I’m a former RTI employee and I handled a lot of the firearms in inventory including the Hakims. I look at their guns as project guns, not as out of the box shooters. While I was working there I bought a DOU43 K98 and the bore looked similar to yours. I had bought it with the intention of restoring (non historical) it anyway but I did test fire it just to see how it grouped. The gun was easily minute of Honda Civic at 100 yards. The rounds did stabilize but did not group. More or less just peppered the target at random places. I threw a Lothar Walther barrel on it and did my own restoration job. The gun looks good and groups well now.

Yours is significantly nicer than mine.

I have been eagerly awaiting this video. I know how much you have been wanting one. Watching the video now. edit - going to look into getting one for myself.

I had one years ago in 8mm when they were cheap. It's an odd duck but the softest shooting rifle I ever owned.

I have wanted to acquire a Hakim at some point in time , I was like Wow , he acquired one , same as you , would have been better with the full stock on it . Looking forward to you shooting the rifle

Always wanted one of these myself. Very cool rifle. 8mm Mauser Man definitely needs one of these! Sweet.

Hey 8mm Mauser Man, I've been a fan of your channel since you posted your first ammo review (PPU 198 grain 8mm Mauser) back in 6/2020 and, after watching two or three more videos, I said to myself, "Someone get this man a Hakim"😁😉 P.S. I was bummed to hear about your Carcano (bulged barrels ain't no fun all) but at least the Hakim they sent you looks serviceable. Best of luck with future vids😊 P.P.S. BTW congrats on 3k followers🫡

When I use to be really into the milsurp firearm world; my best friend was simple green. For some reason simple would break down all the nastiness that was left behind in the bore, receiver, bolt carrier etc. I did this for all the metal components, not the stock. Never damaged any bluing either.

Super glue works really well for fixing those hairline cracks. I had an Egyptian FN49 that I repaired with super glue and it held up really well.

🇦🇺😎👍Hello Big John…. Nice ole gun….pour boiling hot water down the barrel. Years ago I struggled to clean my 8mm and someone told me to use boiling water so I did and it worked well. Perhaps your barrel may be too far gone , maybe 🤔…great video mate🏁

Be careful, the crack locatons indicate that it suffered a torn rim under pressure. It blows the guts of the magazine violently out the bottom. The condition of the chamber is the most important of all. If pitted, the cartridge will expand into the pitting and seize until it cools. Unfortunately the extractor can still tear off the rim. The Hakim manual of arms is only good for parts listing or valve adjustment. The history and manual of arms for the Swedish Ljungman AG42 is what you should use. Pay extra attention to cartridge lubrication and chamber brushes as cartridge extraction does not twist out the cartridge but pulls it straight out and is greatly affected by chamber and munition cleanliness and condition. Stay away from Turkish surplus as powder burn speed puts timing into dangerous territory for this semiauto. The Hakim is my favorite rifle.

Nice video, thanks for sharing. Numrich has repro mags for $51. That stock is super hard to find though.

Looking forward to getting one

Mg13 magazines can be modified to fit these,around 50 dollars or so each magazine. 25 rounds each

An old trick is to sand the stock. Take the wood dust & mix it with wood glue. Then rub it by had into the cracks. Then clamp the crack tight. Definitely test where & how to clamp the crack before squeezing glue in there. The wood dust in the glue colors the repair to look the same as the stock. Plus, the wood dust will take stain if you restain the stock. You're going to want an 8mm, stainless steel bore brush. I normally dont suggest them, but you really have a sewer pipe there. The stainless steel brush will clear out a lot of gunk brass brushes never will.

I was lucky enough to pick up one of these second hand several years ago. Until I did a little research, I really didn't know what it was. I've only put a few rounds through it, they're loud! A year or so after that I picked up, from the same guy, the Hakim's little brother, a Rasheed. The other 8mm rifle, 8mm Mauser Man needs, is an Egyptian FN49. Ask me how I know?!

I was waiting on this! I’ve wanted a hakim and haven’t fully watched the video. I’ll pick one up if you’re turns out well!

Run some Windex with wire brush and patches get the old kind with ammonia not vinigar usually cleans a bore to shiny condition especially good if your shooting corrosive ammo just do a normal clean and oil job after the Windex.

