Description
The Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge is the wood stocked twenty in Retay flagship inertia line, built with a 26 inch barrel, a 3 inch chamber and a weight of five pounds nine ounces. It is a genuine field gun that happens to look like the shotguns people inherit rather than the ones people buy.
What the Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge Offers
The Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge action is inertia driven rather than gas operated. Retay Inertia Plus bolt uses a rollover torsion spring to positively rotate the bolt head into battery, which solves the one persistent complaint about inertia guns, namely being jarred out of lockup when the gun is slung or knocked. There is no gas system to foul, which keeps both weight and maintenance down.
The Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge barrel is deep bore drilled from straight stock instead of being hammer forged around a mandrel, and the forcing cone is lengthened at the factory. The practical result is less pellet deformation and a softer push, both of which matter more in a light twenty gauge than they would in a heavy twelve.
The trigger group removes at the push of a button with no tools. That makes cleaning practical in the field, and a Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge stored with its trigger group out cannot be fired, which is a real safety feature rather than a marketing line.
Weight, Capacity and Fit
Five pounds nine ounces with a 26 inch barrel is a comfortable balance for upland work. It is light enough to carry all day and long enough in the barrel to keep a swing honest, which is a harder compromise to strike than it sounds. A Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge is noticeably easier on the arms than a twelve at the end of a long walk.
Capacity on the Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge is 3+1 with a 3 inch chamber, so the gun will handle everything from light dove loads to heavier pheasant shells. The receiver is not drilled and tapped in 20 gauge, which is worth knowing if you had a rail in mind, though a bead is the right answer on a gun like this anyway.
Every Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge has a 14.5 inch length of pull and ships with a shim kit for drop and cast. Wood grade varies from gun to gun and Retay says so openly, so expect some natural variation in figure. Fit the stock properly before the season, because a light gun rewards it.
Specifications
- UPC: 193212036032
- Model: B-ACEWAL-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
- Trigger group: Push button removable, no tools
- Sight: Single fiber optic bead
- Chokes: Cylinder through full, plus extended long range tube
- Stock: Turkish walnut, shim kit included
- Recoil pad: AIRY air pocket system
- Length of pull: 14.5 in with shims
- Weight: 5 lbs 9 oz
- Receiver: Not drilled and tapped in 20 gauge
- Warranty: Retay USA limited lifetime
Who Should Buy It
Upland hunters who prefer wood are the obvious fit. A Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge costs the same as the camo versions, weighs the same, and looks considerably better leaning against a tailgate. That is a perfectly good reason to choose a shotgun.
It also suits shooters stepping down from a twelve. The recoil is milder, the gun carries easier, and modern twenty gauge loads do far more than their reputation suggests on pheasants and ducks over decoys. A Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge is not a compromise gun.
Where it is not the right pick is hard weather waterfowl hunting, where a synthetic or dipped stock survives abuse better, or high volume clays, where weight helps you rather than hurts you. Retay builds camo Ace models and the heavier twelve gauge for those jobs.
A few practical notes before ordering a Retay Ace Walnut 20 Gauge. Set the stock up with the shim kit before you hunt it, since fit matters more on a light gun than on a heavy one. Break the action in with standard field loads rather than the lightest target shells, because inertia systems need recoil energy to cycle reliably when new. Keep the wood oiled if you hunt wet country, 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 12 gauge Ace Walnut or browse our other shotguns.
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