RETAY ACE Shotgun Review: Season-Long Field Test
RETAY ACE Shotgun Review: Season-Long Field Test. After a full hunting season, we break down the RETAY ACE's durability, trigger guard design, and why it outperformed expectations in the field. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/retay_usa#person", "name": "Retay USA", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/retay_usa", "description": "Retay USA is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/4c10c0ad-55e2-4222-ae1a-290454000930.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/retay-ace-shotgun-review-field-test#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/retay-ace-shotgun-review-field-test" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/retay-ace-shotgun-review-field-test", "headline": "RETAY ACE Shotgun Review: Season-Long Field Test", "name": "RETAY ACE Shotgun Review: Season-Long Field Test", "description": "After a full hunting season, we break down the RETAY ACE's durability, trigger guard design, and why it outperformed expectations in the field.", "articleSection": "Gun Reviews", "articleBody": "The RETAY ACE is a Turkish-built semi-automatic shotgun that Billy Campbell (The Fowl Hunter) and Dennis Looney — better known as Dr. Duck — ran hard for a full waterfowl season before sitting down to review it on Greyhive. After a year of heavy field use, their verdict is straightforward: the ACE is a dependable duck gun that Retay took back to the shop and made \"a lot better\" with a handful of practical design upgrades. In their Retay USA walkthrough, Billy and Dennis break down the features that mattered most in the blind — the pop-off recoil pad, the tool-free trigger guard, the oversized loading port, and the new Realtree Legacy camo pattern. Both hunters ran 20-gauge ACEs last season, and Billy picked up a 12-gauge for this review. This isn't a range-day first impression. It's a season-long field test from two guys who, in their own words, \"shoot at a lot of ducks.\" Key Takeaways Billy Campbell (The Fowl Hunter) and Dr. Duck (Dennis Looney) ran the RETAY ACE for a full season before reviewing it. Dependability — \"staying engaged and firing each and every time\" — was Dennis's single favorite trait. The Airy recoil pad pops off by hand, speeding up second shots and doubles. The trigger guard removes with no pins and no screws, snapping right back in for a simple three-to-four-piece cleaning breakdown. The ACE adds an oversized trigger guard and oversized loading port over the previous model. A new Realtree Legacy camo —…