I’m not going to lie brother, I genuinely cannot believe your channel isn’t massive. The quality and amount of entertainment it gives us is outstanding. If more of us Americans could find this channel, you would be massive my friend👏

Jonny hands down one of your best videos to date. The research that was do to provide a great historical account of the gun makers in this region of Spain is very commendable. Great editing and production from you and your team. It was well worth the wait. And the guns are amazing. The titanium Garbi with hand engraving. The craftsmanship in the Arrietas are beautiful. The town’s chamber of commerce should give you a medal for showcasing what this they have to offer. Great video guys !

Amazing film guys, only regret is it wasn’t a 2 hour documentary. Loved Simon’s comment that Spanish guns brought those designs to the masses. Without that I really don’t think the average person would have the level of appreciation for not only Spanish guns but for top quality English either. I recently bought a AYA XXV. It was sat in my local shop for ages and every time I went in I’d marvel at it. Finally took the plunge and it is now a firm favourite in my collection. It’s such a gem to shoot! I’m 6’2” so looks a bit silly but given it to a few mates to shoot and they stop taking the mick before the second pair of shells. I’d never be able to afford the EJ. Churchill so would never been able to have that experience without Spanish gun making! Wonderful film highlighting wonderful gun making!

As a (hopefully) soon-to-be-retired federal public servant in Canada, I would give just about anything to go apprentice at one of these fine gun-makers, and try to learn the craft over the years. Wish we had that kind of heritage and history here in Canada.

There's such a difference between a European gun video and a gun video made in the US. So many more facets of the gun manufacture are appreciated here.

I love Spanish Guns I’ve never been let down by one yet my father owned several I still have the old AYA brochure that my dad used to choose his guns from he used to have me retrieve his snap caps when he upgraded from a Yeoman to a number 4 😮 I know it’s not fashionable, but my favourite is a 25🙂 Another great film well done team

So, one of my favourite channels visiting the city where I studied and lived five years during my engineering studies... Incredible! Thanks for the video and for speaking about our great arms traditions in Spain.

Very butiful side by side shotguns. I remember when I was young using a Spanish side by side, it was light, well balanced, & hit the targets without effort. I see they are still improving. Thank you for show, nice one.

Firstly, this is one of, if not the best, of all your gunmaker productions: informative, respectful, and 'soulful' - simply lovely. The quality of your production grows from strength to strength and is a pleasure to watch and enjoy. Thank you. My favourite Basque gun is a recent production, 20 bore AyA side-by-side round body #4 boxlock ejector game gun with high performance steel proof 28" barrels, double triggers, stocked to my dimensions with gorgeous Turkish circassian walnut, and wonderfully adorned with hand-cut full coverage acanthus and English scroll engraving. With a 14 3/4 inch length of pull, and at a mere 6 lbs. it balances like 'a magic wand.' The fit and finish of the gun is amazing for its price point. I've recently retired, and this is 'my dream gun', a gift to myself after forty-five years in the work force; and at age seventy I wanted an affordable, reliable, light weight, fast-handling piece for shooting walked-up grouse and partridge over my English setter's points, yet sufficiently handsome that I could enjoy looking at it in-between points and rest stops. Again, thank you Mr. Carter for placing a 'spot light' on the wonderful artisan gunmakers of Eibar!

Min 20:00 ese trabajador es una jodida leyenda de nuestro pueblo, lo amamos❤

My 1978 Star Megastar 15 round 10mm pistol came from Spain. Still in excellent condition never fired it as much rare ammo at the time my Berretta Cheetah 84 in .380 14 round pistol saw more action on the range.

Great video. I toured the AYA factory in 2015 after learning about them in Best Guns. I was fitted and walked out with a 20 ga Legend O/U with upgraded # 4 wood. Worth every penny and a lot of fun to see the artists at work. Great people there too.

I understand that in the early 90's Kemen were helped by a person called Clive Brueford, who I have shot with. Kemen were having some problems jointing their barrels, in those early days. Clive owned his own engineering factory in England and went to Spain to show them what to do. For his input they built him a custom 12 bore O/U sporting shotgun.

Wow, its amazing to see the craftsmanship and dedication of the spanish gunmakers, theres something so beautiful about the process of building these firearms.

I was expecting Jack Hargreaves to pop out at the start 😂 , cracking video again Jonny 👍

Well done Jonny, another great film and a tribute to Spanish Gunmaking. If like me you were starting out shotgun shooting in the late 70s and early 80s Spanish Gunmakers had a very large share of the new gun sales here in the UK. Laurona, lanber and AYA all made our sport attainable, affordable and put reliable new guns in the reach of young working men. Over the years I have enjoyed many Spanish shotguns, but today i am very pleased to own a well made, light weight AYA model 25 BL made in 1968.

