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The Bulldog is a 5-shot traditional double-action revolver designed by Doug McClenahan and produced by Charter Arms. It was introduced in 1973. The Bulldog has been available for the .44 Special and .357 Magnum cartridges with a length of 7.2 inches (184 mm) and 6.7 inches (171 mm) and barrel lengths of either 2.5 inches (64 mm) or 2.2 inches (56 mm). It was a top-selling gun during the 1980s and it is considered as Charter Arms' trademark weapon. It has been produced by four different companies since it was released. ==History== Designed by the founder of the first version of Charter Arms, Doug McClenahan, the Bulldog was released in 1973. It was one of the best-selling weapons of the 1970s and the 1980s in the United States.〔McNab, p. 74〕 Its design and execution, which were quite modern at the time, caught the attention of the gun press and combat shooters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charter 2000’s Bulldog Shows Why Experts Liked .44 Special )〕 By the mid-1980s, more than half a million units had been produced and nearly 37,000 were being manufactured every year.〔 Bulldog production has been stopped a few times since 1992, when Charter Arms (the original manufacturer) went bankrupt. Some time later, manufacturing began again under the Charco (descendant company of Charter Arms) trademark, but this company also filed bankruptcy; the models produced during this period showed obvious production flaws. It was produced again by Charter 2000; this company, which failed also, improved the weapon with a one-piece barrel, front sight, ejector-shroud assembly.〔 The original model had no ejector-shroud and the aluminum front sight was soldered to the barrel. In June 2007, a version of the Bulldog with new features〔 began to be produced by another company named Charter Arms,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Gun Zone - Charter Arms Bulldog Pug )〕 but this time was distributed by MKS Supply.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MKS Supply Partners )〕 The Bulldog was used by the infamous serial killer David Berkowitz aka "The .44 Caliber Killer" and the "Son of Sam" who was responsible for a brutal series of attacks and murders in New York City during 1976–1977 (before he was caught due to an outstanding parking violation).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Berkowitz )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charter Arms Bulldog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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