RTI def hit or miss also watch your fingers in that slide the gun is known for taking the tips of people's fingers off

John be carful reloading for your Hakim, I also have one that looked like a new unshot rifle, lucky me, but reloading my hakim I found that the chamber is large and being a blow back type bolt that the bullet cases expand greatly, resizing is not a problem but the case gets week at the head, I have noticed cracking around several case heads on my reloads, have not had a full case head separation but no longer reload any cases shot out of my Hakim. a case head separation will ruin your gun and posabley you to. John enjoy your gun.

Twice the price can get you one real nice. I almost bought one but wasnt wanting to source parts. Definately a crap shoot with rti

Yes, it is missing the portion of the stock below the barrel and above also no bayonet lug.

Dam good guns especially if you can get a couple of the 34 round federal magazines

My son and I bought a 50's Hakim and an Egyptian FN49 at the same time. Both are in great shape and shoot really well. The bore in the FN is not as nice as the Hakim bore, but it shoots accurately. I reload 8mm and I had to really fine dial the gas ports on both as they bash the hell out of cases! I put a piece of gas line hose on the deflector on the side of the Hakim dust cover, which helped the bashing. Btw, Garand thumb has NOTHING on Hakim thumb 😂

I’m not gonna lie, mine is in better condition.. the stock hasn’t been shortened & no major cracks other than 2 smalls in the buttstock area the rifling is a little pitted but still shows defined lands !! I recently got the gas adjustment valve un-seized and still mine jams every 3 to 4 rounds even with modern PPU ammo !! Watch out for “Hakim Thumb”,it is a real thing-worse than Garand Thumb !! I wouldn’t be surprised if yours has jams as well until you can troubleshoot it properly, but I hope yours works good!! Best of luck & god bless, keep on shootin’

Now that is a cool rifle build it back to like new would be fun

Hmmm, that gas valve looks like it needs adjusting ;)

Metal and bolt looks good hopefully it shoots decent groups.... Gotta do some work on the stock their good rifles but don't use that Turk ammo..... be well.

With surplus rifles if a do it yourself project. The journey begins when you get it. Parts should be availible for these so shop around for a better price..

Nice but being rti means it's automatically a wall hanger unless you just want to run mag dumps like a it's buckshot

I love that knife where did you get it?

Don’t feel too bad, every grade at RTI is crap. Their grading system is super flawed.

0:14 what did your thumbs ever do to you

Don't fire Turkish surplus 8mm ammo through that or you'll kill it that stuff is only safe in a bolt action rifle

One of the DI guns that isn’t an AR Clone.

Soak the stuffing out of the gas valve.

You can buy nice Hakims for $800-$1,000. Those also have magazines. Why would anyone buy this?

Looks like RTI dropped the price on these to 4oo$. I wonder if A) they've ran out of the more passable C-grades and have truly gotten to the bottom of the barrel. B) No one's buying C) People are hosing their inbox with bad marks as to their pricing. I think a lot of people go into these hoping for conditions comperable to what they've seen on the market since the dawn of imports. These are not that. If you can understand that, have read the description thoroughly, like to live dangerously rolling the rti dice, and are willing to replace some parts gradually and do a lot of cleaning, I can't imagine being shocked by what you get here, especially with the rti stories that abound. At the heart of it, theres guys out there looking for a nifty project, and like breathing some life into an old worn out rifle. At the end of the day is it going to be more expensive than finding a good condition one? Yeah, probably. But, you've not rescued one from the hellish torment of an open air Ethiopian warehouse.

It should work fine as long as you don't use Turkish surplus ammo

Designed in Sweden...

These guns they sell are so much the bottom of the barrel. The stock looks like playdoh. I'd sand it down so much to smooth it out that it would become a smaller rifle 🤣

Gotta love people who are just "satisified" with shit guns.

why is RTI still in business, if I wanted a shit stored rifle, I would have been born in Mogadishu.

They should be ashamed of the junk they are peddling on people

These are hot garbage.

Mine is missing buttstock completely (basically need new stock). I guess you and I will be racing who gets the stock first.