CHARLES DAILY SAA .45C

[mustanger 1952]

HAS ANY ONE HEARD OF THIS HANDGUN? GOOD?, BAD?, INDIFFERENT?. WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS IT'S AN EXACT COPY OF THE COLT 1ST GEN.

[44caliberkid]

Certainly, it has been reviewed here to exhaustion.  Essentially a Pietta 1873.  Here's a link to the reviews:
http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,2977.0.html

[mustanger 1952]

thank you for the link 44caliberkid. it was quite informative.

[Cutter Carl]

Purchased one last month (.45lc, 51/2", blued and cch).  Finally got to shoot it today.  50 rounds of Black Hills 250 grain RNFP and 20 round Hornaday 255 grain RNFP.  Worked great.  Crisp trigger, no hiccups.  Can't wait to save up enough for a second one. 

[border hombre]

Back on August 8, 2004 I bought a Liberty 1873 SA revolver that was sold by KBI Inc.  This is the company that sells the Charles Daly 1873 SA revolver.  The gun I bought was a demo model.  It looked exactly like a 45 Colt.  It even had Colt 45 on top of the barrel and also the two dates on the frame just under the cylinder as a real Colt has.  The gun was a beautiful blued barrel and cylinder with the frame being colorcased hardened.  It had a black grip with a horse head in a circle at the top.  Shooting the gun was a pleasure.  The problem with the gun was that after 6 to 7 shots the pin holding the cylinder in would work it way loose.  I called KBI in Harrisburg, PA about the problem.  They said send it to them and they would fix it.  I sent the gun to them on November 14, 2005.  I called on December 13, 2005 to check on their progress.  The guy I talked to didn't know anything about it.  He said he would call me back in 2 days.  I received no call so I called on December 19 and talked to Rick.  He said that if they couldn't find the gun they would replace it.  I called again on January 4, 2006 and received the same response.  They said that they would replace the gun if they could not find it.  Finally on January 17, 2006 I received a memo stating that if I would send them a copy of my purchase receipt they would issue me a refund.  I tried to not get angry so I finally sent them the copy.  I'd rather had the gun.  I'll not buy another gun that is sold by KBI Inc. This includes the 1873 Charles Daly SA.