Well..obviously not what you think..LOL. but made ya look..
Backstory..
It all started when I happened on the FX Hornet on the HumaAir website. I wanted one. But I wasn’t going to buy a $1700 used M2 or M3 and add an additional $300-$400 for other parts to make it happen. Yeah..El Cheapo. So what to do?
[IMG-1-Huma-FX-Hornet]
I already had a couple of nice RTI projects that I’d modified. I could start with one of those. Nah. Those were dedicated yard and long range squirrel guns.
It was early November 2024 when this idea started. I knew that RTI Arms in Spain would have their Black Friday sale soon. So I got Naked. Eeeeuuwwww! No, as mentioned earlier..not what you thought, I ordered a Prophet1 frame from RTI Spain. They call the part a “Naked Prophet”. Note for everyone running to RTI Spain website to order a base P1..don’t bother..they’re no longer available. Sad. The only “Naked” they sell now is the P3. At least I wasn’t able to find the P1 or P2 on the menu.
[IMG-2-Naked Prophet]
The build required that I have a number of spare parts. Standard RTI Butt pad..check. 16” CZ barrel..check. Regulator..check. Shroud..check. Scope rail..check. Smallish air tube..Nope. Dang! No bottle would work for this build. .as you’ll see from the pics. I needed a tube. The search began.
Long story short, I could not find an aftermarket tube of the size I needed to make my RTI “Hornet”. Heavy sigh!
HumaAir had 170cc FX tubes. Right OD and length. Would they work? I e-mailed them to find out if the FX tube had the M18x1.5 bottle threads needed to mate with the RTI regulator. They said yep. Bought the FX tube. Package arrived. Argh! Obvious nope. Threads not a match. Double Argh!
[IMG-3-RTI FX-Oops]
I contacted HumaAir for a return authorization shipper. Instead, they asked “how can we help?”. Did not expect that..at all. I told them what I was trying to do, sent them pics and specs. In about 10 days I had a part in hand that mated the RTI regulator to the FX tube, perfectly.
[IMG-4-RTI FX-Huma]
[IMG-5-RTI FX-W 125bar STD Reg]
I’m giving Hum-Air a shout out here because they went above and beyond what they needed to do. They could have just sent me the RA and washed their hands of the situation..but instead, they went the extra mile and really much more. Without the help provided by the folks at Huma-Air, this whole build would probably have stalled out. Wouldn’t it be great if all manufacturers and dealers used those same four words..”how can we help?”
KUDOS to Marc at Huma-Air for his GREAT customer support and for really providing a service above and beyond expectations.
So starting the assembly from naked went smoothly. The RTI Prophets (at least the P1s) are like Legos for adults. Everything just fits.
[IMG-14-RTI Micro-W Discovery 6X]
Did I check all the boxes. Nope..missed the desired 26 inch OAL by 1/16 inch. Oh Darn. Shot count on the first tube of 220 bar down to 110 bar was 66..this exceeded what I was expecting. Weight..I was hoping it would end up less than 7 pounds..smoked that at under 6 pounds by an ounce or two.
Does it shoot? LOL It has a CZ barrel..which should say it all. I did a quick sight in at 9yds in the garage..set impact for .9” beneath the aim point. Then drew a rabbit brain sized black dot on a box and..first shot at 19yds nearly centered in the “brain”…followed by four more. You could literally hear my face ripping from the ear to ear grin. “Hon, what’s that tearing sound coming from the garage??” Nuttin Honey..just a large smile.
[IMG-15-RTI-Micro-5at19yds]
Next will be the RTI Micro going to prom..dressed up in FDE. Maybe with a FDE fade-out on the CF 50mm. Possibilities abound.
[IMG-RTI-Micro-Dress Up]
Getting Naked can be fun..LOL. ;-)
Backstory..
It all started when I happened on the FX Hornet on the HumaAir website. I wanted one. But I wasn’t going to buy a $1700 used M2 or M3 and add an additional $300-$400 for other parts to make it happen. Yeah..El Cheapo. So what to do?
[IMG-1-Huma-FX-Hornet]
I already had a couple of nice RTI projects that I’d modified. I could start with one of those. Nah. Those were dedicated yard and long range squirrel guns.
It was early November 2024 when this idea started. I knew that RTI Arms in Spain would have their Black Friday sale soon. So I got Naked. Eeeeuuwwww! No, as mentioned earlier..not what you thought, I ordered a Prophet1 frame from RTI Spain. They call the part a “Naked Prophet”. Note for everyone running to RTI Spain website to order a base P1..don’t bother..they’re no longer available. Sad. The only “Naked” they sell now is the P3. At least I wasn’t able to find the P1 or P2 on the menu.
[IMG-2-Naked Prophet]
The build required that I have a number of spare parts. Standard RTI Butt pad..check. 16” CZ barrel..check. Regulator..check. Shroud..check. Scope rail..check. Smallish air tube..Nope. Dang! No bottle would work for this build. .as you’ll see from the pics. I needed a tube. The search began.
Long story short, I could not find an aftermarket tube of the size I needed to make my RTI “Hornet”. Heavy sigh!
HumaAir had 170cc FX tubes. Right OD and length. Would they work? I e-mailed them to find out if the FX tube had the M18x1.5 bottle threads needed to mate with the RTI regulator. They said yep. Bought the FX tube. Package arrived. Argh! Obvious nope. Threads not a match. Double Argh!
[IMG-3-RTI FX-Oops]
I contacted HumaAir for a return authorization shipper. Instead, they asked “how can we help?”. Did not expect that..at all. I told them what I was trying to do, sent them pics and specs. In about 10 days I had a part in hand that mated the RTI regulator to the FX tube, perfectly.
[IMG-4-RTI FX-Huma]
[IMG-5-RTI FX-W 125bar STD Reg]
I’m giving Hum-Air a shout out here because they went above and beyond what they needed to do. They could have just sent me the RA and washed their hands of the situation..but instead, they went the extra mile and really much more. Without the help provided by the folks at Huma-Air, this whole build would probably have stalled out. Wouldn’t it be great if all manufacturers and dealers used those same four words..”how can we help?”
KUDOS to Marc at Huma-Air for his GREAT customer support and for really providing a service above and beyond expectations.
So starting the assembly from naked went smoothly. The RTI Prophets (at least the P1s) are like Legos for adults. Everything just fits.
[IMG-14-RTI Micro-W Discovery 6X]
Did I check all the boxes. Nope..missed the desired 26 inch OAL by 1/16 inch. Oh Darn. Shot count on the first tube of 220 bar down to 110 bar was 66..this exceeded what I was expecting. Weight..I was hoping it would end up less than 7 pounds..smoked that at under 6 pounds by an ounce or two.
Does it shoot? LOL It has a CZ barrel..which should say it all. I did a quick sight in at 9yds in the garage..set impact for .9” beneath the aim point. Then drew a rabbit brain sized black dot on a box and..first shot at 19yds nearly centered in the “brain”…followed by four more. You could literally hear my face ripping from the ear to ear grin. “Hon, what’s that tearing sound coming from the garage??” Nuttin Honey..just a large smile.
[IMG-15-RTI-Micro-5at19yds]
Next will be the RTI Micro going to prom..dressed up in FDE. Maybe with a FDE fade-out on the CF 50mm. Possibilities abound.
[IMG-RTI-Micro-Dress Up]
Getting Naked can be fun..LOL. ;-)
