GUN FALL 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.
AYA MODEL NO. 1 DE LUXE SHOTGUN WITH DEEP CHISELED SCROLL ENGRAVING. AYA SXS MODEL NO 1 DE LUXE 601813 20 GA MODERN (1991) Cal. 20 ga. 2-3/4" Chambers. 28" Chopper lump bbls are marked with makers name and "MADE IN SPAIN" on narrow game rib. Bbl flats are stamped with 1991 Spanish nitro proofs for 2-3/4" chambers. Holland & Holland style sidelock action is bright coin finished, and features non-automatic safety (S inlaid in gold), bushed strikers, gold band tumbler end cocking indicators, H&H type hand detachable locks, and dbl triggers (front articulated). Action is engraved with full coverage dramatic deep relief chiseled scroll of varying sizes, with a few rose bouquet highlights. Makers name is in arched device on bottom of action. Engravers signature "L. Amas" is on trigger plate. Nicely crotch figured European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14-3/4" over checkered wood butt, and features elongated drop points, diamond hand with point pattern checkering, and a vacant gold oval on toe line. Matching splinter ejector forend has Anson release. Bore diameter: left -.620, right - .619. Bore restrictions: left - .013 (mod), right - .003 (IC). Drop at heel: 2-1/8", drop at comb: 1-3/8". Cast: approx 1/8" off. Weight: 6 lbs. 6 oz. LOP: 14-3/4". PROVENANCE: Remarkable William Larkin Moore Private Estate Collection of Fine Sporting Arms. CONDITION: Excellent, essentially as new, with a few light handling marks, appears to have been fired very little since proof. Mechanically crisp. 50594-35 MGM234 (7,500-12,500)