Description

AYA produced many thousand boxlock non ejectors during the 1960’s 70’s and 80’s and it was on these study workhorses that their reputation of reliability and durability was based. Most of the shotguns were 12 bore field guns with standard stocks and game chokes on 28” barrels, the model evolved by the late 1960’s into the Yeoman. They also produced the No. 3 and No.4, still styled for the British market based on Classic Holland and Holland designs with an Anson and Deeley type action but made to a higher standard and leaving more room for a wider range of stock and barrel length, wildfowling specification and bore choices. The No. 3 was the non ejector and the No.4 their best quality boxlock ejector. They still make them today and is their only boxlock. Prices start at £5060. Mine usually cost from £245…………………do the maths.
This model from 1979 has a 14.5 inch LOP, with 26” barrels choked for game at ½ and full under a file rib.
I have however about a dozen examples of the same model with different barrels, stocks and chokes to ensure a perfect fit or make a composed pair to suit individual shooting requirements.