final assessment Royal Tiger Steyr Mannlicher1888/90 Rifle don't buy 

That my friend is what is called a wall hanger. These guns out of Africa are just the bottom of the barrel.

As always good info! Thanks.

Nice old rifle. Btw I went in Sportsman's Warehouse yesterday and they had a large selection of guns but not so much on ammo. They had 1 box of .40 s&w which I left for some poor soul and a pretty good bit of 5.56. Also some oddball shit like .224, 6mm and some other large rifle calibers. Could be worse though. I think it's getting better slowly but surely God willing

You could reline the barrel, but by then you would have a ton of money into it, and you would probably never get it back. I have to say, I do appreciate you making these videos, you are honest in your assessment. Most of us work pretty hard for our money, it is a shame to just give it away. Thanks for doing what you do!

Your videos are priceless Koba, I just ordered a russian berdan my fingers are crossed hope I'm not screwed

I hope the berthier grade A matching i ordered is ok. I also got a carcano rifle and m95 rifle. Im just praying the bores ok. its one thing to replace a couple parts but Im never gonna re-barrel it.

Did you try scrubbing with jb bore Brite? Maybe it is fouled at the end towards the muzzle and not shot out. Worth a try anyhow

What did you use for a replacement extractor?

I got burned by Classic Firearms on a "Banner" Mauser that was had a barrel that was completely trashed. I paid around $450 for that gun then put another $400 into it rebarreling to .308, headspace gauges and renting a reamer. Never again!

I wonder if they give ppl the worse ones when theyre on sale. I heard a lot of ppl say their rifles were trash after ordering them when theyre on sale.

Where is all the outrage about RTI? It seems like every video posted that exposes them gets taken down. Or the comments are filled with “shouldn’t have bought online” How about protecting the consumers and punishing bad business practices like selling sewer pipes for 400+ dollars

I bought the Ethiopian cut down version of the 88/90 from RTI, the bore is decent because 6 inches of the barrel got whacked off... For the original configuration I got about 5 inches of destroyed rifling similar to yours and a chewed up crown. I see why these things got chopped down.

The m95 Budapest I bought from Royal Tiger was a bust. Bore was trash. The m91 carcano was ok. But I believe they were not worth the money.

Out of curiosity where are from?

I did a couple short videos on them.

I use mine like that for fireforming brass mostly.

Would you counter bore ?

RTI are kinda known as best in recyclation business. Not only they take a trash from people, they even sell it to another people

The m91 carcano has a very worn bore. Needed to counterbore the muzzle. I agree. Royal Tiger Imports from Ethiopia are crap.

You should try the tubbs fire lapping to help and oversized projos….. you can get some accuracy back.

Looks like a royal flimflam 🙌🏾

Navy vet 76

It's unfortunate that you got one with such a bad barrel,especially for that kind of money.

500! Wtf thats so much for that abused rifle

Damn, and I just snagged a true 88 (non updated sights and a good bore) for 300 with a bulgarian contract bayonet. If you're ever in the market for a true Mannlicher 88, just let me know ;)

You could probably get that thing counterbored and get decent accuracy out of it.

That company should be put out of business, someone's going to get hurt................KAG.

Seems like Royal Tiger does not know what they are doing.

Never in a gale of henshit is a rifle such as that worth 500 dollars. Seems the "tiger" is bending buyers over...

I was seconds away from buying one of these my daughter persuaded me not to do it, I did buy a 1916 Mauser from a gun shop in great shape

I'd be tempted to rebarrel it

Yea they are not a great company Hope they arnt charging you too much for these