Absolutely beautiful film, Jonny and crew. Really interesting.

Absolutely incredible video !!!!! The gentleman at Garbi- stated a very simple fact- skilled labor to do what is needed in the custom gun making world, is getting harder to find. No one wants to do this anymore- and dedicate years and years of training/experience to become a true artisan. Jonny- you've got the greatest job in the world my friend. Keep up the fantastic work sir. Thanks from Missouri, USA.

Yay, first thumb up! Keep up the great videos. Your channel helped make me understand buying and importing shotguns from the UK to the USA. It's enriched my experience (and led to borderline irresponsible purchases at Holt's) this year. Learned to love hunting with guns with soul that will outlive us.

Drawing a "line in the sand" sets the benchmark for others to strive for and exceed. Kudos to Spainish gun makers

This is reinforcing the idea of going over to visit Steve and Inma next year. I will say that despite Steve's No. 2 having a 16" LOP it was quite manageable and soft recoiling even with Hull High Pheasant Extreme. Another wonderful film. Thank you for sharing your experience.

How absolutely fantastic, great show. I’d rather watch this then a movie. I’ve fallen for the industry because of your content! Also awaiting an AYA NO.2 😊

Thank you for the Video and Petting theese gunmakers back on the map. I truly enjoy my titanium Garbi's (you probably held) in the video! Thanks Jon and the team for a beautiful masterpiece!

John, you have become royalty in the gun industry-eagerly hosted everywhere guns are made. I still have my 25-year old Arietta and in fact shot it today. Perry P., SoCal, USA.

I was born in Elgoibar but my mum is from Eibar, so proud of our roots. Basque Country is the best!

Many thanks to this channel for doing this report on the Spanish gunsmithing tradition, located in the city of Eibar. It is a shame that many small manufacturers of side by side shotguns, which had an excellent relationship between price and quality, have disappeared. I am referring to the gunmaking evolution of the last 50 years in the manufacture of shotguns. Two weeks ago I bought a new 12 bore boxlock shotgun from the JABE brand. A very simple shotgun and almost the same as the AYA Yeoman. I bought the JABE at the Ravell gunshop in Barcelona for 248 euros, including transportation to my city. It is manufactured in 1978 and was not sold until now because it is boxlock, casehardened battery but without any decoration and without a third Purdey grip. Greetings from Asturias, in the North of Spain. Muchas gracias a este canal por hacer este reportaje sobre la tradición armera española, situada en la ciudad de Eibar. Es una pena que hayan desaparecido muchos pequeños fabricantes de escopetas yuxtapuestas, que tenían una excelente relación entre precio y calidad. Me refiero a la evolución armera de los últimos 50 años en la fabricación de escopetas. Todavía hace dos semanas compré una escopeta boxlock de calibre 12 (12 bore) de la marca JABE. Un arma muy sencilla y casi igual a la AYA Yeoman. La JABE la compré en la armería Ravell de Barcelona por 248 euros, incluido el transporte hasta mi ciudad. Está fabricada en 1978 y no se vendió hasta ahora por ser boxlock, jaspeada sin ningún adorno y sin tercer cierre Purdey. Saludos desde Asturias, en el norte de España.

Beautiful art work , i for one would NEVER be able to bring myself to fire one of these and keep it in a glas case to be drooled over forever.

Fantastic video, Well done Jonny...So glad to see Arrieta back. my first gun a arrieta sxs 410 and it was tremendous gun, i had some great partridge hunts with that gun as well as some pigeon shoots.

Wow wow wow. beautiful production . Stunning guns. Not going to lie , never considered a Spanish gun. 🤔. Well done, Jonny ( the fountain of gun knowledge) carter.

I have a Spanish shotgun. It's called " FA Discover " it has light engravings, and the wood is plain, but it's still made in Spain, and I love it. At the present time it has a safety issue and I need to repair it. It has just a great look. The shotgun has all the proof marks from Eibar, black powder, smokeless, my gun has an H 1 code and says it was made in 1962. The inner parts are filled nice and smooth, but it shoots nice . When I lived in Spain 87-91 my friend purchased Lanber 20 ga, and it was a pretty gun and shot very well. Thank you for the Tour in the video of Eibar.

Not just a gun video but also a travelogue. Wonderful.

Brilliant film and very well researched. Now inspired to visit the museum as I`m now working in Bilbao for the next few months. The Basque region is an incredible part of the world. Great job guys 👌

A long drive away was a high end (for us) gun shop which sold a good selection of Spanish and Italian doubles. In more prosperous times I had my eye on one Ugartechea side-by-side boxlock and I should have bought it.

