I purchased new a Miroku Charles Daly in the fall of 1969. Superior Grade 12 ga with 26" barrels. Basically the only gun I used for 20+ years. I shot it better than anything before or since. When I bought it a hunting buddy had a new Gr1 Superposed. No caparison between the two, the Daly had better wood, better fit and finish, much better engraving, etc. Put a huge number of rounds through it with zero problems. Even (stupidly) quite a few baby mags. I loaned/gave it to a nephew and it was stolen from him in 1995 or so while he was attending college in southern Illinois. I still have the original box which indicates it as a Model 203, serial number 552718. I had removed the white spacer from the grip cap, too ugly for me. Oddly enough, a handgun stolen at the same time showed up about 2 years ago in St. Louis and I now have it back. Unfortunately my Charles Daly is still stolen and unaccounted for.
