I pre-ordered one in .25, I agree on the need for the CF bottle and I have one here that's been needing a home Lol!
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The Priest - PCP similar to Impact fom Slovenia
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Coming stateside or elsewhere? That's awesome. Did they give you an ETA? I may have to call this weekend.
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Sweet, I am also interested in the .25 so make sure to give us a detailled review or at least your own personal opinion about it when you get it!
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This is a very interesting rifle .. I wonder if FT and HFT competitions would allow PCP's with bottles not connected directly on to the rifle .. 1kg less weight of the rifle with the bottle off and mount a big Nikko on top .. interesting indeed ... provided it shoots .177 very accurately
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Yeah, I was thinking the same with a Big heavy scope. I just wondering how it will balance, but the Big objective in front should compensate I think
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Fe7565,
Sorry. I was sitting on he couch surfing on the iPad when I saw I didn’t have an avatar on this site.
I went to my photo library & saw this one. Thought it was cool so used it.
I must have saved it awhile back cuz I liked it.
Had no idea it was ur avatar.
My apologies. I will remove/change it.
Tim
Sorry. I was sitting on he couch surfing on the iPad when I saw I didn’t have an avatar on this site.
I went to my photo library & saw this one. Thought it was cool so used it.
I must have saved it awhile back cuz I liked it.
Had no idea it was ur avatar.
My apologies. I will remove/change it.
Tim
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It's only 6.5lb with the bottle pictured and it's already rated for 300bar so there is not much to be gained from a cf bottle.
A tank cover / handguard might improve the looks more and for less cash. I think I could make one fairly easily.
I'd prefer to not rest on the bottle as their weakness is in the neck. One thing a cf wrapped bottle gives you is extra strength that might be needed if it's going to have people leaning on it. I've snapped metal fill probes rated for 300bar clean in two when I used them without a hose. It's not that hard to break metal like that (with the right leverage) and turn that bottle into a missile.
The light weight really shows off the benefit of not using a separate stock. There is no huge chunk of wood to weigh it down and move the barrel band out of alignment as it flexes or contracts in hot or cold weather. If they do a good job of turning down the barrel and weeding out any substandard barrels, then it should be up there on accuracy.
A tank cover / handguard might improve the looks more and for less cash. I think I could make one fairly easily.
I'd prefer to not rest on the bottle as their weakness is in the neck. One thing a cf wrapped bottle gives you is extra strength that might be needed if it's going to have people leaning on it. I've snapped metal fill probes rated for 300bar clean in two when I used them without a hose. It's not that hard to break metal like that (with the right leverage) and turn that bottle into a missile.
The light weight really shows off the benefit of not using a separate stock. There is no huge chunk of wood to weigh it down and move the barrel band out of alignment as it flexes or contracts in hot or cold weather. If they do a good job of turning down the barrel and weeding out any substandard barrels, then it should be up there on accuracy.
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Well I just took a chance as well and pre-ordered. Extra mags and barrel kits will be available. Gun will come with one mag.
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I'm too cynical, jaded and grumpy to pre-order. The first penguin to jump into the sea invariably gets eaten by a seal which makes the water safe for the rest of the penguins to jump in. I don't want to be the first penguin.
Don't get me wrong, if you guys get one and they turn out to be good, I'm buying one. I like what I'm seeing so far and if I can get one at half the price of an Impact and without the super long waiting list, I'm sold. If there is a 6 month lead time, I'll most likely lose interest before buying one. This Zebra waits for no man.
If they turn out to be as good as they look, I'd want to make a point of supporting new air gun brands that focus on bringing us the designs we like at sensible prices. I'm not keen on this new trend of pcp rifles commonly approaching the $1,700 to $2,000+ mark. Strong competition is very welcome.
On behalf of jaded and cynical air gunners everywhere, I thank all of you "first penguins" for your noble sacrifice. if you happen to get eaten, I promise to look after your families and make sure your air gun collections go to a good home. I know that's what you would want
Don't get me wrong, if you guys get one and they turn out to be good, I'm buying one. I like what I'm seeing so far and if I can get one at half the price of an Impact and without the super long waiting list, I'm sold. If there is a 6 month lead time, I'll most likely lose interest before buying one. This Zebra waits for no man.
If they turn out to be as good as they look, I'd want to make a point of supporting new air gun brands that focus on bringing us the designs we like at sensible prices. I'm not keen on this new trend of pcp rifles commonly approaching the $1,700 to $2,000+ mark. Strong competition is very welcome.
On behalf of jaded and cynical air gunners everywhere, I thank all of you "first penguins" for your noble sacrifice. if you happen to get eaten, I promise to look after your families and make sure your air gun collections go to a good home. I know that's what you would want
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As noted above, R&L stepped up and offering to order "The Priest" for $1,130 shipped. Let's pray (pun intended) it will not have the initial misfortunes that some experienced with the FX Impact.
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Wow, Like I said before I am so tempted,
I would love for Earnest (the bull pup king ) to get his hands on one ,
and give us common folks a run down on how the gun is made.
My money says the Mutant 25 will be the gun of the 2016-2017 year,,,,,
The Priest may be the monkey wrench thrown into the group?
So many guns, So little money , and to much time,,,,
Mike
I would love for Earnest (the bull pup king ) to get his hands on one ,
and give us common folks a run down on how the gun is made.
My money says the Mutant 25 will be the gun of the 2016-2017 year,,,,,
The Priest may be the monkey wrench thrown into the group?
