You bought a very fine shotgun indeed.

The AyA No 2 was the gun that pretty much put AyA on the map as a major manufacturer of QUALITY shotguns, and was (is?) for years the best-selling sidelock gun in Britain. Virtually the only difference between the No 2 and the top-of-the-line No 1 is hand-engraving and better quality wood. Many of them were made with H&H-style detachable sidelocks, and the action is in fact a virtual carbon copy of the H&H Royal. Your gun looks like a rounded-action model, which makes it even more desirable.

In my opinion you bought a very fine shotgun. It is one "spur of the moment" decision I will be able to live with very comfortably, and so should you!

Congratulations.

JvW