Charles Daly is no stranger to strange firearms. The importer sells the world’s ugliest AK-style 9mm pistol, the PAK-9. They’re also the company behind a popular range of tri-barreled shotguns called, unsurprisingly, Triple Threat. At SHOT, Mr. Daly’s mob introduced the newest member in the NFA buster club . . .
The Honcho.
Available in 12 gauge, 20 gauge and 410, the Daly show sports a 14″ barrel for an overall length of 27″, avoiding NFA status in a wieldy if not perfectly shoulderable package. The Honcho has a couple of major rivals: Remington’s Tac14 and the Mossberg Shockwave.
The Honcho’s pump action is spring assisted; the slide returns to its forward position when released. The action felt smooth and solid. While the slide sid forward with authority I doubt I’d let it go while shooting. Just sayin’ . . .
The Honcho’s birdshead grip is comfortable — better than the similarly priced Mossberg and Remington variants. With an MSRP of $369 I expect a street price in the low $300’s. Yes please, no thanks or what the hell for?
How about…. NO! Sorry guy but that pitch had all the grace, eloquence, and persuasion of a slicked up salesman in a leisure suit assuring me that his 76 firecougarthunderfalcon SSGT500 was only owned by a little old lady who only drove it to church on Sunday. Those drag radials were just the cheapest tires she could mount on the back.
I want one in .410 just for shits and giggles.
$18 for 20 rounds of Gold Dots? Damn you got ripped off. You can get 50 rd boxes for $22 most of the time. Apparently the research and time and effort haven’t gone that far. If this was that easy, to save money everywhere, people would do it. Nobody in their right mind wants to pay more if they don’t have to. The people who have enough extra cash to buy as much crap as this guy is claiming he buys, can afford to throw the extra $2 at whatever they’re buying.
Meh…I don’t need a “system”. I buy and sell for a living. And I’m cheap????
Wow a .22.
Made in China?
Nope, they’re made in Italy by Chiappa.
Uh… better grab a HR Pardner shotgun and take a gander at the side of the firearm… Make in China is clearly seen.
Extremely good idea. I have a couple ideas that would improve the execution, though.
1. Make the sliding part actually roll on gears up a geared ramp, then have something that can block the gears once you have it in the right place. It would be a little bit more fiddly to adjust (mainly just the lockdown part), but with the gears blocked, it should not be able to shift up or down, at least not more than some small amount dependent upon the size of the teeth. With that in mind, make the teeth/gaps as small as possible while remaining useful.
2. Make the center see-through; that way people could use this if they want a magnifying scope and BUIS. This one is kind of niche, but would still be nice within that niche and would lower the weight and use less material.
. Let’s say we can only own 3 firearms. A good topic, which 3 would it be? For me that would be.30-06, .22 handgun, and 12 gauge shotgun.
It suppose it varies a lot between rifles. My rifle (Diamondback DB15) has a quiet spring and I’ve never noticed any noise. My brother-in-law has a 6.5 Grendel, and the spring in that rifle sounds like a pogo stick in your ear.
I would be interested in this setup if I were building my own rifle from the ground up, but as-is, not much use for me. At least not until I’m able to things to the point where I can afford to get setup to turn out some 80% lowers and prep a box full to keep in storage…
There are a number of similar style shotguns sold up here in Canada (mostly made in Turkey). I think the biggest difference between the Canadian ones and the shotgun shown here is that the ones sold up here come with both the bird’s head grip as well as a standard stock that you can swap. They are gaining popularity as backpacking guns.
This is unsurprising.
Don’t remember any of that happening in Call of Duty 4…
Tyler has guts entering this forum with his book. I think Google has saved people more money on goods than anything else.
or you can do BOTH. damn, this ain’t rocket science. you go to LGS to handle and see what you like then you buy it online. wow such a brain buster. i’ve done this numerous times and saved hundreds, altogether, on guns.
how about this crazy idea, start teaching our children at a young age how to properly handle a firearm, how to properly use a firearm, and what those proper uses are, teach them to use them for good, and pound it into their heads that they are very capable of causing injury or death. my daughter just turned 4 yesterday and she will treat a toy gun as if it were real, even tells me, daddy look, I don’t point guns at people. guess what, I started her into shooting at two years old, and she received her first rifle at the same time. she can run a bolt action rifle, shoot safely (my assistance is always given) and even cleans her own gun. she absolutely will not touch a firearm without permission, I’ve tested her several times. fuck new laws, raise your children correctly and we won’t have these issues, be a good parent and all things follow.
“Ms. Hathway also asserted that Americans have no need for semi-automatic firearms. So I guess her idea of three acceptable home defense firearms would be a revolver, a [pump] shotgun and a bolt action rifle.”
Hey that’s what I said too about her new 3 gun sports options given no semi auto. But then I decided to go full lever action instead with an Adler shotgun, lever centerfire rifle and mare’s leg. Load on Sunday, shoot all week.
Picking just three guns shows the problem in such a society, as different guns do different things, and only three doesn’t leave you room for any spares unless you just do the same gun for all three.
Since a 3d printer and cold hammer forging machine so I can make unlimited more guns is probably not what you are looking for:
1. HK P2000 V2 LEM in .40s&w. Still my typical daily carry, right size, and on my Desert island, .40 is still a good option between 9mm and .45, regardless of what the FBI lowest common denominator thinks. Smaller than vp9, can run vp40/p30 mags for extra round. Might sneak a .357 Sig barrel into my pocket. Only down side is no factory threaded barrel for suppressor.
2. Swiss arms SG 553 R – piston gun, 11.9″ barrel, 7.62×39, AK mags – this gun has to do it all, some hunting, suppressed use, cleanish, home defense, plinking. A .308 or 6.5 would help long range but add weight, limit rounds, extra recoil, 5.56 would limit hunting.
3. Ruger 10/22 take down .22lr 18″ barrel, threaded, plus silentSR ISB. Small critters, plinking, quiet.
Good luck Joyzee-you’ll need it. My s##t state of Illinois is proped up by court orders and little else…
i think the term youre looking for is “reverse ogive”
They work OK with the Aguila 1 7/8″ shells?
I got the 410. The spring assist is quick for reload action.
However there is not a bolt release lever, like the Mossberg, or Remington.
Only the spring holds round in place, for firing.
This makes for fast “repeater action”, but for the more novice shooter, it may be possible the round is not fully in chamber, when firing. I know the firing pin will not actual without bolt being inf “firing position”.
But it might cause a hiccup or two. as always, Safety and training are paramount.
Noble Sport make a buck round with 3 .40 caliber balls(police round). Excellent choice for HD.
Bird-shot if you want a “snake charmer”. The ability to hold the fireamr, with both hands, makes it a much more manageble gun than the Taurus Judge.
The spring assist is ONLY available on the .410 model.