Frontier Bulldog

Frontier Bulldog
Belgian Western Bulldog revolver
Type Revolver
Place of origin Belgian
Production history
Manufacturer Smith and Wesson
Unit cost $3.80 US
Produced `~1875 - 1914
Specifications
Barrel length 2 1/2 inch
Cartridge .442 Webley, .450 Adams & .44 S&W American
Action Double-action
Feed system 5 shot
Sights fixed sights

The Frontier Bulldog, Western Bulldog, or American Bulldog is a 5-shot, .44 S&W American, double action, 2 1/2 inch barrel snubnosed revolver made by the Belgian firm J.B. Rongé & Sons of Liege, and primarily sold in the United States, from late 1870s to 1914, through the Sears-Roebuck and Montgomery Ward mail-order catalogs. The base price was US$3.80, compared to $12 for a Smith & Wesson Model 3 Double Action in the same calibre. It is a copy of the Philip Webley & Son of Birmingham British Bull Dog revolver.

The Bullgog included a cartridge ejector and a loading port on the right side of the body. The sights were fixed, and the barrel was generally rounded and sometimes had a flat top. The grips were checkered wood, embossed/molded hard rubber, or other materials, and a lanyard ring was sometimes fitted to the butt. The Bulldog is also chambered for the British .442 Webley and .450 Adams cartridges.[1] The .44 Bull Dog was a popular American cartridge that was a shorter and less powerful cartridge that could also be fired from .442 Webley caliber revolvers.

Numerous copies and variants of this design (authorized and unauthorized) were made in Belfast, Belgium, Spain, Pakistan, France and the United States during the late 19th century.[2] American copies were manufactured by the firms of Forehand & Wadsworth, Iver Johnson and Harrington & Richardson.

References

  1. ↑ Hogg, Ian V.; Walter, John (2004). Pistols of the World. David & Charles. pp. 128–129. ISBN 0-87349-460-1.
  2. ↑ Kekkonen, P.T. "British Bulldog revolver". Gunwriters. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
  • B. Meyer, L'âge d'or des armes à feu à travers les vieux catalogues, Éditions du Portail, 1994.
  • G. Lecoeur et M. Léger, R.I.C. et Bull Dog : Et leurs dérivés, Crépin-Leblond, 2008.
  • J.R. Clergeau, Les armes de nos grands-pères (1865-1927). Merveilles des vieux catalogues, Argout-Éditions, 1977.
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