Over all their packaging is a lot better then what it use to be. I have a Swiss K-31 , in July I picked up the Swiss 96/11 infantry rifle and in a few days I will have a K-11 , I still need the Swiss 1911 infantry rifle . The K is Karabiner which is carbine . On your 1891 Carcano they used gain twist rifling to help with barrel erosion . I did take mine deer hunting one year , didn’t see anything . On the Steyr M95 is it in the 8x50r or in the 8x56r caliber ?, hope you can get the yours returned for the one you wanted
We hope to add a K31 later as they are such beautiful rifles! We explain the gain twist in our M91 cavalry carbine review because we think it is so cool! RTI is very much aware of me and there was a return label waiting in my email this morning. I can’t believe they used to less with their packaging that is nuts
That K11 carbine is definitely in 7.5 swiss. It looks right, but if you ordered a full size then yeah that is wrong. Look down the barrel most Swiss rifles have some wear on the stock, but all the metal should be pretty good.
We ordered a K11. Just was confused because of the way RTI tags stuff and we know very little on the Swiss rifles. The barrel need some patches run through it but it’s good.
wonder what I'll get, as I ordered b grade m88/90 and b grade m95 rifles yesterday. I got two of the m95 carbines last year, both ended up being scrapped for parts.
We are trying to get them to send us a carbine, we have yet to order a M95 rifle but they keep sending them instead of the carbine. When you get yours in I’m interested in knowing what condition you get. We just want a m95 carbine for parts as well. Every Manlicher we’ve got so far has been the standard filthy. However the first incorrect shipment had a near immaculate M95 the second screw up the M95 was as bad as the rest.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 I have little in 1888/90 parts, so anything I get, will suffice there. I'm hoping a shootable bore on the 95, or even half good, so I can make my own Stutzen, using what remains of the others. Besides, only a memory of rifling, the actions were too worn, to be safe. Yes, bolt loaded and chambered, even locked up. However, if tilted upwards at all, a slight bump would let bolt slide back 1/4 inch. Swapping bolts yielded one that stayed closed, but hot dust/gas in face was too much. They met Mr Bandsaw.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 For Swiss, I went with Classic and chose the 96/11. In that punchy round, I need the big heavy gun, or end up on my ass. My "no handguard" carcano carbine was excellent, but best shooter/action combo from RTI, has been one of the m88/90 cutdowns. Action so smooth, it never leaves my shoulder, and eyes never off the target. I did 1-1/2 inch counterbore, and wow, great shooter.
@@charlene2400 I have no doubt when we reload for the 1888/90s we are going to get gas in our face from at least one, they are just super worn. That is a neat idea cutting them down to carbines sense we have three I believe the one im going to have to make a stock for will be turned into a carbine just for fun.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 That's what all the 8x56 m34's were, Stutzen, cut down rifles. When you shoot an m95 based rifle, for your short distances, use ladder and slider up. the notch when laying ladder down, is either 300 or 400 meters. The lowest distance notch is actually on ladder, under the slider.
The same thing just happened to me, except I ordered a Carano TS carbine and got another 1891 Rifle. Of course they were out of the first model TS carbines that I initially ordered when I called them and told them...
Did it happen to you twice as well? We ordered a m95 carbine an they sent a rifle. The rifle was one of their hand selects so we kept it and told them and ordered again. Then they DID IT AGAIN an after this time we just finally got a carbine. It’s the worst stock of any the guns we have ordered. I’ll do an episode in the next week showcasing it
This is the first time it's happened to me. I ordered an 1891 Carcano and a 6.5 Vetterli in the last without issue. This last rifle also had terrible packaging, just bubble wrap and a cardboard box.
Technically speaking there is no such thing as a K11. That name is an American thing referring to the 1911 K- carbine. The full size 1911 is technically the 1911 G- rifle. However the K31 is the proper model name for the K31. You do have what we call a “K11”.
Oh man, it is suspicious to see what happened with the 2 rifles you had which there is paper in the bore. Anyways, have you looked into the Mannlicher 1895 rifle's bore? It could look bad outside but who knows.
