Description
The Charles Daly 520 Superior 20 Gauge is a light upland side-by-side with 26-inch blued barrels, a white-finished receiver and hand-oiled select walnut. At five and a half pounds it is one of the lightest doubles in its class, which is exactly what you want after several miles of walking behind a dog.
Built Light for Walking
Five and a half pounds is genuinely light for a 20 gauge double, and it changes how a day in the field feels. The gun rides easily in one hand or over a shoulder and comes up quickly when a bird flushes underfoot. Overall length is 43 inches, so it clears brush and fence rows without catching. The trade for that light weight is a bit more felt recoil with heavy loads, which is why upland shooters keep the shells modest.
Charles Daly 520 Superior 20 Gauge Chokes and Trigger
Five choke tubes come with the gun in Cylinder, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Improved Modified and Full, cut to the widely used Rem Choke thread pattern so replacements and specialty tubes are easy to source. The trigger is a single selective unit with a mechanical reset rather than an inertia design, meaning the second barrel will fire even after a light load or a dud, which matters more than most people realize.
Wood and Finish
The stock and splinter forend are select walnut with cut checkering and a hand-oiled finish, the kind that shows grain rather than covering it and that can be refreshed at home rather than sent out. The receiver wears a white finish that contrasts against the blued barrels, and a brass bead sits at the muzzle. Extractors lift the spent hulls for a clean pull rather than throwing them clear.
Specifications
- Model: 520 Superior (930.356)
- Gauge: 20 gauge, 3 in. chamber
- Action: break action, side by side
- Barrels: 26 in., blued
- Capacity: 2 rounds
- Weight: approx. 5.5 lbs.
- Overall Length: 43 in.
- Chokes: 5 tubes, Rem Choke thread (C, IC, M, IM, F)
- Trigger: single selective, mechanical reset
- Extraction: extractors
- Receiver: white finish
- Stock: hand-oiled checkered select walnut
- Sights: brass bead front
- Safety: manual
- UPC: 8053800946483
Why 26-Inch Barrels
Barrel length on an upland gun is a compromise between pointability and swing. Twenty-six inches sits at the quick end of that range: the gun comes onto a close-flushing bird fast and does not hang up in cover. Longer tubes swing more smoothly on crossing targets but are slower to move and heavier to carry.
For quail, grouse and woodcock in thick country, most experienced shooters land right here. On open prairie birds or clay targets, a 28-inch barrel would be the better choice.
Why Buyers Choose the Charles Daly 520 Superior 20 Gauge
Side-by-sides at this weight and with this level of wood usually cost considerably more. Charles Daly builds the 520 in Italy and prices it as a working gun rather than a showpiece, which puts a real double in reach for hunters who would otherwise be shopping pumps and semi-autos.
What you give up compared to a premium double is ejectors and a hand-fitted action. Neither affects how many birds come home, and both are the usual place value guns save money.
Who Should Buy It
Upland hunters chasing quail, grouse and woodcock, shooters who want a light gun to carry all day, and anyone stepping into their first side-by-side will get real value. Clay competitors and waterfowl shooters should look at a heavier gun with longer barrels.
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