Originally Posted By: Kyrie
Originally Posted By: L. Brown

Kyrie, your first photo looks like a 4 Deluxe, except the receivers on those have a fancy back rather than straight back. It's my understanding that the XXV-BL is essentially a 4 Deluxe with 25" barrels and Churchill rib, and I've seen some of those. But they all had the fancy back receiver (scalloped). Engraving certainly looks the same as a 4 Deluxe.


Sorry, but no.

The XXV-BL action is based on that of the discontinued model “Iberia II”. The Iberia has come and gone under one name or another since the 1960s, and when the new AyA was formed after the DIARM years it reappeared as the Yeoman. At this point in time the only gun that AyA catalogs that uses the old Iberia action appears to be the XXV-BL.


So is the XXV BLE based on the "old Iberia" action as you stated above or not? Later you agreed with Adam that today's AyA BL actions are the same. Which of your statements is correct?

Gregory J. Westberg
MSG, USA
Ret