It was super suspicious considering this is the first time they have ever done that out of around 13 rifles. No we didn’t look in the bore because we ordered and need a carbine. It’s already shipped back to them. We have a 95 rifle from the last screw up in very good condition.
I would be crying that I got robbed with this junk. No hard feelings but between purchase price shipping and transfer .I rather buy one beautiful rifle than 3 junkers...
Oh we enjoy gambling with RTI and here in MS there isn’t much of a collecting market. If you watch our channel the guns the host presents from pawnshop finds are normally the ONLY milsurp rifle in the store. We actually are so prominent in the weapon community that most shops will call us when milsurp comes in. So we can tell you honestly it comes like one or two rifles every few months. That’s why we are having fun expanding the collection through RTI while giving us restoration projects and challenges.
I was a bit surprised on that Swiss rifle as well.. I’m pretty sure when I looked they were not advertised in that condition. Are you thinking about rolling the dice on anything else on there? Perhaps any c grade? I also agree with their grading system, it’s quite ridiculous to be honest. The Lebel I got from them was 100% hands down a c grade rifle
Oh yes we are having fun gambling with RTI. We’ve ordered around 13 rifles so far and I would say half were serviceable out the box. The bore on the Swiss was not as nice as I expected either but nonetheless it is a fully functional service grade Swiss rifle for $450. We have another Gras carbine coming in today and just ordered one the the special troop carcano carbines this morning.
I’m jealous you got a Lebel. We were going to order the last one they posted but somebody beat us to it by the next morning. However their pricing is so all over the place we aren’t sure whether we want to risk getting an unserviceable Lebel for the price we could order four other rifles.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 definitely enjoy seeing what you guys get. That’s partially why I like to buy from them even though I think they screw you sometimes lol it’s just so fun to see what you get!
@@BigBoyRabbit420 bummer on the Lebel! I don’t know if it would have been worth it though tbh. I’m pretty sure the one I have the barrel is also bent. Definitely get that the Lebel is a high priced dice roll. They rolled out the email for project guns a couple weeks ago and had a $300 Lebel… I missed it I was so upset lol
@@64KarmannGhia that’s why we enjoy them too. We call them the milsurpers mystery box company because you never know what you will unwrap. Unfortunately they just jacked their prices up so we are getting like three more bigger ticket rifles from them an will be waiting on flash sales
I wouldn't get anything from Royal Tiger if you gave it to me. From what I've seen of online video tours and personal experiences of two of my friends, they sell pure trash. They buy huge lots of litteral boat anchors, blow the dust off of them and sell them for two or three times what they're actually worth and use deceptive sales and description practices to make you tjong you're getting a better grade than tou are. When you do get anything from them it's just tossed in a cheap cardboard box with minimal packaging and no kind of cushioning and you have to end up putting massive amounts of work and money into them just to have something that's safe to shoot and forget about getting a gun that's even decent looking. They're all beat up, cracked, rusted, full of gummed up cosmoline, insects and who knows what else. Unless you want an overpriced wall hanger, forget RT as a source of milsurp, if you even get the model you ordered. They're well known for sending you whatever they want to get rid of and claim they were out of the model you ordered. Their grading system is a joke. Order a grade B and you'll get spare parts in the form of a rifle. Grade C isn't even worth being a wall hanger.
You hit all the hard points. Your totally correct. We treat them more like a milsurpers mystery box and not actually looking to get anything spectacular from them. I do have to say all their Swiss rifles are good and they DO have the cheapest prices on the Swiss rifles.
Over all their packaging is a lot better then what it use to be. I have a Swiss K-31 , in July I picked up the Swiss 96/11 infantry rifle and in a few days I will have a K-11 , I still need the Swiss 1911 infantry rifle . The K is Karabiner which is carbine . On your 1891 Carcano they used gain twist rifling to help with barrel erosion . I did take mine deer hunting one year , didn’t see anything . On the Steyr M95 is it in the 8x50r or in the 8x56r caliber ?, hope you can get the yours returned for the one you wanted
We hope to add a K31 later as they are such beautiful rifles! We explain the gain twist in our M91 cavalry carbine review because we think it is so cool! RTI is very much aware of me and there was a return label waiting in my email this morning. I can’t believe they used to less with their packaging that is nuts
That second rifle looks like it was rode hard and put away wet in an Ethiopian goat shed.
