I have shot that exact gun. Bulldog Pug in .44 special. I was very impressed how accurate I could place shots with it. It kicks pretty good - definitely shoot it, if you were looking into it for "low recoil". We had shot non crimped cheap ammo and the bullets would come out of the casing on the loaded rounds to the point where the drum would be blocked.
I would buy this over a .38 snub and would pick it up if I could find one used for cheap. My take is that these guns are reliable. They are not as well finished as say a S&W but that does not make them unreliable!
Gunblast really liked it:
http://www.gunblast.com/Bulldog_Pug.htm
Cheers,
George