GOT THE XL BULLDOG 45 COLT LATE LAST WEEK, SHOT IT YESTERDAY AND TODAY (3/8/20). IT HAS A NICE SERRATED RAMP FS, AN EXCELLENT SQUARE NOTCH RS, TRIGGER PULL SA AND DA BOTH FEEL REAL GOOD, AND IT IS JUST SMALL ENUFF TO CONSIDER FOR OCCASSIONAL POCKET CARRY. SHOT IT WITH MY EVERYDAY S&W LOADS (9grs UNIQUE, FEDERAL 150 PRIMERS, STARLINE CASES AND A 250gr RNFP AND A 255gr SWC). IT KICKS BUT NOT TOO BAD. MAY BE MORE COMFORTABLE TO SHOOT WITH SOME FINGER GROOVE SMOOTH WOOD GRIPS THAN WITH THE FACTORY RUBBER BUT THIS AIN'T NO PLINKER AND SHOOTING SESSIONS WILL BE SHORT. EASY EJECTION. GOT 3 FIRED CASES (BRASS THAT HAD BEEB SHOT SEVERAL TIMES IN MISCELLANEOUS REVOLVERS) AND RESIZED THEM AND THEN TRIED TO CHAMBER THEM IN A JRH CHAMBERED RUGER BISLEY. THIS BISLEY HAS SUPER TIGHT CHAMBERS, TIGHTER THAN MY LINEBAUGH 45 COLT REDHAWK (44 MAG CONVERTED TO 45 COLT). THE RESIZED CASES SLIPPED RIGHT IN SO CASE BULGING IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THOSE LOADS. THROATS ARE TIGHT, .452 CAST BULLETS DO NOT FALL THRU, AND THE BARREL/CYLINDER GAP LOOKS TIGHT. I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS, MY FIRST CHARTER ARMS REVOLVER. THE GUN SHOOTS PRETTY LOW BUT THAT CAN BE FIXED WITH JUDICIOUS FILING OF THE FS. A SPEER SHOT LOAD SHOT UP A CACTUS PATTY PRETTY DAMN GOOD SO THIS WILL BE AN EFFECTIVE SNAKE GUN. SO FAR SO GOOD, AND BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.

EDIT ON 3/9/20: THE GUN SHOOTS LOW, NOT HIGH AS ORIGINALLY POSTED IN ERROR.

Last edited by 45MAN; 03/09/2020 11:27 AM.

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