The only Charles Daly guns made by Sauer I have seen are drillings, all plainly marked "J. P. Sauer".
The so-called "Sauer Daly" on page 244 of Mr. Cate's recent Sauer book is a Lindner-made shotgun with radial interlocking (Sauer American patent 505006) Sauer barrels as discovered and described by Jeff Stephens in DGJ. The author attributes the HAL stamp on the barrels to the "mechanic that fitted the ejectors" and doesnt mention the crossed pistols below it at all. The book goes further with photos of high-grade Sauers, called Sauer "Dalys" which might have been imported by SD&G but are not marked "Charles Daly" anywhere to my knowledge. There are also photos of clearly Lindner-made guns called "Daly Sauers"- which probably started life as Sauer forgings but the Sauer connetion ended there.
If anyone has seen examples of Charles Daly-marked shotguns made by Sauer, I would welcome the reference.
I applaud the hard work it took to put out the book- which contains a great deal of good information, but would like to address this distinction before it goes further.
Very best,
C.
Last edited by C. Kofoed; 03/02/09 08:55 PM.
