I got suckered into buying one of the “Refinished“ No 4s from Classic. It was caked in dirt and had a half assed finish slapped over said dirt. Makes these seem like a bargain.

"You be the judge" is more of a Paul Harrell thing than Tim Pool.

great review I ordered some carcano rifles from them will be doing a review soon.

Feel like I learned a few things about inspecting milsurps.

I'm sorry but all those rifles seem terrible, and worn like they have been hit with a wire brush. I had a look on their site and there is now only three glowing reviews. Even their pictures showed missing parts like safetys and cocking knobs. I'm just glad I got my enfields a few years ago. I hope you can at least make a couple of shooters out of them.

I don't think I'll ever purchase from RTI.

I bought a m16a1 kit from RTI they made me wait 3 weeks. Kit was very nice but they did not send me my pistol grip or the flash hider. After contacting them they told me to take a hike. Ended up buying replacement parts but they left a bad taste in my mouth.

4 neglect African owned riffles, 1 with an Ethiopian art work on a tiger walnut stock. RTI paid 20$ each probably, tops

Get what you pay for I guess.

I've read a lot of horror stories on rifles from RTI. Of course though, when you buy rifles that came from countries where you know they were rode hard and put up wet, this is to be expected I guess. I am really excited about the decent stash of Carcanos and Chassepot's and I may take the risk on both here soon. At the price, it's worth it.

Fazakerley is about a 20 minute drive from me, weird seeing rifles made there pop all over the world

Looks like they have removed your review now.

Thanks Mike I really appreciate you doing a review of these guys. I really didn't know what to expect from these grade c rifles and this gives me somewhat of a idea.

Hehe, now I see why you said 'deals can be had on Enfields' in your last vid! Excellent quality video as always MIke, you're probably my favorite youtuber and you've taught me a sh*t ton!

Thanks for sharing! Unfortunately, I took a gamble on a Gew98 that turned out let so. Everything looked good except the bore and am in the process of evaluating if I should shoot it with the faint rifle that exists in the barrel. The throat is pretty much smooth bore though so am waiting for shows to start up so I can grab a barrel to swap out.

Love enfields, just picked up a jungle carbine, 1945 BSA minty too. All matching including the mag. Thanks for the video Mike, you're the man

Great review, I got lucky with my C grade. Bought one and it is a No. 4 Mk2 made in Fazakerley, 5 groove barrel. Slight cordworn at the end. Might recrow it, the muzzle test indicated that it was barely shot. Slight rust at the end of the barrel, and a good throat. Was missing the front sight protector, extractor spring, and forend nut and bolt. I bought some of the parts, but I'll have to fabricate a nut for bolt in the forend. Damm things are impossible to find. Magazine and safety came included. The only major problem which I haven't done to much to is the bolt won't cycle properly to lock forward. It won't come close to locking forward, even with extreme pressure on it. I think it was reassembled wrongly and I lack the firing pin tool to take it apart to check. I plan on buying that tool, maybe it's a knowledge thing, this is my first and only Lee Enfield rifle I own, so I'm more clueless on this then other rifles I own.

OOOF! Thanks for posting the follow up to that comment thread on the other video. I have seen the same issue happen to some other guy on GunBoards on his Savage Grade C. It's a shame that pretty much all of them have the finish worn down to the white. It sounds like you did the right thing of ordering more than one to guarantee that at least one is going to be acceptable to shoot, and parting out the rest.

Excellent review and actionable information. I was thinking about picking up a few as well. No longer.

RTI riding the line is a good way to put the company. Bought an M48 with a decent bore, cleaned up decent (hideous import mark but that happens), and mildly beat up with some paint on the stock that i cant read. Still fun as hell to shoot and only needed a replacement firing pin spring.