.44 Bull Dog

.44 Bull Dog Cartridge
.44 Bull Dog (Peters), .44 Webley (UMC) and .442 Revolver (Eley)
TypeRevolver
Place of originUnited States
Production history
Designed1880s
Produced1880s-1930's
Specifications
Case typerimmed straight
Bullet diameter.445 in (11.3 mm)
Neck diameter.447 in (11.4 mm)
Base diameter.454 in (11.5 mm)
Rim diameter.488 in (12.4 mm)
Case length.526 in (13.4 mm)
Overall length.914 in (23.2 mm)
Rifling twist1:21 in (530 mm)
Primer typeBoxer
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy
168 gr (11 g)
(U.S. factory load)
460 ft/s (140 m/s) 80 ft⋅lbf (110 J)
Source(s): Barnes & Amber 1972

The .44 Bull Dog was an American centerfire revolver cartridge produced from the 1880s until the 1930s.[1]

  1. ^ Barnes, p.170, ".44 Bulldog".