Bought a Sidelock Shotgun

Nice gun! I had a 12 gauge AYA side-lock many years ago... very pretty, good wood, straight stock and nicely engraved English style, but a lot less expensive than an English double. Only problem was it had a too heavy trigger pull (about 6 lbs from memory.) I meant to get it fixed, but ended up selling it for about what it cost me. Should have fixed it and kept it!
Cheers,
Roger
 
analogdino said:
Nice gun! I had a 12 gauge AYA side-lock many years ago... very pretty, good wood, straight stock and nicely engraved English style, but a lot less expensive than an English double. Only problem was it had a too heavy trigger pull (about 6 lbs from memory.) I meant to get it fixed, but ended up selling it for about what it cost me. Should have fixed it and kept it!
Cheers,
Roger
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The triggers on my AYA, are actually as good as any shotgun triggers than I have used, and much better than most. They are a huge improvement from my Winchester 23.
 
stubblejumper said:
That is exactly how I feel about automatic safeties.
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I had a 26" Browning BSS some 25 years ago... used it for skeet. Took the automatic safety off as it was a pain to use... This needed no fewer than three changes (from memory) 1) remove the limb that set the safety from the top lever, 2) remove (or reverse, I forget which) the rod that set the safety when the gun was opened, 3) add a coil spring to stop another (or the same?) rod from rattling. There might have been another change, but I don't remember! I left the manual safety operational. I no longer have the gun, sold it to another skeet shooter.
Cheers,
Roger
 
I have a single trigger AYA #1 sidelock that i've actually considered trading for a double trigger model of #2 grade. It is my preference to shoot sxs double barrels with two triggers, but it's obviously not for everyone. The AYA's are good guns, I'm sure you will enjoy yours!
 
Re. single vs double triggers... for sxs guns with a straight, English-style stock I favour the double trigger. This stock allows the hand to slide back just a bit for the second shot, makes it easy. Not so easy with a pistol grip stock... for these I favour a modern, reliable single trigger (not an early one and not a conversion!)
Cheers,
Roger
 
Any SxS or O/Us I've had in the past were auto safety. You just get used to them and they work fine.

I wish my SKBs had double triggers.
 
canvasback said:
You say that now. When I switched from 30 years of pump guns to SxS, I spent a bunch of time wondering why the forend wouldn't slide and the front trigger wouldn't fire twice. LOL
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Lol... I did the same... after 30 years with pumps for waterfowl gunning, my son bought me a semi... when the birds were flighting I couldn't stop pumping the forearm.
 
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