The Retay Gordion is an Affordable Inertia Driven Shotgun

Well-built inertia-driven hunting shotguns are not cheap, and cheap ones are seldom good. There are, however, exceptions to every rule. Few Americans are familiar with the Retay brand, but that is quickly changing. Are they a passing fad, or is this name changing the game and here to stay? Guns.com checks out the Retay Gordion shotgun.

Just when we thought all Turkish-made shotguns fell into the cookie-cutter budget category, Retay Arms swoops in with inertia-driven semi-autos for hunters and do-it-all shooters seeking higher dollar features at more reasonable than average prices. Retay Arms has been flying under the radar for a few years, but they’re a secret no longer. The Konya, Turkey, rooted company has its USA headquarters in Easton, Maryland, and puts out two major shotgun lines, the Masai Mara and the Gordion.

Innovative features set them apart from the competition in a crowded hunting shotgun market. The Masai Mara offers a sweet, quick release trigger group, which comes free without tools and allows for both safe storage and quick clearing of debris in the duck flats.

Both the Masai Mara and the Gordion use an “easy unload” system that allows the magazine tube to be cleared in seconds without racking live rounds through the action. In another sweet turn of engineering, Retay’s Inertia Plus floating bolt system is intended to eliminate the misfires that have plagued other such inertia systems from major manufacturers.