So many guns, So little money , and to much time,,,,
Mike
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I also hope the Priest lands in Ernests hands, I would like to see some videos of the inner workings
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I received a call yesterday from R&L and it looks like as one might expect the delivery date is moved till Nov. 5. There has been 2 of us as of yesterday that have pre-ordered. So only 2 penguins to get eaten.
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I guess the Company is pretty small so it takes some time to produce the guns, hopefully they are all tested before departure as well, we don't want any bad eggs
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I received this email from RTI yesterday.
Dear Tim,
It comes with one magazine. We are doing everything to make sure rifles leave in about 30 days to US, we want to make sure all rifles are without any problems, so we will rather delay shipment than to ship incomplete rifles. We hope you can understand this.
--
Best regards
RTI Team
http://www.rtiarms.eu
http://facebook.com/rtiarms
25.08.2016, 05:57, "[email protected] " <[email protected] >:
> Thank you for the reply, I pre ordered one yesterday from R&L Airguns.
> Does it come with 2 magazines? Is their ETA of 10/05/2016 on schedule?
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:31 AM, RTI Arms wrote:
>
>> Dear Tim,
>>
>> We are talking with some US dealers as we speak to bring our rifle to
>> the US market. We will let you know when we know more.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards
>> RTI Team
>>
>> 21.08.2016, 17:10, "[email protected] " <[email protected] >:
>>> I would like to purchase one in .25
Dear Tim,
It comes with one magazine. We are doing everything to make sure rifles leave in about 30 days to US, we want to make sure all rifles are without any problems, so we will rather delay shipment than to ship incomplete rifles. We hope you can understand this.
--
Best regards
RTI Team
http://www.rtiarms.eu
http://facebook.com/rtiarms
25.08.2016, 05:57, "[email protected] " <[email protected] >:
> Thank you for the reply, I pre ordered one yesterday from R&L Airguns.
> Does it come with 2 magazines? Is their ETA of 10/05/2016 on schedule?
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:31 AM, RTI Arms wrote:
>
>> Dear Tim,
>>
>> We are talking with some US dealers as we speak to bring our rifle to
>> the US market. We will let you know when we know more.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards
>> RTI Team
>>
>> 21.08.2016, 17:10, "[email protected] " <[email protected] >:
>>> I would like to purchase one in .25
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I just emailed them and ask if they could send a gun to Earnest, If he gives the all's good it will increase there sales 100 %
My pay pal account is almost paid off , sure temped to take a chance on the newcomer,
Mike
My pay pal account is almost paid off , sure temped to take a chance on the newcomer,
Mike
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Sounds like they might have advertised too soon. A common new business mistake. I have made it myself.
You get excited about your product and encouraged by feedback on a prototype so you tell everyone. Everyone you tell gets excited because it's a great product so they start nagging you about when they can order it. You don't want them to lose interest so you give them an estimated delivery time off the top of your head. Then.... You realize that you have to figure out how to make a lot of them quickly and accurately which is every bit as hard (if not harder) than designing the initial product. It always takes way longer than you think.
I also told people that the delay was to make sure the product was perfect. I meant it. People were understanding and forgiving the first and second delay. Then I ended up refunding all the orders when I realized that I had a lot of work left to do. I ended up releasing it properly the following year. I maintained radio silence in the time between to avoid a repeat. Nothing causes mistakes like the time pressure of pre-orders. It's a huge mistake if you're not ready to deliver. You get a bad rep before you even start...
If the production process is not finished already then I'm not holding my breath on seeing them in America in 2016. I could just be projecting based on my own experiences but nothing seems to get delivered quickly from that part of the world, even if it's boxed and ready to load onto the boat.
If the company is a guy with a mill and a lathe in his basement then I hope he (or she) sees sense and hires a contract manufacturer to handle production (preferably in a part of the world more conducive to timely deliveries). That thing has the potential to sell way more than any small machine shop could hope to handle and the American market has ten times the sales potential of anywhere else.
You get excited about your product and encouraged by feedback on a prototype so you tell everyone. Everyone you tell gets excited because it's a great product so they start nagging you about when they can order it. You don't want them to lose interest so you give them an estimated delivery time off the top of your head. Then.... You realize that you have to figure out how to make a lot of them quickly and accurately which is every bit as hard (if not harder) than designing the initial product. It always takes way longer than you think.
I also told people that the delay was to make sure the product was perfect. I meant it. People were understanding and forgiving the first and second delay. Then I ended up refunding all the orders when I realized that I had a lot of work left to do. I ended up releasing it properly the following year. I maintained radio silence in the time between to avoid a repeat. Nothing causes mistakes like the time pressure of pre-orders. It's a huge mistake if you're not ready to deliver. You get a bad rep before you even start...
If the production process is not finished already then I'm not holding my breath on seeing them in America in 2016. I could just be projecting based on my own experiences but nothing seems to get delivered quickly from that part of the world, even if it's boxed and ready to load onto the boat.
If the company is a guy with a mill and a lathe in his basement then I hope he (or she) sees sense and hires a contract manufacturer to handle production (preferably in a part of the world more conducive to timely deliveries). That thing has the potential to sell way more than any small machine shop could hope to handle and the American market has ten times the sales potential of anywhere else.
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Great post Zebra. I work in a factory producing a certain product. And during a time we got so many orders that we simply could not handle it by our own. So we hired a few contact manufacturers to do a bunch for us in order to Keep up with demand.
I really hope they test all guns equally, it would be very unwise not to.
I really hope they test all guns equally, it would be very unwise not to.
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