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Anyone know how to remove the rear sight screw that holds the sight leaf on? Mine doesn’t seem want to unscrew

Nice work! I've never fired one of these, or even anything in .303, but I really love the look of them. Also, the lore around these specific rifles is pretty strong.

Can you replace the barrel on a type 88?

That second rifle is a great find.

C all day long. I know I've seen better C grades on here

Wire wheeling a milsurp is like wire wheeling your penis. JUST DON'T 😂

great video thanks for the info

I have a Brown Bess From the Nepal armory cache

As far as implied scarcity goes? They send me e-mails daily. One day, this is our last one, then a week later there is the next batch. :) It is like buying sea horses off the back page of a comic book. It could happen! LOL! What are looking for, and how much are you willing to pay? Either way you get a part of history. I enjoy restoring guns, so I roll the dice a little harder than others. :)

I have purchased four rifles so far and am pleased with all. The last was Refurbished. That worried me but was still in line with what I could hope to get. I was able to up my game on how to clean a rough bore! :) It was all still there!

It seems like making a load for the 6.5 would be easier and the 10.4 would be the wall hanger

Check out the Rifle Shoppe, looks like model 1841 or 1837 officers model! They have a forge and make brass and steel parts. Great collection!

I've been on the fence on rolling the dice on these from RTI. I have been fortunate so far five rifles in not getting my hopes up and then being pleasantly surprised. Looks like you acquired a nice piece of history. I enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.

Do you recall what grade it was?

Hey great video! I’d love to know where got your repro liner, this video deserves more credit than it got!

Mine cleaned up nice. Bore seems good. But worn. Fingers crossed 🤞

Looks like Elm, So that would date it sometime in WWI because they ran out of walnut. Nice rifle!

How do you date these lebels? Mine got rebarreled by tulle in 1936 but i want to know what the production date would be of the original reciever

i have a issue 3 too e4verything works its just corrodded lmk if your interested

Really cool video! I'm currently working on a 3D render of the helmet and I was wondering, how do the aluminum strips hold the liner? I get how they are connected to the main body of the helmet but I am confused as to how they do to the liner x)

Where can I get that shirt ? And what does it say

Good Video

I just got a m95 in 8x50. I can only load 2 rounds at a time or my rounds will nose dive right into the mag well instead of chambering. Does anyone know of a fix for this?

My Rifle came in for royal tiger. Man mine is rough. Absolutely "0" bluing left due to them wire wheeling the whole thing. In fact, they wore wheeled the receiver so much it gouged it all over. I'm going to lightly sand, blue the rifle. Should turn out really good but dang, I cannot believe how much they wore wheeled this rifle.

I’m trying to find one like you took off without having to buy from Ram

Looks nice, the grip is in better shape than I would imagine.

I also ordered three rifles from Century a couple of years ago, but unfortunately, none came with intact stocks. It seems you've had better luck with one in good condition and two with broken stocks, providing you with an opportunity for restoration. I managed to acquire some Chinese Type 88 rifles from them as well, although their bores are in poor condition, they should serve well as a source of spare parts, including bolts and stocks, for my Gewehr 88 project. I'm contemplating fitting those Hanyang stocks onto the Gewehr 88, perhaps as a hobby shooter 🤷‍♂or even attempting a sporterized version-although that may require significant modification. I've seen someone achieve it before, albeit with extensive alterations. At least the receiver should be compatible. Regarding the bolts, it appears that headspacing is an issue. The prices for bolt heads on eBay are exorbitant! It's quite a challenge to find a full Gewehr 88 for under $400. Nonetheless, these projects promise to be enjoyable, as I embark on the hunt for parts and delve into the world of restoration.

What Grade was this?

Those books are neat… I have the carcano rifle book but I think I might pick up the campaign book

Excellent collection… love the display. I just got to long rifle carcanos b grade from RTi. They’re gonna need some love but I’m excited. I’ve bought several cav carbines and those have been awesome condition. Hope they get more lebel 1886 in.. I missed those

SBR?

I recently purchased a Gewher 88 rifle at a local gun show that was also missing the bolt head assembly. After a bit of research, I too purchased a bolt head from Myers and it should be in my mail box shortly. The rifle is in very nice condition, with an excellent bore, and it will be a fun project. After a complete disassembly, I was very pleased to find an original in-the-white finish on the exterior of the barrel! Someone had caringly greased it at some point, so it has survived well. The barrel jacket has a couple of light dents, and the rear band was stamped with the regimental markings. Original finish overall, and it doesn't show any Turkish markings or import stamps. The bore appears to be 0.318" after a careful lead slug ball was driven into it and measured with a mic. This old dog will bark again!

Nice collection! I feel like I’ve been watching it being built over the last 3-4 years

I have one... where did you get the rounds?

That’s an impressive collection of Italian firearms! It’s quite interesting to see all these Italian rifles together in one video. Can’t wait to see the range videos!

Really nice Italian collection. I love seeing other peoples collections so thanks for the update.

I have both an original 1888 Mannlicher and an 88/90. I can't tell any real differences between the two except the side plates on the rear sight. Supposedly they also changed the chamber area slightly; hence why there are 8x50 and 8x52 cases. The case length doesn't really seem to matter in these so long as it's between 50 and 53mm or so. Anyways, I was wondering if you would happen to know if they changed anything with the action to strengthen it or did they basically just change the sights? Reason being, I know these aren't the strongest actions and found it odd that nothing was really changed as far as action strength when transitioning to smokeless powders. I would like to use the same loads in both of my Mannlichers if possible. As an aside, I do load my own ammo. Those loads from Castos Curios seem a bit stout for the wedge locks. I'd probably only fire those in the M95 Mannlichers. I think the loads for the wedge locks was a heavy 240-245gr moving about 1800-1900fps but those were with black powder and semi smokeless loads which have a gentle pressure curve, though I'm sure many of these wedge locks were fired with the later M93 ammo as well. Having multiple special cartridges in the same caliber being made and issued would be a logistics nightmare. I suppose other "weak" actions also made the transition to smokeless. Rolling block, Vetterli, Martini-Henry, M71 Mauser 6.5 conversions, the Gras 8mm conversions, etc... Liked and subscribed btw. You've done a good job restoring a lot of these arms.

Great collection, I cant wait till I'm able to display my collection like that. Also Ralph Riccio's Italian small arms is another good book for Italian small arms during the world wars.

Great collection excellent video😊😊😊😊

What an awesome collection and display. Another great and informative video...

Great stuff - I really like these casual showings of your collection. I’ve watched the last one multiple times. Thanks for sharing!

Nice to see a video from you . I like how you have the display set up . I have the 1881 Carcano book also , really liked what was presented in it . Looking forward to some shooting videos .

I always enjoy your videos when they show up.

That’s a very nice collection. Thanks for pointing me to some Bodeo ammo

is the Lugar and C96 - rti as well ?

Very cool

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RT is great I found a rare rifle there for 1k, in decent condition but for years Ive never seen that rare rifle for sale for less than 4k

Does the magazine cutoff hold any value to the rifles? I got one and it is missing one by the looks of it. It is an AOI marked and it isn't from their B grade stockpile but their A Grade. They be costing $399 but it was purchased on Black Friday for $199 unlike the $150 B Grades at the time.