Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge – Proven 26 in

Description

The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge is the small bore in the rounded receiver camo line: bronze receiver and barrel, Mossy Oak Bottomland furniture, a 26 inch barrel and a 3 inch chamber. It is an unusual gun on purpose, aimed at the hunter who has decided a twenty eight is enough and would rather carry five pounds than eight.

What the Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge Offers

The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge trades on a bore that shoots above its reputation. A short shot column patterns well with modest payloads, recoil is genuinely mild, and a gun built on a scaled frame rather than cut down from a twenty carries like nothing else in the rack.

The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge finish is the second reason to pick it. Bronze across the receiver and barrel against the faded browns of Mossy Oak Bottomland reads as a hunting gun rather than a black tool, and Bottomland works in timber and along field edges because it is built around bark and mud rather than leaves.

The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge receiver is what separates the R line from the standard Ace. Retay calls it a streamlined profile, which rounds off the squared lines into something closer to a traditional shotgun, built from alloy with no polymer components inside.

Action, Barrel and Practical Notes

The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge action is inertia driven. The Inertia Plus bolt uses a rollover torsion spring to rotate the bolt head positively into battery, solving the old problem of inertia guns being jarred out of lockup. An inertia system also suits a small bore better than gas does, because it adds less weight to a gun whose whole appeal is being light.

The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge barrel is deep bore drilled from straight stock with a factory lengthened forcing cone. On a small bore that matters more than it would on a twelve, because you have fewer pellets to work with and every one that survives the transition into the barrel shows up on the pattern board.

Length of pull is 14.5 inches with a shim kit for drop and cast, and the trigger group comes out at the push of a button with no tools. A gun stored with its trigger group removed cannot be fired, which is a real safety feature rather than a selling line.

Specifications

• UPC: 193212030948
• Model: C-RACEBRBL-26
• Gauge: 28, 3 in chamber
• Barrel: 26 in, deep bore drilled, factory lengthened forcing cone
• Action: Inertia Plus rotating bolt with rollover torsion spring
• Receiver: Streamlined alloy profile, not drilled and tapped in 28 gauge
• Finish: Bronze receiver and barrel, Mossy Oak Bottomland furniture
• Trigger group: Push button removable, no tools
• Sight: Fiber optic front bead
• Recoil pad: AIRY air pocket system
• Length of pull: 14.5 in with shims
• Safety: Cross bolt push button
• Warranty: Retay USA limited lifetime

Who Should Buy One

Upland hunters who have discovered twenty eight gauge are the core buyers. Quail, woodcock, grouse and early doves are all well served, and a Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge gives you a third shell without the weight of a bigger gun.

It also works for the hunter who wants a small bore that is actually camouflaged. Most twenty eights are wood and blue, which is lovely in the rack and useless in a blind. This one hides.

The honest limitation is ammunition. Twenty eight gauge shells cost more and are harder to find than twelve or twenty, and the load selection is narrower, especially in non toxic shot. Buy a case when you find a load that patterns well in your gun.

A few practical notes before ordering a Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge. Fit the stock with the included shim kit before you hunt it, because a five pound gun shows up a poor fit right away. Break the action in with standard field loads rather than the lightest target shells, since inertia systems need recoil energy to cycle reliably when new and a small bore has less of it to give. Pattern the gun with the load you intend to hunt. And use the push button trigger group removal for cleaning.

Full factory specifications are published on the Retay USA product page, and you can compare it against the 20 gauge version or browse our other shotguns.