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Application of the new name was made in three different forms: one stamped with capital letters as THE ENGLISH BULL DOG on the top strap; another engraved in serif italic lettering simply as ENGLISH BULLDOG (two words) on the top strap; a third with serif lettering in a single line on the top strap as ENGLISH BULL DOG (three words). The latter version was chambered for a calibre .44 cartridge and featured a fluted cylinder and octagonal barrel section.

At various times, the firm of P. Webley & Son had supplied limited quantities of revolvers to other manufacturers in Britain, or to retailers who simply added their own name to the weapon without necessarily claiming its manufacture. In such instances, it was not an easy matter to distinguish exactly which maker may have been responsible for any particular weapon, even one bearing another trade mark. This was compounded by such an in flux of Bull Dog style revolvers from Belgium, where manufacture in the multitude of Liege workshops had been prolific.