AYA SxS questions

REM3200 said:
I’d be guessing that plug in the butt once held some kind of company emblem for AYA. The wood is in very nice condition, if I keep it a recoil pad will be added so minimal amount of wood removed and that plug will be gone.
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I think that if it had some sort of inlay on it then it likely wouldn't have been checkered.
 
BigUglyMan said:
I think that if it had some sort of inlay on it then it likely wouldn't have been checkered.[/QUOTE

Ahhh. The arrival of a smart ass. I’ve already made my lack of knowledge on older SxS’s clear and the plug has been explained. Light pressure moves the plug so I will proceed with adjusting that in the future.
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I don't think there is a stock bolt under the plug holding the stock to the receiver. Believe you can remove the stock at the tang screws....but am totally unsure if that is the case on an AYA box lock. We had one, a 28 ga 453 that was my wife's gun many years ago...about 20 if I remember right. The single trigger caused much trouble. Good to see yours has twin triggers. Nice shotgun, good luck with your project!


Here's my previous post for taking down an Anson & Deeley boxlock, and your gun is probably another A&D style gun so this should apply. This is also why Guru suggested a smith for takedown and assembly.
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I assume you have a padded vise, gunsmith quality screwdrivers, and skills/patience to not bugger the screws.

Remove the Triggerguard
* Remove wood screws
* Unscrew the triggerguard, the threaded stud is at the front of the t-guard

Remove the Bottomplate
* Remove the big screw on the bottom of the action holding the Bottomplate
* Tap the bottomplate out from above with a wood dowel

Remove the Triggerplate
* Loosen the Breech Screw (under the opening lever) 1/2 a turn - careful this can be an MF'er
* Turn the gun over, and loosen the two screws on the Triggerplate
* Turn the gun over again and remove the Breech Screw
* Over again and remove the trigger plate screws, the back one goes through the stock.
* Remove the Triggerplate

Now you can pull the stock.


I copied this off Shotgun World, and believe it may apply to your gun but am not sure.
 
Yes Blockcaver, this is the correct stock removal method for an Anson and Deeley type action which AYA uses for their boxlocks. There is no throughbolt securing the stock as in more recent designs. That plug was originally a very careful tight fit and it wasn't intended to be removed, the butt was checkered after it was installed. Because it is loose now it needs to be correctly reinstalled, keeping the checkering grooves in perfect line and the surface flush all the way across. The fly in the ointment here is that to properly reglue it in place it will first need to be taken out and the mating surfaces cleaned, removing it without damaging it could be a problem. There are however a few tricks that can be used.
 
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Busy weekend getting the course ready, 97 shooters out for our opener Sporting Clays event at the club

I’ve started working on cleaning up the barrels. Used 220 Emery on the worse spot and still a few very light pits but promising. Hope to have it all cleaned up this week.

Reading the process for stock removal I’ll stay away from that. The stock plug will get some attention when barrels are done, thanks for the info. Initial thoughts were to add a pad but I’ve put that to rest and will leave it original.

From reading I’ve done looks like the gun is a AYA No. 4 with serial number range for AyA between 1972 - 77

Thanks for the stock info.

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The AYA is an ejector gun and is in current production in several different configurations. Your gun could be a number 3, however if it came from Britain, they had a number of similar models such as the Yeoman that were never sold anywhere but Britain. It will be a fine gun in the field but because no Spanish gun seems to get the respect they deserve it's value will always be modest no matter what you do to it. Definitely worth a sympathetic refurbishing, if you do slow careful work you can make this gun strut.
 
I have a few AYA's and my favorite is a #4 like yours. I had it threaded for thin wall chokes and use it a lot for grouse.
If you email AYA with the serial number they will tell you about the gun although usually all the information that they have is the model and date of manufacture.
As others have said, they are a very underrated gun with a quality well above their price point.
 
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Is it supposed to look like this?
LOL! just kidding
 
Many thanks to “ dilly “ for the blueing work. Couldn’t be more pleased with his help and work.

The plug in the stock turned out to be a easy fix. I drilled a small hole in the plug finger turned a small screw into the plug and it easily puulled out. Appears some old dried glue on the plug. Going to play around with adding some lead shot to add some preferred weight and balance prior to sealing the plug back in.

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