Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland 28 Gauge – Proven 26 in

Description

The Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland pairs a bronze finished receiver and barrel with Mossy Oak Bottomland furniture, and this one is chambered in 28 gauge with a 26 inch barrel. It is the small bore in the Ace camo line, aimed at the hunter who wants a light semi automatic that does not look like every other gun in the blind.

What the Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland Offers

The Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland finish is the obvious draw. Bronze over the receiver and barrel against the faded browns of Mossy Oak Bottomland is a combination that reads as a hunting gun without the flat black that most semi autos default to. Bottomland has outlasted every camo trend since the eighties because it works in timber and along field edges, which is exactly where a twenty eight gauge belongs.

A Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland in twenty eight gauge shoots above its reputation. The short shot column produces good patterns with modest payloads, recoil is genuinely mild, and a gun built on a scaled frame carries like nothing else. At around five pounds this is a shotgun you can walk with all day without thinking about it.

The Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland action is inertia driven. The Inertia Plus bolt uses a rollover torsion spring to rotate the bolt head positively into battery, which is the fix for the one legitimate weakness inertia guns used to have. No gas system means less weight and nothing to foul after a wet morning.

Barrel, Capacity and Setup

The Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland 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.

Capacity on the Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland is 2+1 with a 3 inch chamber, which is plenty over a pointing dog and already plugged for migratory bird rules. The 3 inch chamber opens the door to the heavier twenty eight gauge loads that have arrived in the last few years, including the non toxic options that make the bore viable for ducks over decoys.

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 Retay Ace Bronze Bottomland stored with the trigger group removed cannot be fired, which is a genuine safety feature rather than a marketing line.

Specifications

• UPC: 193212030924
• Model: C-ACEBRBL-26
• Gauge: 28, 3 in chamber
• Barrel: 26 in, deep bore drilled, factory lengthened forcing cone
• Capacity: 2+1
• Action: Inertia Plus rotating bolt with rollover torsion spring
• Finish: Bronze receiver and barrel, Mossy Oak Bottomland furniture
• Trigger group: Push button removable, no tools
• Sight: Single fiber optic bead
• Stock: Synthetic with shim kit
• Recoil pad: AIRY air pocket system
• Length of pull: 14.5 in with shims
• Receiver: Not drilled and tapped in 28 gauge
• Warranty: Retay USA limited lifetime

Who It Suits

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 Bronze Bottomland gives you a third shell without the weight penalty of a bigger gun.

It also works for the shooter who wants something with a bit of character. Most semi automatics are black or fully camouflaged, and the bronze and Bottomland combination stands out in a rack without being loud about it.

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 Bronze Bottomland. 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, which is the whole reason Retay built it that way. Full factory specifications are published on the Retay USA product page, and you can compare it against the 28 gauge Ace Walnut or browse our other shotguns.