Just a thought...
In my mind, a snubbie anything is a poor choice for a primary arm.
Sure, its easy to carry and conceal, but if you need it to defend you or your loved ones life, to hell with comfort and concealment, I want a big easy to shoot well pistol.
I originally bought the Bulldog as a backup to my 1911, but later realised that if you need your backup, the situation has escalated and so should the firepower. Now I back up my 1911 with a G21.
Maybe a bulldog would be a good 3rd gun?
A thought about reloading for the Bulldog...Hot loads are OUT, totally uncontrollable, Medium loads ARE HOT for the bulldog
Even if you practice with a Bulldog enough to be good out to 7 or 10 feet, realise that, that is a non stressed day at the range...and self defense would be very high stress situation, there goes all your hit potential out the window...fine motor coordination is the first to go under stress.
Under stress like that, its going to be hard enough to hit em' with a big .45 auto, let alone the bulldog. It doesnt take much more ingenuity to conceal a bigger pistol, and your hit potential (read survivability) would be vastly improved with a bigger easier to shoot pistol. Yes, the size factor helps a bunch if you ever need to pull it out.
Another thing, Charters so-called unbreakable berrillium firing pin did break on me last time out...