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Hi, anyone heard of these? The seller suggested they are made by AyA     I can buy it for AUD$795 Is it crap or worth buying?
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What are the proofs on the gun? Might give a clue to its origin
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The maker will be identified by his mark on the water table and barrel flats. The barrel flats will also have the date code and proof pressure.
You tell us nothing about the gun - not even bore! Barrel length? Chopper lump? Ejectors/extractors? Do the barrels ring?
The wood is plain but the gain is very good at the wrist but the wood/metal fit on the forend is crude.
Last edited by Gnomon; 03/09/11 09:43 AM.
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Doesn't look like AyA styling or quality to me. Lagopus.....
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Turk?
Cheap sidelocks are to be avoided.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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It is definately Spanish made. Maybe not AYA.
I am not sure who actually made the trade name imported Spanish doubles.
Most of the Spanish guns are Box Locks, but there are some out there with the sidelocks.
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I would buy it just for its clean lines!!!
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Aya it is not, How much more than 150 does he want?
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It looks like a Zabala I had a while back, it was kinda crude, note that it is not stocked to the fences like the better Spanish sidelocks are. The following URL will decode the makers marks and the year proofed; http://personales.jet.es/rafa/b_punzones
I learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what I learned the day before was wrong
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As a master of the somewhat obvious, you can make out the Made in Spain on the left barrel. I second that its a Zabala
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