I have a confession to make when it comes to the Bulldog combo stun gun.
While I believe that a complete review requires all aspects of a product to be tested, sometimes I also believe that some things should be taken on faith.
My review of the Bulldog combo stun gun & flashlight is going to take on faith that getting hit by the stun gun part of it really, really hurts.
Honesty compels me to admit that I didn’t shock the tar out of myself or anybody else with it, because the nasty sounding fireworks shooting out of the front of it convinced me it works as advertised.
The gun contains two contact regions which alternate fire… here one of them is sparking…
What is the Bulldog combo stun gun & flashlight?
The flashlight is marketed as a “30 Million Volt” stun gun with 320 lumen LED flashlight. The 10-inch long model contains a rechargeable battery in the milled aluminum handle. Build quality seems “typical made in China tactical” i.e. not horrible but not really impressive either. For a light it’s size, it is fairly light feeling.
Basic operation is as follows: there’s a safety switch on the bottom of the flashlight. With the switch turned to safe, the rig is simply a moderately bright flashlight with a moderately wide beam. If the switch is turned to fire, the flashlight can be used as normal. The flashlight switch contains a “normal on” and a “stun gun armed” position, with an additional knob to push to fire the stun gun.
The Stun Fun
If you need to use the stun part, you simply push the flashlight switch forward (which turns off the light) and depress the fire button and ZAPP, the Bulldog combo stun gun puts forth a ferocious looking spar..
There’s not much more to the Bulldog combo stun gun than that.
It comes with a nylon holster, charging cord, a small sliver of printed instructions that includes a “lifetime replacement warranty” for what that’s worth, if you can figure out where to send it. It also comes with a 110 volt charging cord that plugs into the base end of the device.
Charging time varies by how depleted it is, but generally mine takes about 30 minutes. Run time on the flashlight on mine is over an hour (that’s as long as I have ever used it).
Price
I paid $30 for this one at a gun show, they come in multiple sizes this model is the largest of them.
OK, now that I have described the Bulldog combo stun gun, what do I think?
It’s not bad for the money for a “walking around the neighborhood at night” light… Honestly, if a person were to approach me with evil intent I would be reaching for my firearm and not this flashlight, but one thing it’s great at is scaring the stuffing out of overly aggressive dogs. One zap of that lightning and fido wants absolutely nothing to do with you any more.
It’s one of those things I could certainly live without but also that I am not sad that I have.
Availability
It’s available online, and I’ve yet to see a gun show in Missouri or Iowa where somebody didn’t have a pile of these things sitting on a table for sale marked at $45. Talk them down to $30 or less, their cost on them is about $20.
Would I buy a Bulldog combo stun gun & flashlight again? Meh. Probably not.
NOTE: Stun guns are not legal in all states or localities.
The Phoenix Arms website is HERE (CLICKY)
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Thanks to Federal Court rulings, it looks like they will be legal in all 50 states once all the states have passed the necessary legislation.
Good. Stupid as many gun regulations are, most aren’t as *obviously* stupid as making illegal items whose promise for self-defense use is much higher than their value as offensive weapons, and whose use is so unlikely to be fatal.
If you start with a premise that people do not have a right to self-defense then you arrive in the People’s Republic of New Jersey.
Extremely important: From my experience, you only get one or two good zaps out of it. I’ve likewise never shocked myself or anything else other than paper, but you can tell it loses oomph quickly. I’m still glad I own one though.