Big George
New member
Yesterday and old Marine buddy and I went to work on a new Charles Daly that I had just purchased. I had owned a Charles Daly over a year ago and it was full of sharp edges and ill fitting parts. I sold it after about 800 rounds and some new parts to keep it running.
While at a gun show several weeks ago I saw a new CD, and was really impressed with the exterior which appeared to have been dehorned considerably. I noticed that the trigger still wobbled about, and the firing pin stop and barrel bushing were loose as a goose. But, for $309. , it was a bargain.
My buddy and I went to work replacing the firing pin stop, extractor, and barrel bushing with new EGW parts. These three items required some honing and/or tweaking to fit.
A McCormick trigger, hammer, and sear proved to be "drop-in" parts. A full length guide rod and recoil spring, and sear spring from EGW completed the job.
Next we took the gun to the range where the new 3.5 lb crisp trigger released over 150 rounds of varying loads and bullets with incredible accuracy.
I have slightly over $400. in the gun , it is a joy to behold, and should give me many years of good service...Not bad for an afternoons work!
While at a gun show several weeks ago I saw a new CD, and was really impressed with the exterior which appeared to have been dehorned considerably. I noticed that the trigger still wobbled about, and the firing pin stop and barrel bushing were loose as a goose. But, for $309. , it was a bargain.
My buddy and I went to work replacing the firing pin stop, extractor, and barrel bushing with new EGW parts. These three items required some honing and/or tweaking to fit.
A McCormick trigger, hammer, and sear proved to be "drop-in" parts. A full length guide rod and recoil spring, and sear spring from EGW completed the job.
Next we took the gun to the range where the new 3.5 lb crisp trigger released over 150 rounds of varying loads and bullets with incredible accuracy.
I have slightly over $400. in the gun , it is a joy to behold, and should give me many years of good service...Not bad for an afternoons work!