Original Bulldog...early 70s....great....had/shot for a few years..great...a few screws loosened...no problem
Bulldog Pug 87-nickel...carried a short while....never fired....sold due to hard times....
Bought used original Bulldog...a 70s model...that had been carried in a truck...in about 2001....had a problem in that sometimes you'd pull trigger....cylinder would turn but hammer wouldn't rise/fall....I gave $10 for the gun(worked in a pawn shop)...called Charter 2000 customer service....told them I wanted to have the gun re-blued....they didn't do nickel jobs....told them in great detail about the mechanical problem....got the gun back after paying them the roughly $85 they'd asked....in a timely manner, I must say, and the blue job was pitiful....looked like it was done at home...didn't look good at all....I called...they told me....well, we didn't charge you much...we know it's not that great....I told them it was nowhere near the quality they ship with...they acknowledged that and said that's the best they'd do for that money.....I dry-fired the gun about 50 times...had the slipping happen again....maybe 3 times....sold the gun back to the pawn shop to cover my investment...and that was the end...
The gun store/range I use says they(their gunsmith) has trouble with about half of what they sell...parts are hard to get....the company has changed hands since the 70s at least once....I don't think I'd trust them again...passed several deals up....an "I don't care" attitude doesn't get it when you call a company and tell them all the details...they quote a price...you pay in advance, then they haven't fixed it....not with a gun......maybe a watch, but not a gun....
