Charter has been promising to re-issue the old-style 44 Bulldog for a couple of years now, but they are still not officially available. They are listed on Charter's web site (http://www.charterfirearms.com/products/Charter_Bulldog_Classic.html), with no picture and no estimated date of availability.

They will be available sometime, though, because we managed to get a few! And they are VERY nicely done - those, like me, who love the old Bulldogs will really appreciate these. Like the originals, the barrel is 3" tapered; the ejector rod is not shrouded; the front sight is the correct old streamlined type; and the finish is beautiful, polished even a bit better than my original Bulldogs. The only place where they let me down is, they use Charter's current checkered rubber grips instead of the checkered wood like on the originals. They do spec the checkered wood grips on their web site, and the box notes wood grips, but mine all came with checkered rubber. A call to Charter didn't do any good, they are still not sure if the wood grips will ever be available.

Anyway, this is an extremely nice reissue of a great old revolver. Once they become readily available, y'all oughtta gitchee one.