Have a numba 2 from the 80s purchased used from John Boyd. I had a couple of near ADs (very touchy trigger) on the right lock, removed lock, honed the the sear nose to to an angle matching that in left lock, heated to cherry red in darkness, quenched and tempered to straw in the kitchen oven. The lever arm of the sear sits slightly lower in the right lock now but I had no trouble getting it in over the trigger blade and I have a pull wgt. which matches the left lock. No further ADs or mechanical problems in three years (quite a number of rounds of low gun skeet in that time; one one-day hunting excursion). Lock parts are not polished to a fare-thee-well--no jewelling or frills--but everything is lapped to a reasonable finish so it doesn't look like the inside of an Iver Johnson revolver either. Also disabled the ejectors a la G.T. Garwood; the powerful AyA version of the Southgate is at the least an annoyance and at worst almost dangerous to those standing behind the shooter. I have never been able to catch the hulls as I normally do with a target o/u, possibly due to the effort to cock hammers and the ejector train on opening. Without pronouncing a blanket malediction on AyA quality of manufacture, I believe Salopian on the inconsistent quality of Spanish guns--even from respected makers. The Brits have certainly owned enuf of these to have a basis for judging. Perhaps post-DIARM produced guns have more consistent manufacturing standards.
jack
