A now departed friend had an A&S 12 SL O/U that he ordered while at their shop some years ago. It was as well made as any gun I have ever seen, period. He was not kind to his guns and broke the stock at the wrist, twice that I know of. It was shot often and a LOT [pardon the redundancy, RWTF] inclusive of many trips to S.A. and mostly w/36 gram loads state side and the GUN never had an issue.
I've seen and handled and shot a handful of A&S/Famars guns over the years, inclusive of one of their four bbl'd .410's & a self cocking hammer double. All were very well executed and functional. The O/U gun mentioned above was as fine as one could imagine or wish for. FWIW, it was their best quality gun at the time, early 80's.
I'm not refuting any of the previous comments, so please don't read it that way. I'm 'just saying', that's all.
I dunno if this is what you wanted, John, but it is my experience/observation from the near side line.
