Description
The Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge is the plainest and least expensive way into Retay flagship inertia line, and in a small bore that is a sensible place to start. Matte black synthetic, a 26 inch barrel, a 3 inch chamber and five pounds five ounces on the scale.
What the Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge Gives You
The Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge shoots better than the bore reputation suggests. A short shot column patterns well with modest payloads, recoil is mild enough that nobody flinches, and a gun built on a scaled frame rather than a cut down twenty carries like nothing else in the rack. At five pounds five ounces this is a shotgun you forget you are holding.
Semi automatic twenty eights like the Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge are uncommon, and most of the ones that exist use gas systems. An inertia action suits the bore better because it adds less weight to a gun whose entire appeal is being light. Retay Inertia Plus bolt uses a rollover torsion spring to rotate the bolt head positively into battery, which is the fix for the old inertia gun complaint about being knocked out of lockup.
The Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge finish is matte black synthetic rather than wood or camouflage, which is the reason this model costs less than the others in the line. Nothing mechanical is different. If you would rather spend the difference on shells, this is the version to buy.
Barrel, Capacity and Fit
The Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge barrel is deep bore drilled from straight stock with a factory lengthened forcing cone. That matters more on a small bore than on a twelve, because you have fewer pellets to work with and every one that survives the transition into the barrel counts on the pattern board.
Capacity on the Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge 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 makes the heavier twenty eight gauge loads usable, including the non toxic options that have made the bore viable for ducks over decoys.
Length of pull is 14.5 inches with a shim kit included for drop and cast, and the trigger group comes out at the push of a button with no tools. A Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge stored with its trigger group removed cannot be fired, which is a real safety feature rather than a selling line.
Specifications
- UPC: 193212029904
- Model: C-ACEBLK-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: Matte black synthetic
- 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
- Weight: 5 lbs 5 oz
- Warranty: Retay USA limited lifetime
Who Should Buy One
Upland hunters who want a light semi automatic are the audience. Quail, woodcock, grouse and early doves are all well served, and a Retay Ace Extra Black 28 Gauge gives you a third shell without the weight of a bigger gun.
It is also a strong choice for a younger or smaller framed shooter moving up from a youth twenty. Recoil is mild enough that a flinch never develops, the gun mounts easily, and the shim kit lets the stock be fitted properly rather than grown into.
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, particularly 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 Extra Black 28 Gauge. Fit the stock with the included shim kit before the season, because a five pound gun shows up a poor fit immediately. 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 actually intend to hunt.
And use the push button trigger group removal for cleaning, which is the whole reason Retay designed 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.
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