Oh yes, an then they got it out of the goat shed an held it to a wire wheel an ground off the finish before shipping them over here
That K11 carbine is definitely in 7.5 swiss. It looks right, but if you ordered a full size then yeah that is wrong. Look down the barrel most Swiss rifles have some wear on the stock, but all the metal should be pretty good.
We ordered a K11. Just was confused because of the way RTI tags stuff and we know very little on the Swiss rifles. The barrel need some patches run through it but it’s good.
Buy a couple boxes of GP-11 Ammo to see how your K-11 shoots then ya can reload some PPU 7.5 Swiss with .308 projectiles......be well.
@@MegaBait1616 we got a bunch of the PPu and S&B ammo for it an it shoots like an absolute dream. We just posted a range video with it.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 , will do..........
wonder what I'll get, as I ordered b grade m88/90 and b grade m95 rifles yesterday. I got two of the m95 carbines last year, both ended up being scrapped for parts.
We are trying to get them to send us a carbine, we have yet to order a M95 rifle but they keep sending them instead of the carbine. When you get yours in I’m interested in knowing what condition you get. We just want a m95 carbine for parts as well. Every Manlicher we’ve got so far has been the standard filthy. However the first incorrect shipment had a near immaculate M95 the second screw up the M95 was as bad as the rest.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 I have little in 1888/90 parts, so anything I get, will suffice there. I'm hoping a shootable bore on the 95, or even half good, so I can make my own Stutzen, using what remains of the others. Besides, only a memory of rifling, the actions were too worn, to be safe. Yes, bolt loaded and chambered, even locked up. However, if tilted upwards at all, a slight bump would let bolt slide back 1/4 inch. Swapping bolts yielded one that stayed closed, but hot dust/gas in face was too much. They met Mr Bandsaw.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 For Swiss, I went with Classic and chose the 96/11. In that punchy round, I need the big heavy gun, or end up on my ass. My "no handguard" carcano carbine was excellent, but best shooter/action combo from RTI, has been one of the m88/90 cutdowns. Action so smooth, it never leaves my shoulder, and eyes never off the target. I did 1-1/2 inch counterbore, and wow, great shooter.
@@charlene2400 I have no doubt when we reload for the 1888/90s we are going to get gas in our face from at least one, they are just super worn. That is a neat idea cutting them down to carbines sense we have three I believe the one im going to have to make a stock for will be turned into a carbine just for fun.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 That's what all the 8x56 m34's were, Stutzen, cut down rifles. When you shoot an m95 based rifle, for your short distances, use ladder and slider up. the notch when laying ladder down, is either 300 or 400 meters. The lowest distance notch is actually on ladder, under the slider.
The same thing just happened to me, except I ordered a Carano TS carbine and got another 1891 Rifle. Of course they were out of the first model TS carbines that I initially ordered when I called them and told them...
Did it happen to you twice as well? We ordered a m95 carbine an they sent a rifle. The rifle was one of their hand selects so we kept it and told them and ordered again. Then they DID IT AGAIN an after this time we just finally got a carbine. It’s the worst stock of any the guns we have ordered. I’ll do an episode in the next week showcasing it
This is the first time it's happened to me. I ordered an 1891 Carcano and a 6.5 Vetterli in the last without issue. This last rifle also had terrible packaging, just bubble wrap and a cardboard box.
@@christopherholroyd408 they are hit an miss with their packaging
Well hey, good thing I like cleaning up old rifles. Luckily none have shown up damaged due to their packing skills yet.
@@christopherholroyd408 we’ve had some with new cracks but couldn’t tell you if it happened in shipping or just being crated poorly for import.
I bought a Manlicher from them non B grade that was in worse shape than your second rifle. Def not happy about that.
