Charles Daly shotgun

[Spring Creek Calls]

Handled a used Charles Daly 20 ga. pump shotgun the other day at gander mountain. It felt quite solid with very little movement in the pump action. Looking for something for my daughter for next season. Anyone have any experience with them?

[Tbrom]

I actually bought the youth model for my daughter 5 or 6 years ago. She had been shooting a friends CD semi very well. She was small at the time and couldn't handel the recoil of the pump. It caused her problems that she has just recently gotten over. I ended up with a benelli m1 for her. Both 20ga.

[allaboutshooting]

Handled a used Charles Daly 20 ga. pump shotgun the other day at gander mountain. It felt quite solid with very little movement in the pump action. Looking for something for my daughter for next season. Anyone have any experience with them?

People have liked those guns over the years but it's good to remember that they are no longer made and parts are not available for them.

Thanks,
Clark

[vt35mag]

I had a Field Hunter Maxi Mag.  Only gun I have, and plan to ever sell.  Do not miss it one bit.  Bought it new, and it would intermitently misfire by not hitting the primer hard enough.  Sent it back to CD when they were still in business, and they told me there was nothing wrong, but they threw in a new hammer spring anyways.  Still didn't fix the problem.  Gun cost me a couple birds and almost a yote over the course of two seasons.  Lost all confidence in it, so I sold it for $125 with a couple chokes.
I will say my uncle and brother both have had the 3in Field Hunter for several years, and have had no issues whatsoever.

[surehuntsalot]

I have a 20ga Field model pump 26" barrel,very light weight and sweet shooting,have taken several birds with it using the Federal FC lead 1-5/16oz loads and a factory full choke.
picked it up at a gun show for 125.00 several years ago

[Songdog2012]

My friend baught his son one a couple of years ago if i remember correctly is was the synthetic model he brought it to my house and we put a pretty nice camo paint job on it and as far as i know he still uses it today. I actually bought my daughter one of thier single shot .22s a few years back and it is TOTAL JUNK! All the internal workings ar extremely rough, and after about 10 rounds you have to pull to bolt out and drench it with WD40 or it will stop fireing due to the fireing pin sticking! Kinda turned me against them, but they are two totally different guns and everyone gets one right sometimes!