Description
The Retay Ace-R Extra Black 28 Gauge is the least expensive way into a semi automatic twenty eight, which is a bore that usually costs a great deal more than it should. Matte black synthetic, a 26 inch barrel, a rounded alloy receiver and a gun that weighs about as much as a good double.
What the Retay Ace-R Extra Black 28 Gauge Gives You
The Retay Ace-R Extra Black 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.
Semi automatic twenty eights like the Retay Ace-R Extra Black 28 Gauge are uncommon, and most of the ones that exist are gas guns. 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 solves the old inertia gun complaint about being knocked out of lockup.
The Retay Ace-R Extra Black 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.
Barrel, Finish and Setup
The Retay Ace-R Extra Black 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 counts on the pattern board.
The Retay Ace-R Extra Black 28 Gauge finish is matte black synthetic rather than wood or camouflage, and that is the entire reason this model costs less than the others in the line. Nothing mechanical is different, and on a gun that gets carried through brush a synthetic stock is arguably the more sensible choice anyway.
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 this light shows up a poor fit immediately, so spend the twenty minutes with the shims before the season rather than after.
Specifications
- UPC: 193212030023
- Model: C-RACEBLK-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: Matte black synthetic
- 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 shot a twenty eight and cannot go back are the audience. Quail, woodcock, grouse and early doves are all well served, and a Retay Ace-R Extra Black 28 Gauge gives you a third shell without the weight of a bigger gun.
It is also an excellent choice for a younger or smaller framed shooter who has outgrown a youth twenty. Recoil is mild enough that nobody develops a flinch, the gun mounts easily, and the shim kit means the stock can be fitted 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-R Extra Black 28 Gauge. Fit the stock with the included shim kit before you hunt it, because a light 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. Stock up on ammunition when you find something that patterns well. 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.
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