Shotgun
Ray Shepard
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Thursday, August 14, 2025, 17:56 (78 days ago)
I'm looking for an inexpensive shotgun for skeet/trap and bird hunting. I'm thinking I'll just start with an over/under or something similar. I found a good deal on a Charles Daly 202A, new for just over $400. But I don't know anything about that brand. Anyone have experience with Charles Daly brand?
Couple things I’ve learned…
WB
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Friday, August 15, 2025, 05:28 (77 days ago) @ Ray Shepard
“Fit” is really important. You want the gun to jump up to the shoulder and your eyes already aligned down the barrel. You can do well with a cheap gin that really fits you! Parts availability might be a consideration. Some of these Turkish made guns are really nice values, but what if a part broke? Many companies market them for a couple years then drop them.
I’ve done some of my best shooting (which is not very good) with Remington 870/1100 shotguns. My friends who really shoot a lot 10,000-20,000 rounds a year like Beretta and Browning guns for more domestic models to seriously use. They tell me the Remingtons, with a little care, can hang right in there.
But play around, get what YOU want. Have fun and learn yourself. Trap and Skeet are polar opposites and totally different disciplines. Like Formula one and NASCAR. Sporting Clays is somewhere in the middle.
Ditto. Fit is the key
Dave H.
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Friday, August 15, 2025, 07:51 (77 days ago) @ WB
Next question I think is, what do you intend to do? Sport shooting? Birds? Then action type...I hunt birds, so I use pump, inertia and gas sticks. Not a fan of O/U guns for birds, but then again, my birds are doves and waterfowl. An OU in those roles is, IMO, worthless as tits on a boar hog. I don't have any experience with Charles Daly or know anyone in my neck of the woods who even sells them or owns one.
Yeah, CD, Mossberg, Savage, CZ all import Turkish
WB
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Friday, August 15, 2025, 11:48 (77 days ago) @ Dave H.
Shotguns. Some are extremely nice. Pumps and semi-too. Just worth noting where they are actually made and parts.
He's right, in the 50's and up to 70's Daily had a rep
WB
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Saturday, August 16, 2025, 18:01 (76 days ago) @ WB
and imported top quality firearms. Just check those lower priced guns and make certain you know what you are getting.
charles daly shotguns we made by Miroku in
jthomson
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Friday, August 15, 2025, 14:02 (77 days ago) @ Ray Shepard
the early days, now build by Chiappa in Italy. Cant say much about Chiappa, never owned one. Miroka however has built under their own name using Browning patents, and also built most os the Browning line of Citori shotguns. And I truely beg to differ with you as I find and over/under to be the perfect field gun.
As are many pumps and autos, its really about fit and what suits your fancy