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CHARLES DALY SHOTGUNS

vafrankovafranko Member Posts: 593 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 2009 in Ask the Experts
I have mixed blessing about the Daly shotguns. Anyone with experience with one that can tell me good/bad points? Thanks, Franko
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  • vafrankovafranko Member Posts: 593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looking for info on a pair of trap guns that I believe were made around 1895, one english straight stock the other regular style. Vented rib bbls with the words "krupp fluid stee" on top, case coloring on the rceivers with fine engraving. Nice figured wood with fine checkering, 12ga. They are in very good shape. Any info on vintage and value would be appriciated. I can not find them in any gun trading books.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Semi autos are usually lemons. The SXS and O/U seem to be a mixed bag as well. The older and more expensixe ones are ok since they are made in spain and italy, the newer ones are a gamble since they are made in Turkey by makers I am unfamiliar with.

    If you want a cheap semi auto look for a used Remington 1100 instead of a new Daly.

    If you want a double gun....I reccomend Lanber of Spain. Nice guns that are affordable.
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Every semi-auto Daly I have sold has been sent back to the factory for service. Good luck
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  • clinteasterlingclinteasterling Member Posts: 549 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have not ever owned a Charles Daly, however I have not heard of anyone being satisfied with their performance. I also am not a fan of any auto loading shot gun. I have been duck hunting for many years and the most reliable gun I have ever used is and 870 Remington. Most auto loading shotguns require cleaning after each use. I hate to clean my guns thus I shoot synthetic pumps.
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    clinteasterling I out 800 rounds through my autloading guns without cleaning them....they dont start acting up even at 800 rounds. That was with a Remington 1100, Browning A5, CZ 712. As long as you dont over oil it, most decent autos will never give you a problem. And with an auto, you can hit more birds faster than a pump. I used to have a Rem 870 and mossy 500.........sold them both and never looked back when hunting pheasants.
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  • goldhunter_2goldhunter_2 Member Posts: 7 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bought one after having problems with my normal gun when on a hunting trip 3.5", camo, ported barrel and think I have cleaned it once maybe twice in three years it has been used as a paddle droped in the boat etc... always fires without problems[:D] if I don't shoot it my son does so pretty muh most ever day of duck season it used. The only bad thing I have to say about it an dit does not bother me but have a buddy who can't handle it is that it kicks like a mule
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  • Bruce RobinsonBruce Robinson Member Posts: 1 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I seem to be the odd man out on this.

    Four about five years, I have owned a Charles Daly Superior I Trap semi-auto shotgun. I know one other owner who reported having cycling problems UNTIL he thoroughly cleaned the gun.

    I did thoroughly clean the gun whe I received it and learned from reading that the gun should be almost dry of oil to recive the best results in operation. I use chemicals and rags to clean the gun, and a bore snake. It takes a bout one-half hour every 300 rounds, just as the manual directs. A drop of oil in each aperture on the bolt/extractor and two on each carrier rail and the gun shoots. And the gun cycles.

    People who don't take care of their guns are likely to have problems. When they have the problem, it is undoubtedly the fault of the gun. They tell alll their friends who report the stories on the net.

    This is not an anecdote. I own and shoot the Charles Daly semi-automatic shotgun. And I would buy another.
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  • grizzclawgrizzclaw Member Posts: 1,159 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree with Wehrmacht 100%
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  • MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I own a mid 80's Daly Japan Miroku O/U, and it is the best shooting shotgun ( among 10 others I own).

    Daly made none, only was and is an importer.
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  • rock,roll,n,loadrock,roll,n,load Member Posts: 698 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My experience with them.....not good.

    I bought a Charles Daly Maxi-Mag a while back. BIGGEST piece of $ h i t of a gun I ever owned! Sent it back to the factory 2 times to have it "fixed", each time I got it back it worked for about a dozen shots, then became a single shot. It just wouldn't cycle shells and that was using heavy 3 1/2" goose loads. Finnally traded it in on a Benelli SBE. That is after begging and pleading with my dealer to trade it. He didn't even want it! Think he gave me $75.00 for it.
    C.D. Thumbs down
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