review - Update!

[PegLeg45]

I like charter arms had a bulldog pug in .44 spl very nice, sorry I sold it.

I'm looking at a used one tomorrow. My b-i-l's neighbor has one he wants to sell.

[Fatman]

My neighbor has a Bulldog and loves it. His only complaint is he can't shoot his for prolonged periods because it freezes up. You wheel gunners know if this is not unusual?
 

[Big Frank]

PegLeg, a revolver chamber isn't truly cylindrical unless it's bored straight through. I think M1917 revolvers were because it was easy to make them quickly that way. But most revolver chambers have chamber mouths that taper down so it's only a cylinder shape up to there. That part of it's a truncated cone.

[Wheelgun Dunn]

Last weekend took my newly gunsmithed Charter back out to the range for testing.  I am happy to report all went well.  The chambers (thanks for the correction) in the cylinder all were loadable, no seizing of the trigger in the rear position and a smooth clean action all the way.  I was very pleased.  I did have two FTF but that could easily have been the ammo and not the gun.  I ignored the first one but opened the cylinder after the second one and inspected it and it was a light strike.  It went back around and detonated the second time.  Don't think it was the gun as they were early on in the session and did not occur again. Needless to say I am now satisfied. After the original purchase price and then the gunsmithing I still come in under th price of a Smith and the Charter is extremely light in comparison to my SP101.  Thanks for all the feedback, especially you Majordomo!   

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[PegLeg45]

PegLeg, a revolver chamber isn't truly cylindrical unless it's bored straight through. I think M1917 revolvers were because it was easy to make them quickly that way. But most revolver chambers have chamber mouths that taper down so it's only a cylinder shape up to there. That part of it's a truncated cone.

I based it partially on this, but what the hell:  


Other types of cylinders
An elliptic cylinder

An elliptic cylinder is a quadric surface, with the following equation in Cartesian coordinates:

(x/a)squared + (y/b)squared = -1.

This equation is for an elliptic cylinder, a generalization of the ordinary, circular cylinder (a = b). Even more general is the generalized cylinder: the cross-section can be any curve.

The cylinder is a degenerate quadric because at least one of the coordinates (in this case z) does not appear in the equation.

An oblique cylinder has the top and bottom surfaces displaced from one another.

There are other more unusual types of cylinders.

These are the imaginary elliptic cylinders:

    \left(\frac{x}{a}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{y}{b}\right)^2 = -1

the hyperbolic cylinder:

    \left(\frac{x}{a}\right)^2 - \left(\frac{y}{b}\right)^2 = 1

and the parabolic cylinder:

    x^2 + 2ay = 0. \,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_(geometry)

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[Big Frank]

The holes are circular, not elliptical. That's strike 2. 

[justbill]

My neighbor has a Bulldog and loves it. His only complaint is he can't shoot his for prolonged periods because it freezes up. You wheel gunners know if this is not unusual?
 

In my experience, not for Charters.

[PegLeg45]

The holes are circular, not elliptical. That's strike 2. 

Actually, strike 3.....

I was thinking of an Oblique Cylinder, but that don't work either because the openings are offset.

I stand corrected, sir.
 

[Rob10ring]

My neighbor has a Bulldog and loves it. His only complaint is he can't shoot his for prolonged periods because it freezes up. You wheel gunners know if this is not unusual?

My Undercover doesn't freeze up and I wouldn't hesitate to add that freezing up is completely unacceptable for any gun that you need to trust when the SHTF. When my Ruger SP101 was new, it'd lock up occasionally, right out of the box. I sent it in to Ruger and they polished it up a bit and de-burred the trigger mechanism. It has been a trooper ever since. If your buddy's Charter is fairly new, I'd tell him to contact them and they'll get it working right.

As these new Charter rimless guns go, I'm leaning toward either 9 or 40, but I sort of wish they'd decided to go with moon clips just for the sake of quick reloads. I'm still interested anyway. I mean, does anyone else make a .40 snubby? Great BUG for someone who already carries a .40.

[Big Frank]

Actually, strike 3.....

I was thinking of an Oblique Cylinder, but that don't work either because the openings are offset.

I stand corrected, sir.
 

There's no one named sir here. I remember some of my 10th grade geometry. Enough to know what a cylinder is. A regular cylinder that is. I never heard of an oblique one before but it sounds like it goes off on an angle.