Retay Ascend .22LR Rifle Review: Budget-Friendly
Retay Ascend .22LR Rifle Review: Budget-Friendly. Turkish walnut stock, free-floating barrel, 2.5-lb trigger: does the $509 Retay Ascend deliver accuracy for beginners and experienced shooters alike? { "@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/mud_lake_ranch#person", "name": "Mud Lake Ranch", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/mud_lake_ranch", "description": "Mud Lake Ranch is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/f346142b-4346-4463-a41e-b599c78375be.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/retay-ascend-22lr-rifle-review#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/retay-ascend-22lr-rifle-review" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/retay-ascend-22lr-rifle-review", "headline": "Retay Ascend .22LR Rifle Review: Budget-Friendly", "name": "Retay Ascend .22LR Rifle Review: Budget-Friendly", "description": "Turkish walnut stock, free-floating barrel, 2.5-lb trigger: does the $509 Retay Ascend deliver accuracy for beginners and experienced shooters alike?", "articleSection": "Gun Reviews", "articleBody": "The Retay Ascend .22LR is a bolt-action rimfire rifle with an oil-rubbed Turkish walnut stock, a free-floating tapered heavy barrel, and a $509 MSRP — and in his field review on Greyhive, the host of Mud Lake Ranch put it through enough rounds to say plainly that it made him a better shooter. That's a bigger claim than \"accurate for the money,\" and he backed it with groups instead of adjectives. Across the 19-minute review, the Mud Lake Ranch host shot the Ascend at 50 and 100 yards using bulk Remington Ranch Hand 40-grain ammunition, measured the trigger five times with a Wheeler Tools gauge, and topped the rifle with an Arken Optics Outrider 2-12x42 on the factory Picatinny rail. The short version: sub-half-inch groups at 50 yards with standard-velocity plinking ammo, a trigger averaging roughly 2.5 pounds, and one real gripe about the magazine. This is the kind of rifle that tends to get overlooked because it isn't exciting. It's a wood-stocked bolt gun in the most common rimfire caliber on earth. But the numbers on this one are worth reading before you spend the same money on something with more marketing behind it. Key Takeaways MSRP is $509, and the Mud Lake Ranch host notes street pricing runs \"significantly cheaper at retail.\" Five Wheeler Tools trigger-gauge pulls ranged from 2 lb 3.5 oz to 3 lb 1.2 oz, averaging close to 2.5 pounds with no creep and no take-up. The rifle held under a half inch at 50 yards…