3:44 - The company Orbea is mentioned. They still exist as a bicycle manufacturer. Same goes for B.H. - beistegui hermanos - also a bike manufacturer now. Both companies started as gun makers and because as such they knew how to produce thin-walled, accurately straight steel tubes they were also able to build steel bicycle frames.

Travelling is nice. We get to see and know so many things. Thank you for the ride.

AbFab of a vid as usual. I have two Spanish SxS from the 60's and I must say I love both of them, one is an Elgoibar (Boxlock) and the other is a Larranga (Sideplate) they shoot really well and fit me perfectly. Both stocks are different one pistol and the other straight grip English style. Looking at this informative vid you and your team have done has educated me in Spanish gun making. Thanks JC & Team!!! Go from strength to strength!!!

Man I could spend a week rummaging around Eibar gun factories. So cool 😎. Seeing the traditional techniques they still employ is going to enhance my experience next time I shoot my AYA 12 sxs, or the Mugica 16 sxs! Just fantastic. Great video TGS OD 👌. Thoroughly enjoyed it cheers 😊😎

Great video! I’m American, my parents are Cuban but my grandfather and grandmother were wholly Basque or part Basque and this just touched my heart. Thanks for sharing.

Aye up mate I truly enjoyed the vid bud that's one place I want to go I've just managed to get hold of a ugartechea double 10 to add to my growing eibar collection !

If you come across old issues of Shooting Times from the 60's and 70's, they have loads of adverts for Spanish guns. From Edgar Brothers importing models for the wildfowling up to Gunmark in the early 1980's with their Kestrel and Sable range. I bought a new boxlock Sable when in school, SxS, double trigger, straight stock. Gunmark are now calling themselves GMK.

I absolutely love watching your travels around these gun makers, Very informative and a pleasure to watch, Thank you very much

Beautiful guns, exceptionally well presented...

I had a friend bring me an Astra that chambered a 7.65x21 mm parabellum. It's a necked down 9mm parabellum (A.K.A. 9mm Luger), kind of weird. While looking at it (now this is over 30 years ago so please forgive inaccurate memories) I had cleared the weapon, pulled the slide back and there was a (I guess) a takedown lever that when I rotated it, it essentially came apart. Rooster (his nickname) was impressed at how fast I took it down. I told him, "Why don't you wait to see if I can get it back together before singing my praises." He actually looked worried and, truthfully, I was only partly joking. But it went back together in a very common sense way though. After that he had me take it home and I cleaned it. I don't remember the model but it reminded me of a PPK. I just remember that it was easy to learn, and the action was very smooth. One thing I remember was the feed ramp having a slight chamfer. I don't know if that was manufactured that way or someone along the line did it. I heard from another friend on the department that had been a gunsmith that the 7.65mm (other companies' weapons) had come in with FTF issues so the chamfer was obviously a plus. The point to all that is this, that Spanish gun impressed the fool out of me. And I enjoyed getting to mess with it. Rooster eventually brought me two P08s because of being able to handle the Astra. One of those was chambered in the 7.65mm. The only Spanish guns I own are effectively wall hangars, double barreled welded wire barrels. I'd love, love, love to own that Astra. That gun just looked and felt right though my EDC will always have a little more "oomf". Thank you for this. I absolutely love these looks at true craftsmanship. Added in Edit: At the time the gun was already 60 years old and smooth as butter.

Just works of art. Beautiful guns!

Thanks Johnny! Nice work and appreciate you sharing this part of gun history in Spain.

Hi TGS team I hope your all well I really enjoyed that, that was so interesting to see the history of the Spanish gunmakers. Will I’ve just purchased my first ever Spanish Gun. 1983 AYA No2 side by side. Absolute stunning Gun for the price Shooting her tomorrow for the 1st time on my first shoot on the season Tomorrow going to be a fantastic day ! Please keep this kind of content coming as it so enjoy a to watch. Nice work TGS 👍

I once owned a spanish IBAR side by side twin trigger and if you shot up at 40deg onduck or pigeons with thesecond trigger the front trigger would cut your knuckle to bits my trigger finger still shows the scar other than that it shot fine and was accurate

Johnny, with those glasses you could be one of the Kingsmen

I love watching these films, being new to shooting I am so hungry for knowledge, and boy you deliver some beautiful lessons and insights.

“The past is a prologue”, so true!

One of your best episodes yet. Thank you.

Another absolutely incredible piece of work! Don’t stop doing what you’re doing!

Great video about our gunmaking industry here in Spain. Thanks a lot.

Awesome video!! I would have loved to have seen more content on guns other than just shotguns such as from manufactures like "Star, Astra, Llama", and others from this magical location for gun producing. Albeit I am guessing you're mainly a shotgun enthusiast so I understand. Thanks for the good production!

An absolutely cracking video. You're production values are top notch, content informative and this wouldn't look out of place as a mainstream TV production. Great work.

