Thank you sir, or should I say Danke!
The Franchi is in beautiful condition and the AyA was definitely used but not abused. The Sauer was most likely a mistake, as you said, it was a bottom end gun back then, thus why they plated it to polish the turd, as we say. šŸ˜‚ So thatā€™ll probably just be a wall hanger and I will get the American (Ithaca maybe) and Holland and Holland one day. I would still love a German SxS or a Ferlach piece.