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- AyA shotguns are available in 12, 16, 20, 28 and 410 gauge and with a wide range of options. The 12, 16 and 20 having 28' barrels while 28 and 410 gauges have 27' barrels. While each AyA can be built specifically to your specifications, lower manufacturing costs make them available at a very reasonable price.
- Guns & Equipment; Got an AYA yeoman. Serial numbers over 600,001 on barrel flats are post-1988 AYA manufactured while specimens numbered under 600,000 may have been manufactured by Diarm 1986 -1988. Hi i've got an aya yeoman o/u and i want to use it on foxes- is there a limitation on what size cartridge i use. It will only take 2 3/4.
There was no model type on gun only the serial number. The best we could tell looking at old pictures, it was either a model 106 or a Matador. In great condition a 106 was worth about $500 and Matador a few thousand. I sent the serial number off to AYA asking for some help on the model number and origin. For example, AYA-#8217;s gunmaker code is 16, and the code for a shotgun is 03. Therefore, the serial number 16-03-241-98 shows that this is a shotgun, made by AYA, and that it was the 241st gun produced in the year 1998. ADDITIONAL CHANGE OVER NUMBERS FOR SEARS GUNS Numbers may not be in order with above list. Reads Left to Right.
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SERIAL NUMBERS OFTEN ALLOW YOU TO DETERMINE YEAR OF MANUFACTURE
Knowing the year your vintage firearm was made makes it easier to decide which gun catalog we sell will give you the best information about the company, models made and more. To help you determine the year made, find your serial number and then select a link from those below to sites that offer serial dates.
The Blue Book of Used Gun Values offers serial numbers for the following makers:
AYA, Boss & Co., Ltd, Browning, EJ Churchill, Colt, Colt Black Powder 2nd Gen, John Dickson & Son, AH Fox, German early Date Codes, German Modern Date Codes, Stephen Grant, WW Greener, Harrington & Richardson, High Standard, Holland & Holland, Italian Year of Mfg. Date Codes, Ithaca Gun Co., Charles Lancaster, Joseph Lang, Marlin Firearms, Mauser Broomhandles, Parker Brothers Shotguns, Piotti, James Purdey, Remington Date Code & SxS Shotguns, Savage/Stevens, LC Smith, Smith & Wesson, Spanish Year of Mfg. Date Codes, Sturm, Ruger & Co., Winchester Rifles, Winchester Rifle & Shotgun 1969+, Winchester Shotguns.
Other websites that may help (Information from websites other than the manufacturer website should be examined with some skepticism):
- High Standard Pistols Serial Ranges 1932-1942
- Ithaca Guns - Baker, Crass, Lewis, Manier, Magnum, Pre-WWII choke marks, Lefever Singles, Flues, Knick, Lefever Grade A, NID, Western Long Range
- Ithaca Guns Serial Numbers and Date of Manufacture
(containing serial information about: Baker DB Shotguns, Crass DB Shotguns, Lewis DB Shotguns, Manier DB Shotguns, Flues SB and DB Shotguns, NID DB Shotguns, Knick SB Trap Guns, LeFever Nitro Special DB Shotguns, LeFever 'A' Grade, Western Long Range DB Shotguns, Model 37 Standard Model Shotguns, Model 37 Solid Rib Shotguns, Model 37 All Grade Guns. - Lancaster, Charles (London) 1826-1901
- Lefever Sideloack Shotguns 1913 & Later (not serial numbers)
- Lefever Sideloack Shotguns before 1913 (not serial numbers)
- Mossberg did not put serial numbers on most long guns until 1968 (GCA 1968 required them)
- Remington - Navy Single Shot Pistols, Model 8, 81, 24, 241, RB Pistols (Types- not serial), RB Rifles- 1870, 71, RB Rifle Models- 1866-1933, Contract Lee Rifles, Pistols and Revolvers 1857-1918 (incomplete serial number for some), Rifles 1866-1933 (ditto), Shotguns 1874-1910 Serial numbers unknown.
- Smith & Wesson - Single Action Pistols, First Model .22, Second Model .22, New Departure Safety Hammerless, Ladysmith 1902-1911+
- Springfield Model 1873 and 1884 Rifles, Model 1873 Shotgun, Model 1903 Rifle, 1903A3 by Smith Corona Co.
- Stevens (description, illustration and years made)- Stevens did not put serial numbers on all long guns until 1968 (GCA 1968 Required them)
AyA History - in short
AyA was founded 1917 by Miguel Aguirre and Nicolas Aranzabal to make locks for the trade in Eibar. Their apprenticeship had both done by Eduardo Schilling (from Germany) in the town Catalonia.
1938 Augustin Aranzabal headed the firm and also expanded the business to complete guns. There are no AyA guns made before 1938.
Spain which had suffered a civil war before the second world war was declared neutral in the war and when the second world war ended 1945 the gun industries was unharmed by bombing and other destructive war efforts.
By 1953 the company had expanded to become the largest gunmaker in Eibar with over 500 employees, not to count all outworkes who also worked for AyA. Over the golden years from 1950 to 1965 the annual production was approx. 20 000 guns per year.
But the economic recession in the 70-ties and the change in gun fashion from Side-by-Sides to over&under guns brought the company to the face of bankruptcy. By mid 70-ties there was only a few employees left in the company.
Aya Serial Number Date Codes
1981 AyA was one of many firms in Eibar that was brought together in DIARM (Desarrollo de Industrias Armeras SA) in Itziar just outside Eibar. Some guns was made by DIARM under the AyA name, but most of DIARM’s production was sold under DIARM or other more local names. But DIARM was never a financial success so by 1988 the governments founds was empty and DIARM collapsed.
1988 AyA was restarted as a gunmaking company by Imanuel Aranzabal in Eibar. Now the Side-by-Side was back in fashion and by 1993 the company had around 10 employees. By 2001 the company moved to new locations in Eibar and expanded from 12 employees to 25.
More history can be found on the AyA-site, please se links below.
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