Home Forums Birds & Dogs Shotguns Retay SA quick review.

Buddy bought a retay (Turkish) 12 GA. Claim to fame is that it is a benelli clone for under $1000.

We assembled it in parking lot. Cosmoline still in it. Fit and finish seems good for a Turkish gun.

He cycled 100 1 oz loads though it without a single misfunction.

I shot it on a few stations. I needed a different shim (not anything faulty with gun). It is barrel heavy compared to benelli/other SA. That was really my only complaint.

Of course longevity is unknown.

Decent option. For me, if I was considering it, I think I'd save up a few more dollars and get one of the B gun SA.

I had one. Decided I preferred a Montefeltro, which can be had for about the same price. A 20 Monte is one of my favorite shotguns of all time. One of the youtube characters on shotgun world will attack anyone that says anything bad about Retays. I would go Benelli in that there is really no price difference, and I think Benelli makes a little nicer shotgun.

Never gave any of the Turkish shotguns a second thought.

I could never buy a gun name of Retay...

Who do they think they are selling to.

LGS says they are selling more of them than all other SA combined.

Who is LGS ?

I believe LGS is "local gun shop"

A Benelli knockoff named "Retay" for nearly the price of an actual Benelli? Hard pass.

That is what I think as well especially if you plan on flipping it in the future.

The Turks may eventually make good to great shotguns. Eventually has yet to arrive…. and with the potential for civil unrest in their world….it my be a long wait.

I think I paid around $1,000 for mine. Didn't care for several features and put it up for sale at the local gunshop. It sat for about a year with a $700 asking price. I was finally offered $500, which I took.

Fit and finish seemed better than expected. I've got a safe of benellis and berettas. If I needed another, this wouldn't be it, but if one is going on a few duck hunts a year, maybe a dove hunt or a pheasant hunt once every few years, seems like a serviceable option. The barrel heaviness was the biggest problem.

I had a Retay Gordion Turkey model, I had no complaints, it was nice and slim and lighter than My Montefeltro, the Retay cycled every time and shot straight (unlike some other shotguns I have owned including a few Benellis)..I sold it to a buddy that loves it cause I got too many shotguns but for the $779.00 I paid for the Gordion Turkey model it was a lot of shotgun for the money IMO....Hb

779 wouldn’t be bad. Mine was not terrible but a disappointment. All the articles said how great the wood is and raves about the fit and finish. Mine came in and was really plain and in my opinion a step below a Benelli in most regards. I feel like $600-700 would be a good price new for the one I had, which was the wood stock model..

I also have a Turkish Mossberg SA28 on the other hand that I like. It’s not a Beretta in quality much like the Retay is not a Benelli but I paid less than $500 for the SA28 so never expected it to be.

I just laid hands on one at the local gun store. The ones they have had good fit and finish. I am thinking about another 20 ga SA and had it down to a Beretta or Benelli. The local store was singing Retay praise but I was not sure. After reading this, I think I will stick to the Berettas and Benelli's.