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Reb: I've been helping the Charlton Hall people & haven't diligently been checking my e-mails. Please call me at (803) 359-3351.

Best Regards, George

Mark, that is a really nice Daly and looks to be in excellent condition. A great find and a great price.

I'm going to show a couple of pictures of my Daly and maybe this will help explain what Eightbore is referring to when he says "etched". The first picture is the original barrels to my gun and they are "etched". By that I mean they have a very definite texture to them. They are not smooth. BTW, these barrels are in original finish, they have not been redone.


The second set of barrels are what is called "Manufacture Extra". This nomeclature is from the company catalog of (forgive the missing accent marks) Manufacture Liegeoise d'Armes a Feu. Portions of this catalog are printed in Manfred Sachase's book on damascus steel. At the time of manufacture it appears that these barrrels were 5 times more expensive that the cheapest barrels from this company. This set of barrels have been redone in the classic black & white.

I believe $3000 hammer price.

If you spent the equivalent of a "used Citori priced gun", you did Exceptionally well.


More like "a graded used citori".

The barrels have been shipped to Pete Mazur and his state-of-the-art ultrasound-barrel-wall-thickness-gauge or what ever he calls it. I wish I had taken better barrel pics to show how stupid some gun owners are. On the side of the left barrel close to the muzzle someone tried to "blue" what was an honestly worn area, at least he recognized his mistake before attempting to re-blue the entire barrels. There are heavy "brown" areas that looks to be an old lacquer finish or a re-finish with the wrong color. Hence the reason I ask what was the correct Damascus color.


Also, are Damascus barrels typically thicker than steel? With my bore gauge and micrometer the barrels are between .09/.08 which is more than twice the thickness of most steel barrels.

Doug Mann's gun with the textured barrels is about the best looking gun I have ever seen. Certainly would top my list of most desireable. What is the possiblity of posting a more complete set of photos of the gun Doug?

I'll see what I can do Jerry. The bathrobe that I use for a background is just barely big enough to use for photos.

Jerry, what you should be asking for is "before and after" pictures of the great Doug Mann Lindner. When it lived at my house, the gun was the proverbial basket case, although the etched barrels were pretty unmolested. Maybe Doug will give us a synopsis of the entire restoration process, way more than just barrel refinishing and restocking. I have never been more happy to relocate a fine gun to a more responsible home. Bill Murphy