Charles Dailey

[Flounder]

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

[knightrider]

buy you a rem threaded 660 jellyhead and a box of longbeard xr #5

[allaboutshooting]

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

[Flounder]

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

[decoykrvr]

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. 

[357MAGNOLE]

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.

[Flounder]

What a shame. Really good looking gun.

[decoykrvr]

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.

[357MAGNOLE]

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.

[Flounder]

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

[stewart]

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.