I thought Charles Daly went out of business about 10 years ago.

 

They seem to be back, I keep seeing the name popping up these last few months, and well, here they are;


https://www.charlesdaly.com/family.php?id=73

Didn't they used to be Armscor/Philippines made?

 

Charles Daly name was on a Bul double stack for a while. I wonder if there Italian 1911's are made by Tanfoglio, who builds a 1911.

Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Daly_firearms

 

Charles Daly

“Charles Daly” is now a Chiappa(sp?) company: the Italian company known for reproductions and clones; but also buying up the innovative Mateba revolver design for their simpler “Rhino”.

In the day, “Charles Daly” seemed to be the poor man’s T.A.L.O. C.D. would have firearms made to certain specs, with C.D. logos and market them. This is the same business model as Brownells’s used to great effect. No great authority on C.D. me: just going on decades of seeing their ads in “Shotgun News”.

 

Charles Daly 1911 models did in fact used to be made by Armscor in the PI. I have one of their stainless compact models. The new ones show a significant jump in price.

 

I have a 2004 EFS. Do not know much about the newer ones. The older one I have is a PI manufactured one and a great pistol. Very comparable to the $700-$800 pistols of other manufactuers today.

 

The last iteration of the Charles Daly name went down the tubes when an apparent agreement to source a single stack 1911 from Bul went down the tubes when Bul sold the gun to Magnum Research.

Daly spent some time and effort polling forums for what they wanted in a 1911 and came up with a model that looked pretty good. They had Bul build this gun, but at the last minute, for whatever reason, Bul took the gun to Magnum Research.

No doubt there were other problems with Charles Daly at the time, but the loss of that 1911 was the straw that broke the camels back.

 

Are they forged frame and slide? Paying $1,000 is a lot if there not. I don’t want a pickle I want my next 1911@1 in nickel.

 

I just bought one they use forged frame and slide. For five hunder dallor 1911 the fit finsh is pretty good. My Charles Daly’s 1911 one brand new Brixia guns Charles Daly imports.


American Handgunner Charles Daly Field G.I. Grade 1911 - American Handgunner

 

Sootch did a review on one a couple of months ago.

 

Well, at least it has vertical slide serrations, no FPS, and decent looking fit/finish for the price. I'll be the first to agree that the markings look like ass, but for a knock-around milspec (or perhaps base gun?) this might have enough promise to give Tisas a run for their money. IF they managed to avoid screwing up the heat treatment. Because, you know.....Italians and all....🙄