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I've contacted AYA via email and they were MORE than happy to build me a stock from my choice of Walnut . Im not going to chuck that kind of cash at it !! Thanks for suggestions guys , will email straightshooter . atvb sg1

Hi guys, been a while.... I have an old model 105 AYA SxS 12G and the stock has split after a previous owners attempts at gluing and pinning. I had it reglued etc and refinished but it's EXTREMELY thin wood now around the areas where wood meets action and is even not touching in a couple of places. I tried some light loads through it (21's) and it has started to split again!! Q: Are there any other models of AYA's that would share the same design of stock as trying to find another model 105 is like trying to locate Venus's ARMS!!? I'd imagine that they would have used the same action design on many different models as to help production. Anyone help? atvb sg1

You can't see it in the video, but the metal of the action between the top lever and the safety catch sits proud by about 1mm due to the stock being rubbed down through about a MILLION layers of varnish as it's now oil stained instead. I don't mind though and I hit EVERYTHING I pointed it at last Sunday so all's good and that was with 21Gram carts as I don't want the stock to split again!! Thanks for your kind comments, atvb sg1

It's a video hosted on Youtube, maybe you have flash disabled in your settings?? Try this link <here> atvb sg1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Ov_2Uodo0 Done PLEASE excuse the dodgy youtube music atvb sg1

And remember if in shower, just because it's small...doesn't mean it's far away :blink: , Try putting a mini maglite down barrel and use the focused spot beam to pick out right angles on walls in your front room,garage. DON'T DO IT ALONG THE GUTTERING,DRAINPIPES OR YOUR NEIGHBOURS MAY GET UPSET!! Have you thought of maybe an optic fibre eye dominace bead such as the Easyhit? atvb sg1

Here's the stock after I got it back today:- Extremely impressed with the way it turned out , you can BARELY see the cut in piece of wood in the rear of stock!! and he did it at mates rates which basically means it's cost me a bottle of gin I'll put up a couple of final pics when it's all reassembled probably tomorrow. atvb sg1

My AYA's stock is nearly ready for reassembly , I've cleaned up the action but not too much as I don't want to make it look brand new and lose all it's character!! As soon as she's back together , I'll put some pics up on here and I'll also post how she shoots this weekend at 50+ clays (gonna need to make more room in my cabinet now !! ) atvb sg1

Have recieved email from AYA telling me it's a Model 105 from 1950 and obviously they don't make it anymore but I think this SxS is going to do me proud atvb sg1

Was given an AYA the other day (serial No: 307**), the action and barrels are fine but it was 'attached' to a badly split stock(and split/previously repaired forend) and previously repaired butt !! After removing the wood I proceeded to repair the 2 large splits at the front of the stock by splitting slightly further and using Epoxy resin to join together again and left clamped up for 2 days until fully cured.A similar method was used on the 2 splits on the forend. Also there were more dinks and dents than I'd dealt with before on a stock repair so the simple solution was to firstly steam out the many minor dents and then rub back down to bare Walnut and then once prepped, have it refinished.(this will be done by a friend of mine who is a cabinet maker/french polisher by trade) The awkward bit will be matching the repaired areas to the original Walnut colour:- I'll let you know how it turns out atvb sg1

I do compact sporting at Southdowns and found it hard at first but slowly starting to improve and only £8.00 a round of 25 atvb sg1

I try not to shoot in rain , I prefer overcast days as do many others but our british weather can be a funny unpredictable thing. Is it just me or does rain slow down the shot quite a bit? I'm sure my amount of forward lead changes on rainy days!! atvb sg1

Well I've got a 2 hour drive thursday!!! could be interesting!!! atvb sg(does anyone know a good valeting service)1

Had funny throat feeling start earlier and I felt sick yesterday plus I'm feeling a 'bit' sicky now but no headache or anything, I hope it's not my turn to make a long distance phonecall on the great white telephone!!!! :blink: atvb sg(anyone got a bucket)1

One hell of a coincidence then . A happy one at that. Atvb sg1

BLANKS i think lol . Lyalvale express sporters atvb sg1

Just tried out these Rottweils yesterday and my scores almost DOUBLED!! My 'bogey birds' are crossers(mainly left to right) but I was hitting them today with little effort and the going away targets didn't stand a CHANCE of escaping my shot string They're a bit more expensive than my other carts at £55.00 per 250 but if I'm getting results then I don't mind so much and hitting more clays is gonna mean higher scores are BIGGER smiles It may have been cold out in the field yesterday but I didn't mind, My body was shaking(brrr brrr) but my birds were breaking. Roll on next shoot. atvb sg1

I was told by my FEO that he'll inspect mine again when renewal is due including other cabinets I've fitted. atvb sg1

This threads getting a little 'hard to swallow' but I'm glad We managed to 'bang some out' yesterday . Seriously....We had our local charity shoot for Chestnut tree house which care for kids who probably won't be here this time next year :( . we raised 140.00 atvb sg1 (apoligies for hijacking )

That's exactly what I do too and we also help put the traps away . atvb sg1

about 50% if i'm lucky :blink: atvb sg1

It ONLY takes ONE!! atvb sg1

Yeah....thanks for that!! atvb sg1

Thanks everyone :good: , I certainly have a LOT to think about which I'm sure will help me this Sunday when I'll try out the suggestions...suggested , I'll let you know how I get on . atvb sg1