Charles Daly

1875 – 1919
New York City

October 12, 1839 Charles Daly was born in New York City
1875 began importing firearms into New York City
– Charles Daly and August Shoverling
– from the city of Suhl in what was then Prussia (Russia)
1887 Shoverling and Daly were joined by a third partner named Joseph Gales
1899 Charles Daly died suddenly
– Charles Howard Daly (son) took his place
1919 the partnership was sold to Henry Modell
1927 sold to the Walzer family
– owned Sloan’s Sporting Goods in Ridgefield, Connecticut
1976 Sloan’s sold the Charles Daly trademark to
– Outdoor Sports Headquarters Inc. (OSHI)
– sporting goods wholesaler in Dayton, Ohio
1996, OSHI was sold to
– Jerry’s Sport Center
– firearm wholesaler in Forest City, Pennsylvania
1996 bought by KBI, Inc. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
– “Charles Daly, The Shooting Sports Specialist”
2008, KBI formed Charles Daly Defense
– a new division to build Charles Daly Defense AR-15
January 29, 2010 Charles Daly and KBI were going out of business
January 2012, Charles Daly and CD Defense
– announced their return to the US market
– with Trans World Arms LLC of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
September 2012 Charles Daly trademark acquired by Samco Global Arms, Inc. (SGAI) in Miami, Florida
2017 the Charles Daly trademark bought by Chiappa Firearms

About Charles Daly

Charles Daly is one of the longest-running names in imported sporting firearms. New York City merchant Charles Daly and his partner August Schoverling built a business importing fine guns, chiefly from makers in Suhl, then part of Prussia. A third partner, Joseph Gales, joined and the firm traded as Schoverling, Daly and Gales, and by about 1875 the guns carried the Charles Daly name. Published histories differ on the earliest dates: some place the start of the partnership in 1865. Early guns came from respected makers such as Heym, Sauer and Lefever, and the brand became associated with high-quality double shotguns and drillings.

Over the following century the trademark changed hands many times, passing to Henry Modell in 1919, the Walzer family of Sloan’s Sporting Goods in the late 1920s, Outdoor Sports Headquarters in 1976 and KBI, Inc. in 1996. During the Walzer years Beretta and Bernardelli built Daly guns, and Miroku of Japan made Daly over-and-under shotguns from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, models still sought by collectors. KBI added AR-15 rifles under Charles Daly Defense in 2008 before closing in January 2010. In 2017 Chiappa Firearms of Italy acquired the trademark and reopened Charles Daly in Dayton, Ohio, keeping the name alive on shotguns and other firearms.

Key Facts

October 12, 1839: Charles Daly born in New York City
c. 1875: Imported guns carry the Charles Daly name
1899: Daly dies; his son Charles Howard Daly runs the firm until 1919
1976: Sloan’s sells the trademark to Outdoor Sports Headquarters of Dayton, Ohio
2008: KBI forms Charles Daly Defense to build AR-15 rifles
2017: Chiappa Firearms acquires the trademark and reopens the company in Dayton, Ohio

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