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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: Flounder on February 01, 2016, 11:06:48 PM

Title: Charles Dailey
Post by: Flounder on February 01, 2016, 11:06:48 PM
I won a Charles Dailey camo 3.5 " Auto, 24'' ported barrel and tactical stock, Turkey gun at a NWTF Banquet.
Do I have something to work with? If so, what chokes and loads are you guys using?
Also what sights? and pics would be great.
Thanks,
Flounder
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: knightrider on February 03, 2016, 01:11:09 PM
buy you a rem threaded 660 jellyhead and a box of longbeard xr #5
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: allaboutshooting on February 04, 2016, 11:10:47 AM
Quote from: Flounder on February 01, 2016, 11:06:48 PM
I won a Charles Dailey camo 3.5 " Auto, 24'' ported barrel and tactical stock, Turkey gun at a NWTF Banquet.
Do I have something to work with? If so, what chokes and loads are you guys using?
Also what sights? and pics would be great.
Thanks,
Flounder

Congratulations! One thing you may want to consider is that these guns are no longer being made and parts are basically non-existent for them. It sounds like your "investment" is low so that's also something to consider.

You have a wide variety of turkey chokes from which to choose since it should use Rem-Chokes. I'd take a good look at the bore, and recommend that you "deep clean" it http://allaboutshooting.com/blogs/blog/tagged/cleaning-a-shotgun-barrel and really look at it after that procedure.

I hope that helps some.

Thanks,
Clark
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: Flounder on February 04, 2016, 10:29:42 PM
Thanks a lot, I cant even find a picture of this gun, even thou it has NWTF on the side of it.
I did order all the stuff to deep clean the barrel and it should be in Monday. Ill give it a chance for sure.
Thanks,
Marlon
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: decoykrvr on February 05, 2016, 10:55:01 AM
Sadly, there are several reasons that the recently manufactured and marketed Chas. Daly shotguns are no longer imported and available. The shotguns were plagued with numerous quality control problems and had serious POA/POI issues.  Hopefully your shotgun will not have ejection/cycling defects and the POA/POI problems.  The Chas. Daly turkey guns look good, but unfortunately performance and reliability is sorely lacking. 
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: 357MAGNOLE on February 05, 2016, 11:16:26 AM
I have one that's about 12 years old and I have never had a single issue. It went 3-4K rounds and 10 years without a deep clean and never once failed me. It was my first shotgun, a gift from Mom when I was 16. So it's going no where. I did a spray can special "turkey finish" added a fiber front sight and a carlsons .660 turkey choke and it make okay patterns. I never did try the long beard XR's tho. Might have to do that soon just to see what it does.

(http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz171/357MAGNOLE/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-12/8D7BB6F0-8396-45FC-8AAA-5FA91514FFB0_zpspcaorvuu.jpg) (http://s825.photobucket.com/user/357MAGNOLE/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-12/8D7BB6F0-8396-45FC-8AAA-5FA91514FFB0_zpspcaorvuu.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: Flounder on February 06, 2016, 07:41:39 PM
What a shame. Really good looking gun.
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: decoykrvr on February 08, 2016, 12:18:52 PM
357MAGNOLE your Chas. Daly is a different manufacturer than the current crop of turkey guns and the only similarity is the name Chas. Daly.  I have a Chas. Daly 28 gauge O/U small frame Miroku that was made in the 60's which is one of the best shotguns which I have ever shot or owned and an Ithaca Mod 37, made in King Ferry, which is marked Chas. Daly.  Unfortunately the Chas. Daly name is currently being marketed on products which are not worthy of the late Charles Daly's name and reputation within the sporting goods industry.
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: 357MAGNOLE on February 08, 2016, 12:37:11 PM
Yeah they have been made in different countries and different factories. Mine is no benelli by any means but I would certainly trust it for any kind of field work like dove, duck, skeet.  Always shot well for me and cycled perfectly.  Good trigger.  The only thing I wish I could change is the stock's length of pull, its a little off for me and causes me to bend my wrist slightly for the right trigger pull.
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: Flounder on February 08, 2016, 08:32:36 PM
I'll give a try. I'm going to polish the barrel and add Gobble Dot. We'll see?
I also won the same.night a Weatherby PA 08. Is there any hope for it?
Thanks
Title: Re: Charles Dailey
Post by: stewart on February 09, 2016, 04:45:48 AM
That should be a good one; they get excellent reviews for reliability and quality. It is basically a Beretta 303 that will shoot all loads up to 3" without swapping barrels. Made in Turkey I believe.