| 93x64mm |
| (.416 member) |
| 10/01/23 06:47 AM |
Re: AYA shotgun are always excellent
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My own AYA is much more humble than the sidelocks. I bought it used about 40 years ago from an unknowing dealer as a “cheap Spanish shotgun” at DMark 350.-, about US$ 175.- then. It’s an AYA XXV, a model they once built to Robert Churchill’s recipe. It’s a humble 12 g boxlock ejector with Purdey underbolting. Proofed in 1973. But the chopper lump barrels with a narrow Churchill rib are 27” long, instead of 25” usual of that model. They are choked ¼ and ¾. Weight is 2.95 kg = 6.45 lbs with perfect balance. It’s my “go to” shotgun as I tend to hit with it.
Do you have some form of hand protector on the barrels for this old girl of yours kuduae?
Would be good when the barrel heats up & also against wear of the bluing if you carry it a lot