The base price was US$3.80, compared to $12 for a Smith & Wesson Model 3 Double Action in the same calibre.

It is a copy of the Philip Webley & Son of Birmingham British Bull Dog revolver.

The grips were checkered wood, embossed/molded hard rubber, or other materials, and a lanyard ring was sometimes fitted to the butt.

Numerous copies and variants of this design (authorized and unauthorized) were made in Belfast, Belgium, Spain, Pakistan, France and the United States during the late 19th century.

[2] American copies were manufactured by the firms of Forehand & Wadsworth, Iver Johnson and Harrington & Richardson.