AyA #2

[Brush Buster]

Since we are on the subject of AYA ,is there a specific way to tell the Grades apart from one another ? The used ones I have run across " which are few " ,,I have never been able to tell the #1 from the # 2 and usually the Gun shop owner has no idea and the couple guns I have recently found have been on consignment and I am not sure the owner even knows what Grade they are !

[Bill Murphy]

shotgunworld.com has a Spanish Guns subforum where that question has been addressed. You might bring it up again. By the way, NECG is now asking $6295 for my rounded frame #2. When I worked in a gun store a few years ago, we bought #2s from NECG for $2500 and retailed them for about $3100.

[Wild Skies]

The top pic is an AyA #1 which is hand engraved and has a higher level of finish to both wood and metal than the #2. The second pic is an AyA #2 which is mechanically (rolled) engraved. This particular gun has the rolled engraving properly applied, many examples you will find the engraving is not perfectly centered around the cocking indicators. (For the life of me I cannot figure out why AyA can't get this right--especially with a gun at this price point). The third pic is an example of a #2 with poorly applied off-centered engraving.