The British Bulldog Revolver; The Forgotten Gun that Really Won the West Hardcover – November 30, 2006

This is probably the most compelling and erudite work on these revolvers in print today. Good technical descriptions, good photography and a narrative that is factual but also contains many anecdotes and contemporary photographs which "lighten" the read. I would thoroughly recommend this book. This is my third copy as I have given two away to customers - I am an antique arms dealer.

I got this book for Christmas. An excellent first effort on compiling information on the British Bulldog variants. The pictures, old catalog pages, and descriptions are well worth the purchase price of the book. A couple of problems/inconsistencies:1) The author makes no mention of the Spanish manufactured Bulldog pistols. Since at least half of the Bulldog pistols that I have run across were made in Spain, I assume that he has these lumped together with the Belgian pistols?2) He apparently rearranged the chapters late in the editing process, but never went back and corrected the internal references. Many of the internal references ("see picture in Chapter 15" for example)refer to the wrong or even non-existent chapters.I don't think that anyone will ever be able to write THE definitive book with all variations and manufacturers - there are simply too many, and most Bulldog pistols don't even have manufacturers marks or even proof marks on them. All the same, I would recommend this book to anyone who collects Bulldog pistols. Perhaps the author will publish new editions as more information becomes available?

This is a great resource on bulldog revolvers. There's not loads of information on these types of firearms. The book provides a fair amount of information for the collector.

This is an excellent "little work" about a class of firearm that has just recently been given something like the recognition that it has always deserved.

Very informative about a little known weapon.

Book was very informational but did not have any schematic for the weapon. I was looking for a detailed view of the handgun and a listing of the parts in their proper role for the weapon to work. I rated the book with a 4 out of 5 possible stars due to its wonderful, detailed history of the gun and the many pictures that accompanied the writing, but wish they would have included a picture of the unassembled gun and list of the parts.

I Love this Book and have a Webley Bulldog. from the 1870's tight as a swiss watch . Thank You George Layman . please keep writingGreat little book

Wonderfull book!! Extremely detailed.