Dang. It definitely is a gamble ordering anything from them
Swiss 1911 long rifle
Technically speaking there is no such thing as a K11. That name is an American thing referring to the 1911 K- carbine. The full size 1911 is technically the 1911 G- rifle. However the K31 is the proper model name for the K31. You do have what we call a “K11”.
That’s neat. Much like how we call Japanese weapons Type whatever when Type is an incorrect American thing.
Oh man, it is suspicious to see what happened with the 2 rifles you had which there is paper in the bore. Anyways, have you looked into the Mannlicher 1895 rifle's bore? It could look bad outside but who knows.
It was super suspicious considering this is the first time they have ever done that out of around 13 rifles. No we didn’t look in the bore because we ordered and need a carbine. It’s already shipped back to them. We have a 95 rifle from the last screw up in very good condition.
I would be crying that I got robbed with this junk. No hard feelings but between purchase price shipping and transfer .I rather buy one beautiful rifle than 3 junkers...
Oh we enjoy gambling with RTI and here in MS there isn’t much of a collecting market. If you watch our channel the guns the host presents from pawnshop finds are normally the ONLY milsurp rifle in the store. We actually are so prominent in the weapon community that most shops will call us when milsurp comes in. So we can tell you honestly it comes like one or two rifles every few months. That’s why we are having fun expanding the collection through RTI while giving us restoration projects and challenges.
I was a bit surprised on that Swiss rifle as well.. I’m pretty sure when I looked they were not advertised in that condition. Are you thinking about rolling the dice on anything else on there? Perhaps any c grade? I also agree with their grading system, it’s quite ridiculous to be honest. The Lebel I got from them was 100% hands down a c grade rifle
Oh yes we are having fun gambling with RTI. We’ve ordered around 13 rifles so far and I would say half were serviceable out the box. The bore on the Swiss was not as nice as I expected either but nonetheless it is a fully functional service grade Swiss rifle for $450. We have another Gras carbine coming in today and just ordered one the the special troop carcano carbines this morning.
I’m jealous you got a Lebel. We were going to order the last one they posted but somebody beat us to it by the next morning. However their pricing is so all over the place we aren’t sure whether we want to risk getting an unserviceable Lebel for the price we could order four other rifles.
@@BigBoyRabbit420 definitely enjoy seeing what you guys get. That’s partially why I like to buy from them even though I think they screw you sometimes lol it’s just so fun to see what you get!
@@BigBoyRabbit420 bummer on the Lebel! I don’t know if it would have been worth it though tbh. I’m pretty sure the one I have the barrel is also bent. Definitely get that the Lebel is a high priced dice roll. They rolled out the email for project guns a couple weeks ago and had a $300 Lebel… I missed it I was so upset lol
@@64KarmannGhia that’s why we enjoy them too. We call them the milsurpers mystery box company because you never know what you will unwrap. Unfortunately they just jacked their prices up so we are getting like three more bigger ticket rifles from them an will be waiting on flash sales
I wouldn't get anything from Royal Tiger if you gave it to me. From what I've seen of online video tours and personal experiences of two of my friends, they sell pure trash. They buy huge lots of litteral boat anchors, blow the dust off of them and sell them for two or three times what they're actually worth and use deceptive sales and description practices to make you tjong you're getting a better grade than tou are. When you do get anything from them it's just tossed in a cheap cardboard box with minimal packaging and no kind of cushioning and you have to end up putting massive amounts of work and money into them just to have something that's safe to shoot and forget about getting a gun that's even decent looking. They're all beat up, cracked, rusted, full of gummed up cosmoline, insects and who knows what else. Unless you want an overpriced wall hanger, forget RT as a source of milsurp, if you even get the model you ordered. They're well known for sending you whatever they want to get rid of and claim they were out of the model you ordered. Their grading system is a joke. Order a grade B and you'll get spare parts in the form of a rifle. Grade C isn't even worth being a wall hanger.
You hit all the hard points. Your totally correct. We treat them more like a milsurpers mystery box and not actually looking to get anything spectacular from them. I do have to say all their Swiss rifles are good and they DO have the cheapest prices on the Swiss rifles.