.44 Bull Dog

Revolver cartridge .44 Bull Dog Cartridge 442 Webley.JPG 300px .44 Bull Dog (Peters), .44 Webley (UMC) and .442 Revolver (Eley) United States Revolver 1880s 1880s-1930's rimmed straight .445 .447 .454 .488 .526 .914 1:21 in Boxer 168 (U.S. factory load) 460 80 Barnes & Amber 1972 The .44 Bull Dog was an American centerfire revolver cartridge produced from the 1880s until the 1930s.Barnes, p.170, ".44 Bulldog". Description No known firearm was chambered exclusively for the .44 Bull Dog cartridge: It was a shorter and less powerful option for use in revolvers chambered for the .44 Webley cartridge (American name of the British .442 Webley revolver round). The .44 Bull Dog cartridge was manufactured in the US and Canada, probably for those bothered by the sharp recoil of the more powerful .44 Webley round in such small guns, or who were particularly cost conscious. (Typically, in the late 19th century U.S., a box of .44 Bull Dog cartridges cost $0.68 for 50 rounds, compared to $0.90 for 50 of the longer .44 Webley round.Dowell William Chipchase The Webley Story 1987 Commonwealth Heritage Foundation Kirkland, WA 0-939683-04-0, page 68 The .44 Bull Dog and .44 Webley cartridges continued to be commercially offered in the U.S. until 1938 or 1939.Barnes, p.170, ".44 Webley/.44 R.I.C.") Also, the Bull Dog was very easy to carry. thumb|left|Remington/UMC .44 Bull Dog Box Labels Webley's British Bulldog revolver was a popular and widely copied self-defense or "pocket" gun (so named for being designed early 1870s to be carried in a pocket. Today such guns might be a known as a snubnose or carry gun).Dowell, p.68.http://www.phelbs.com/HRFTX/tbbd.htm 2011-03-28 Ficken Homer R. Webley's 'The British Bull Dog' Revolver: Serial Numbering and Variations https://web.archive.org/web/20120223210553/http://www.phelbs.com/HRFTX/tbbd.htm 2012-02-23 dead A black powder round, the .44 Bull Dog, as manufactured by firms such as Winchester,Dowell William Chipchase The Webley Story 1987 Commonwealth Heritage Foundation Kirkland, WA , p.68 used a 168–170 grain bulletDowell William Chipchase The Webley Story 1987 Commonwealth Heritage Foundation Kirkland, WA , p.68. and 15 grains powder, compared to a 200–230 grain bullet and 17–20 grains powder for the parent .44 Webley round. It proved a great deal better than contemporary rimfire rounds, being in a class with the .41 Short Colt.Barnes, p.170, ".44 Bulldog" However, by modern standards, the .44 Bull Dog was an extremely marginal round, not really suitable for anything but close range, which is how it normally would have been defensively used. See also List of cartridges by caliber 11mm caliber References Sources Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".44 Bull Dog", in Cartridges of the World, pp. 170 & 177. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. ______ and _____. ".25 (6.35mm) Automatic Pisto", in Cartridges of the World, p. 149. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. 0-695-80326-3. Dowell, William Chipchase. The Webley Story. Kirkland, WA: Commonwealth Heritage Foundation, 1987. Ficken, Homer R.. Webley's The British Bull Dog Revolver, Serial Numbering and Variations. Retrieved on 2011-04-03. Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:1880 introductions