When the Charter Bulldog .44 was first announced, Col. Cooper called it a "good concept, poorly executed." I bought my first Bulldog .44 in the mid 1970's, traded it off, then bought another in the mid 1980's. They are "carry much, shoot seldom" guns. BTW, after handloading and shooting a fair bit, that first one experienced the flash gap shrinking to nearly nothing (gas ring not up to the beating), yet cylinder longitudinal slop increasing; cartridges could rattle fore and aft between cylinder and recoil shield.
Despite the fact it had a steel frame (pinned to an aluminum grip frame), that frame did eventually stretch.
My first Bulldog also had such rough rifling that it leaded with factory ammo. Charter bragged about their button swaged rifling, but I guess the button chattered a bit. I made a lead lapping tool, used a little valve grinding/lapping compound, and smoothed it up a bit. I still shot gas check or jacketed bullets when I could.
Having said all of that, I will still say "don't give up on the Bulldog .44 Special." Recognize that it's not a super durable gun, and that Charter's quality control is spotty. Learn how to examine revolvers, then spend time at gun shows, gun shops and pawn shops. When you see one that's in good shape, has a good lockup, and a halfway decent trigger (halfway is as good as it gets with that rough action), go ahead and buy it. But do not buy one you have not examined. Better yet is to try one out if you can.
The .44 Special is a great round. That Bulldog is MUCH lighter than my S&W .44 Magnum Mountain Gun. I liked it as a backpacker's gun. I had fun making shot loads for it. I learned to make cheap squib loads using modified .45 ACP brass and lead round balls. I had fun with the little gun. But it was never built to last a lifetime. There's a reason I've mostly been carrying a 1911 for the last few decades.