Retay Asend 22 LR 16″ Walnut Bolt Action — Superb Sub-MOA Rimfire

Description

The Retay Asend is a rimfire built to a standard that used to require spending three times the money. It runs a Remington 700 action footprint, a three-stage adjustable trigger, a free-floating heavy straight-taper barrel produced with Retay’s deep bore drilling process, and it carries a sub-MOA guarantee at 50 yards. This is the Hunter configuration: a 16 inch barrel in premium black chrome, wearing a Turkish-oiled walnut stock.

Deep Bore Drilled Barrels and Sub-MOA Accuracy

Retay’s claim to fame is barrel manufacture, and the Asend is where the company applied it to a rimfire. The barrels are deep bore drilled, which produces a straighter bore than the conventional approach and is the reason a rifle at this price point can carry an accuracy guarantee at all. The barrel is a heavy varmint straight taper, free floating from the action forward, and finished in premium black chrome for corrosion resistance.

At 16 inches the barrel keeps the rifle handy without giving up meaningful velocity, since 22 LR reaches most of its speed well before that point. The muzzle is set up for the accessories a rimfire shooter actually uses.

Specifications

• Model: Asend Hunter, ASD22-SWAL-16
• Caliber: 22 LR
• Barrel: 16 in, deep bore drilled, heavy varmint straight taper, free floating
• Barrel finish: premium black chrome
• Action: Remington 700 footprint bolt action, 60 degree throw
• Bolt: hard chrome, threaded bolt handle
• Trigger: three-stage adjustable
• Magazine: 10-round rotary, Ruger 10/22 compatible
• Stock: Turkish-oiled walnut
• Length of pull: 13.45 in
• Safety: two-position ambidextrous
• Optics: bowtie Picatinny rail
• Accuracy: sub-MOA at 50 yards

The Asend is also offered in a Sporter configuration with a synthetic stock and M-LOK mounting points, and in a 20 inch barrel length in both stocks. The walnut Hunter is the one to choose if the rifle is going to be handled as much as it is shot: Turkish walnut with an oil finish ages better than any synthetic, and it can be refinished rather than replaced when it eventually picks up marks.

Why it is worth considering

• Deep bore drilled barrel with a sub-MOA guarantee at 50 yards
• Remington 700 action footprint, so the 700 aftermarket fits directly
• Ruger 10/22 compatible rotary magazines, cheap and available everywhere
• Three-stage adjustable trigger rather than a fixed factory unit
• Turkish-oiled walnut stock, refinishable and better-looking with age
• Hard chrome bolt and black chrome barrel for corrosion resistance

Who it suits

The Retay Asend suits the shooter who wants a serious rimfire trainer or a small-game rifle that shoots better than it costs. The Remington 700 footprint means it can grow with you — a chassis, a better trigger, a different stock are all available off the shelf — and the 10/22 magazine compatibility removes the one recurring cost that usually makes an accurate rimfire annoying to feed.

Ammunition, Magazines and Optics

A rifle with a sub-MOA guarantee is only as good as what you feed it. The Retay Asend will shoot most 40-grain standard velocity 22 LR well, and match-grade rimfire ammunition in the 1,050 to 1,080 fps range is where a deep bore drilled barrel earns its keep. High velocity hunting loads work perfectly well for small game at practical ranges. It is worth buying a few different boxes and finding which one your rifle prefers, because rimfire barrels are notoriously individual about it. Full model specifications are published by the manufacturer at Retay USA.

Magazines are the easy part: the rotary magazine is Ruger 10/22 compatible, so any standard 10/22 magazine will run in this rifle. The bowtie Picatinny rail takes any standard ring set, and because the action is a Remington 700 footprint, aftermarket bases fit as well. Browse the rest of our Retay USA firearms, look through our rifle catalog, or see the wider firearms selection.

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