FWIW: There are many more AyAs out there than Arrietas (bigger verses much smaller company). Both can build wonderful guns, but each gun is going to be a little different (built to a pattern, but handmade, and over time processes and people change!). I've owned an Arrieta sidelock for over 15-years and have no complaints. It's a New England Arms 557 and it was my very first "fine" gun. It was a very good place to start. I now wish it was an 800 series gun, but it suited my pocketbook at the time. It fits me so-well, I'd never part with it. Spanish guns do seem to devalue about the same rate new cars do, so a good used one is almost always a better value. Doverham's suggestion about the no-name Arrietas is a good one, with the caveat that the ones I've seen weren't as attractive to me as the Branded versions.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 01/12/15 09:19 PM.
