From what I understand, when the first Charles Daly shotguns hit the market about 8 years ago, they were having problems with the quality of them from the manufatcure. Charles Daly is the importer not the actual manufacture. In the past 3 years they have changed manufacture of their shotguns and the quality has gone up dramatically. The first were very prone to internal parts breakage, but I have not heard of this being much of a problem with newer Charles Daly's. They are not in the league of the Beretta, Benelli, Browning, etc., but then again for $300, you won't have a Beretta, Benelli, Browning, or even a Remington.

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