Description
The Retay Ace Paloma 30 inch model is the long barreled sporting gun in the Ace line, finished in polished black and built around an inertia action that keeps the whole package light for its length. Thirty inches is the barrel most serious clays shooters end up with, and the reason is simple enough once you have shot both.
Why Choose the Retay Ace Paloma 30 Inch
The Retay Ace Paloma 30 puts more weight ahead of your hands, and that weight is what keeps a swing moving through the target instead of stopping on it. On sporting clays, skeet doubles and long crossing presentations, that follow through is most of the game. The 28 inch version is quicker to start and the 30 is steadier once started, which is the whole trade in one sentence.
It also lengthens the sighting plane, which helps with consistency on longer targets without adding a sight you have to think about. The Retay Ace Paloma 30 keeps the single fiber optic bead, which is correct for a shotgun that should be pointed rather than aimed.
Everything else on the Retay Ace Paloma 30 carries over from the shorter gun. The action is Retay Inertia Plus, using a rollover torsion spring to drive the bolt head into battery so the gun cannot be jarred out of lockup. There is no gas system to foul or clean, which is a meaningful convenience when you shoot two hundred rounds in an afternoon.
Chokes, Build and Setup
Five extended black choke tubes come with every Retay Ace Paloma 30, cylinder through full. Extended tubes matter more on a clays gun than on a hunting gun because you change them between stations, and doing that by hand instead of hunting for a wrench in your bag is worth real money over a season.
The Retay Ace Paloma 30 barrel is deep bore drilled from straight stock rather than hammer forged, and the forcing cone is lengthened at the factory. Both changes aim at the same two results, more consistent patterns and a softer push, and both are easier to appreciate on a high volume gun than on something you shoot twice a year.
A Retay Ace Paloma 30 ships with a 14.5 inch length of pull and a shim kit for adjusting drop and cast, and the trigger group comes out at the push of a button with no tools. Capacity is 3+1 with a 3 inch chamber, and the receiver is not drilled and tapped, so plan on the bead rather than a rib mounted optic.
Specifications
- UPC: 193212036339
- Model: ACEPAL-30
- Gauge: 12, 3 in chamber
- Barrel: 30 in, deep bore drilled, factory lengthened forcing cone
- Capacity: 3+1
- Action: Inertia Plus rotating bolt with rollover torsion spring
- Finish: Polished black
- Chokes: Five extended black tubes, cylinder through full
- Sight: Single fiber optic bead
- Trigger group: Push button removable, no tools
- Receiver: Not drilled and tapped
- Length of pull: 14.5 in, shim kit included
- Warranty: Retay USA limited lifetime
Who Should Take the Long Barrel
Sporting clays and trap shooters are the natural buyers. A Retay Ace Paloma 30 tracks more smoothly than the 28 and costs the same, and if the gun will spend most of its life on a course rather than in a field, the extra two inches is the easy call.
Dove hunters shooting over open fields benefit for the same reason. Long passing shots reward a gun that keeps swinging, and a Retay Ace Paloma 30 is still light enough to carry between fields without complaint, which is not something you can say about most 30 inch guns.
Where the shorter barrel wins is anything involving cover or quick mounts. Upland hunting in thick ground, grouse in alders, or a truck gun all favor the 28 inch version. Neither is wrong, and both carry the same lifetime warranty.
A few practical notes before ordering a Retay Ace Paloma 30. Fit the stock with the included shim kit before your first round, because a fast gun rewards a proper fit and a long barrel makes a bad fit more obvious, not less. Break the action in with standard velocity target loads rather than the cheapest promotional shells, since inertia systems need a certain amount of recoil energy to cycle reliably when new. Keep a couple of spare chokes in the bag.
And use the push button trigger group removal when cleaning, since doing it without tools is exactly why Retay built it that way. Full factory specifications are published on the Retay USA product page, and you can compare it against the 28 inch Ace Paloma or browse our other shotguns.
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