re: Anyone shoot Retay shotguns?

I thought the M2 was more expensive than it is. That's a great buy as well.

Benelli prices have been pretty flat for a while now and everything else has gone up.

I handled one the other day, felt like hollow plastic. I’d get a midline Beretta or Benelli before the retay

My brother in law has one. He likes it. But I’ll ask the same question I asked him when he got his:

Why? They cost $1,000 and for a little more you can get a Beretta A300 or Benelli Montefeltro that shoots 3”.

His answer: I need to shoot 3.5” shells.

My response: With modern loads no one needs to shoot 3.5” shells.

I’m my head: (Just buy a Stoeger if you’re going that route. They’re less expensive and do the same thing with the same camo coating.)

Good marketing, I guess?

I just looked on Gunbroker at the various 12’s.

Retay Masa Mara 3.5” $1,200-$1,500

Beretta A300 3” $850-$1,000
Benelli Montefeltro 3” $900-$1,000
Benelli M2 3” $1,200-$1,300
Benelli SBE 3 3.5” $1,600-$1,800
Beretta A400 3.5” $1,500-$1,800

Stoeger 3500 3.5” $570-$650-Also Turkish and with a long track record. It’s probably the best deal if you just have to sling 3.5” shells. I have one as a loaner or backup to an SBE 2 when I used to shoot the bigger gauge. That Stoeger has never failed to fire and has shucked everything given it.

This obviously doesn’t include the various offerings from Winchester, Mossberg, etc.