I have an 12 bore AYA XXV that has turned into my favorite bird gun. It is amazingly responsive (not surprisingly) but yet controllable with the right technique. I have shot it at sporting clays as well as skeet and as long as I use a low gun approach, it works very well. The idea that Churchill had with these guns, I believe, is similar to the way many sporting clay shooters track a target today - track the target (bird) with the muzzles while inserting ahead of the target on the flight line, track for a short distance and pull the trigger - sort of a precursor to the Move Mount Shoot approach.
The gun is not designed for pre mounted games like American Skeet where a muzzle heavy or at least high MOI gun is dominant. It excels in rapid target acquisition such as birds in cover but is also very capable of being very effective when used with the proper technique with longer pheasant shots.
Overall, I am impressed with the gun and the dynamics but it is certainly an “acquired taste” as I most often shoot a 30-32” target gun with much different dynamics. Even my 28” game guns seem slow compared to the AYA but it is great fun to shoot. YMMV
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