The most famous Spanish gun maker is Bergara, Is Also in Eibar

You should look at the muzzleloader makers in Pennsylvania. Guys that engrave the entire barrel and action, along with guys that excel at checkering the stocks. To others that work on the brass. Then they also try to make them to a time period.

Absolute joy to watch

Thanks!

My father had copy made by Garbi Arriba of his 1911 Boss & co 12 bore pair! Single trigger! They are truly a master piece and great for partridge or grouse! Love Garbi

Thank you ! I never got clear the name of the town where you began . The captioning spelled it 4 different ways and I'm a Texan who finds British English difficult at times .

Lovely guns. Great video 😊

Thank you, that was a great video. As someone that know very little of the gun industry around the world it was very interesting. 👍Keep up the good work

I love your videos, I recently bought a AYA after watch one of them. I fall in love with side by sides, I am from basque country and I didn't know all this data. Thank you

“Hand made” on a CNC mill. Even the wood furniture is made with a mill. I’m jealous lol. I’d love to have a CNC for carving wood.

Another quality production, thank you.

great vid as always!!! glad you did this in particular because they are beautiful guns and deserve to be respected as much as there italian or english cousins

I visited the Bergara factory, also in Northern Spain. Amazing experience.

That was beautiful. The films you guys make are really world class.

Works of art. Thanks mate

Absolutely spectacular film in every respect. Loved it!!!

thanks a lot for this beautiful Video! my favourite Spanish shotgun is a AYA No2 Round Body and Arrieta mod:871.

Bergara, in the Basque Country, is also a significant player in quality guns.

Great tutorial johnny Spanish are great knife builders and sword's also the hunting fix blades are superb a friend has a collection of them because his wife is from spain. Cheers Johnny its time for a beverage

If you are ever in Madrid, check out the Royal Palace and Naval Museum. Both had some amazing pieces on display!

Next stop: Ferlach in Austria. You won’t be disappointed.

Excellent in every way

Just got down to watching this - fantastic documentary, I love Spanish guns, and own many in 12 and 20 bore

Drove from San Sebastian to Girona during the summer, driving right past Eibar. My wife wouldn't let me stop. Not enough time, apparently.

Great Vid . I always loved Ibar and AYA side by sides ! If you can, Please do a Vid about Ferlach (Karnten/ Austria) i did my Gunsmithing Apprentice ship there and can only say good things even if my memories Could tell a different storie.

Fantastic Video! Thank you 🙏🏻

I really enjoyed that, tank you for sharing it with us.

Very nice, Thanks, Enjoyed the story and humor.

I enjoyed that so much, I just had to watch it again 👍

Another excellent Sunday video.

Nice video. A friend has a Spanish - can’t quite remember the name of it but it has a lot of syllables. I have shot it and it is wonderful.

23:12 - well played sir! 😂

A sore point as I traded in my Kemen KM4 which I regret. The impending steel shot furore prompted the wind of change.My much cherished Grade 5 Miroku 32'' MK60 went too.😞

Extreamly high quality content Johnny, congratulations. 😎

What I think...thanks to your old W&S 700 vid. that started me down the SXS path I know own 21 English and Spanish doubles, I think you're a menace!

Would love to see give us a look at ATA Arms factory tour in Turkey.

Thanks for sharing, I am a rifle and pistol guy really but ironically looking back on my hunting, most was bird hunting for pheasant or quail with either a Remington or a Mossberg. For evaluating a rifle purchase, most will consider the type of process used to make the barrel, "cold hammer forged" or other. I have not heard or at least seen on youtube yet anything about shotgun barrel process? Is this as complicated as rifles?

Another great production. 👍

After watching your time at Rizzini to almost sinful levels, I am now the happy owner of a BR 460EL and exchanging emails w/ Filippo for a visit w/ my wife in June for a more custom rig. And now, after this, another treat of information and cinematography I find myself looking for an AYA, Garbi, Arrieta or Kemen. I know it’s tough for you to make “recommendations” but which of these over/under, clay specific, sideplated offerings wooed you? Thanks, Brother and keep the most entertaining content flowing!

The Spaniard's are the World's very best at that beautiful gold inlay and amazing engraving which I can't spell 😂

Beautiful, well done.

The sites are beautiful and the video is excellent.

When I read the title, I thought Gardone Val Trompia, Italy, home of Beretta since 1526

My favorite video so far... Really. I didn't really expect to love this this so much. I didn't really like the Beretta factory. Maybe it's because I have no sentimental connection to Beretta, at all. However, I find that suddenly I have a sentimental connection to these Spanish guns. ... Also, did you fall down a hill in the last shot???

With CNC machines in their factory hand fit would be more appropriate. Quality is probably still there with higher productivity