Description
The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge pairs a bronze finished receiver and barrel with Mossy Oak Bottomland furniture on the rounded receiver Ace-R frame. Twenty gauge, 3 inch chamber, 26 inch barrel, and a gun that manages to look like a hunting piece rather than a black tool.
What the Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge Offers
The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge finish is the first reason people pick this one. Bronze across the receiver and barrel against the faded browns of Mossy Oak Bottomland is a combination that reads as a field gun, and Bottomland has outlasted every camouflage trend since the mid eighties because it is built around bark and mud rather than leaves.
The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 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. Construction is alloy with no polymer components inside, which is how a twenty gauge like this stays easy to carry.
The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge 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 nothing to foul after a wet morning and less to clean at the end of a season.
Chamber, Capacity and Setup
A 3 inch chamber and 3+1 capacity on the Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge covers light dove loads right through heavier steel for ducks over decoys. Twenty gauge steel has improved enormously over the past decade, and a properly choked twenty is no longer a handicap inside sensible range.
The Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge barrel is deep bore drilled from straight stock rather than hammer forged around a mandrel, and the forcing cone is lengthened at the factory. Both changes aim at the same pair of outcomes, more consistent patterns and a softer push, and in a light twenty gauge you notice both.
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-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge stored with its trigger group removed cannot be fired, which is a genuine safety feature rather than a selling line.
Specifications
- UPC: 193212030900
- Model: B-RACEBRBL-26
- Gauge: 20, 3 in chamber
- Barrel: 26 in, deep bore drilled, factory lengthened forcing cone
- Capacity: 3+1
- Action: Inertia Plus rotating bolt with rollover torsion spring
- Receiver: Streamlined alloy profile, not drilled and tapped in 20 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 It
Hunters who want one light camo gun for ducks, doves and upland are the natural buyers. A Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge is easy to carry, mild in recoil and camouflaged from butt to muzzle, which covers most of a season without asking you to own three shotguns.
It also appeals to anyone tired of black shotguns. The bronze and Bottomland combination costs the same as the plain camo versions and stands out in a rack without being loud about it.
Where it is not the right tool is big water or heavy goose work, where a 3.5 inch twelve and more capacity earn their keep. Retay builds the twelve gauge Ace and Ace-R for exactly that.
A few practical notes before ordering a Retay Ace-R Bronze Bottomland 20 Gauge. Fit the stock with the included shim kit before the season, because a light gun rewards good fit and punishes a bad one. Break the action in with normal field loads rather than the softest target shells, since inertia systems need recoil energy to cycle reliably when new. Pattern the gun with the exact steel load you plan to hunt, because twenty gauge steel is far more choke sensitive than lead. And use the push button trigger group removal after wet days.
Full factory specifications are published on the Retay USA product page, and you can compare it against the 12 gauge version or browse our other shotguns.
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