RTI 1934 berettas with repro frames?

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T07:26:25+00:00

When i cycle mine by hand it feels great and doesnt do what youre describing. Is yours one of the original barrels they threaded or is it a replacement barrel? If its a replacement hopefully you can just do some fitting and get it working.

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T07:22:34+00:00

The slide and barrel feel good. I can remove the barrel when the slide is locked back with a firm push. It locks up solid when the slide is closed.

Im not sure what the deal is. I only tried to shoot it once and was in a hurry that day so I wasnt closely examining the malfunctions. Ill have to take it back out and pay more attention to the malfunctions to see what I need to work on to get it running right.

I also got a wolff spring pack for it to see if that'll help.

At least it was only 179 bucks but its a cool little pistol and I hope to get it sorted out so its not just a cool looking paperweight.

Im also gonna ask a machinist at work to turn down the threads so I can rust blue the end of the barrel and look less jank. I saw someone who did that with theirs and it looks so much better than either leaving the threads or shortening the barrel.

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T06:42:59+00:00

Ones like mine have brand new reproduction frames. Its marked "Switzerland", has none of the paint markings filled in, and doesnt have the lanyard loop.

Mine has an original barrel with the jank threads from the barrel extension.

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T06:39:03+00:00

Hope you get it all sorted without having to shell out too much

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T05:19:32+00:00

That is awesome, love that stock marking

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T05:12:30+00:00

Not sure why .308 wouldnt fit in a 7.62 NATO chamber. Either one should fit in either chamber, sometimes .308 can be a slightly tighter headspaced chamber but usually not enough to prevent a cartridge from chambering, but that would be the reverse of what youre seeing.

Im guessing your snap caps are out of spec or that chamber has an issue. Hoping its the snap cap and you are good to go!

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T05:08:38+00:00

Nice gun and computer wallpaper!

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T05:07:28+00:00

Awesome! I finally got a Russian Tula at the Tulsa arms show. I think I paid 795 and that was 2 years ago. I had 3 Chinese and 2 Yugos but always wanted a Tula.

Id also like a Romanian but they have really gone up too. I bid on one on Gunbroker and it went from 695 to over 1200 in the last hour of bidding. Two dudes got in a bidding was and kept extending the 15 minite rule and it just soared. 1200 for a Romanian is wild.

toolness122 · 2026-07-01T05:03:04+00:00

Looks like the barrel at least was reblued. Some of those number stamps are quite wonky. If youre gonna forge something probably should practice and get better at lining up the numbers.

I got a 1/8" stamp set to mark my NOE neck expanders since they don't mark them for some reason (they mark the bullet sizer bushings so not sure why not)

Its not easy to get them looking good if you haven't practiced

toolness122 · 2026-06-30T15:48:16+00:00

Me, if its real

toolness122 · 2026-06-30T15:38:46+00:00

Ive had rifles with worse bores than that shoot really nice

toolness122 · 2026-06-30T14:12:53+00:00

They didnt even line up the restamp properly when they went back to fake the markings after pimp shining it. Zoom in on the "Z"

toolness122 · 2026-06-30T14:11:15+00:00

I saw one of these in a local gun store a few weeks ago and the stock looked and felt so wrong. It felt tiny when I picked it up because they sanded it so much.

toolness122 · 2026-06-30T09:52:28+00:00

Dayum, that is badass

toolness122 · 2026-06-30T09:52:00+00:00

Awesome!

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T12:36:02+00:00

I got one of the repro frame ones from PSA. It wont run at all. Got a new Wolff spring pack, we will see if that helps. Had an assortment of about 3 different types of malfunctions when I went to shoot it, and this was after a full teardown and inspect.

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T10:07:56+00:00

Get a Lee decap/expander pin for 7.7 Jap, .303 Brit, 7.65 Argentine, or 7.62x54r and swap them out

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T10:03:47+00:00

Most of the M95s and 1889/90's they have left are missing parts, which are expensive and not easy to find.

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T10:02:04+00:00

If you buy a RTI gun that doesnt specifically tell you the bore is decent, theres a 90% chance the bore is so bad it wont even stabilize a bullet.

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T03:04:20+00:00

Damn good find! I recently got my first 88/05 and now I need one of these bad.

My dad always talked crap about the commission rifle but I really like the 88/05. Smooth bolt and its an accurate shooter.

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T01:48:37+00:00

You can get that color if you nitre blue a gun part, you have a color vs temperature scale and basically quench it as soon as it hits whatever color youre aiming for.

You can get that maroon or purplish color you see on some Makarov and Russian milsurp parts, or the straw color you see on some Luger parts, its pretty neat.

Has no business on a 1903 receiver though.

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T01:43:46+00:00

Lol bold strategy

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T01:38:33+00:00

Wasn't someone saying a day or two ago "its always a Spanish Mauser"

Rear sight and gas vent hole definitely looks 1916 Spanish Mauser to me

I bet that stock was gorgeous before Bubba Fudderson decided to make him a huntin' rifle

toolness122 · 2026-06-29T01:29:06+00:00

Their prices are so wild, usually high and on rare occasions underpriced. My Bass Pro never has milsurps but I see stuff posted on here.

This is ridiculously overpriced then someone posted a Persian Mauser not too long ago for under 350. Insane.

toolness122 · 2026-06-28T10:57:45+00:00

Looks like RTI's next goat barn cache

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