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It was the creation of the Euro that doomed the Spaniards.
They had an artificial advantage for their gunmakers until then.
When they lost that, Basque makers had an immediate 40% price hike, and that ended cheap Spanish hand made doubles.
Out there doing it best I can.
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It was the creation of the Euro that doomed the Spaniards.
They had an artificial advantage for their gunmakers until then.
When they lost that, Basque makers had an immediate 40% price hike, and that ended cheap Spanish hand made doubles. Bingo. The stupid euro and the EU f’d it all up.
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I suspect ALL those were serious factors.
BUT: Do we know if AyA are still in business or not? I have heard nothing here in England, and The Field magazine had a detailed write-up of a new AyA model selling at £19,000 / $25,000. ASI are the British importers, since 1958.
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They are basically out of business. They have a few guns to hopefully deliver, which I doubt. They were a good company until Alex A. took over control. Maybe someone will buy them out. Hope so.
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A contact who was at the British Game Fair yesterday confirms that AyA have a new distributor in England, and that the factory is now back in business after a short break.
So sounds like something has been going on, hopefully all now resolved. Do we have members living in Spain who can investigate??
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I hate the AYA single trigger, who in the USA works on these?
USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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I hate the AYA single trigger, who in the USA works on these? You could try Cole Haugh. Google him. Best, Ted
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It was the creation of the Euro that doomed the Spaniards.
They had an artificial advantage for their gunmakers until then.
When they lost that, Basque makers had an immediate 40% price hike, and that ended cheap Spanish hand made doubles. Bingo. The stupid euro and the EU f’d it all up. “Spain is a significant recipient of EU funds, expecting to receive around €140 billion from EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funds by 2026 to aid its post-pandemic recovery, and is also a large beneficiary of cohesion funds, receiving €35.5 billion for 2021-2027. “ 200 Billion Euros or AyA. _________________________________ What are you going to pick?
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A contact who was at the British Game Fair yesterday confirms that AyA have a new distributor in England, and that the factory is now back in business after a short break.
So sounds like something has been going on, hopefully all now resolved. Do we have members living in Spain who can investigate??
HB Very interesting. I was there and saw ASI had Rizzini front and centre, yet the penny didn't drop that AyA's name wasn't visible: I just thought it was down to poor stand design related to someone on the Game Fair staff having the bright idea of putting the posher exhibitors in large brown tents. I like Rizzini's guns, but evidently not enough to stop to see what might be new. Did your contact say who the new AyA distributor is?
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Manor Guns of London. Their website confirms it as the 'exclusive distributor'.
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