Price Check: Steyr GB LNIB

Mags are very hard to find and pricey when you do find one. Plan on the two mags with the gun being all you ever have.

That said, they are on my list of guns I want when I have more cash.

The price seems OK, for a near new gun with two mags. It all depends on the actual condition of the gun of course.

While the GP was a nice gun and it's time way ahead, it's today only a collection gun since there are no parts for it.
At the time the GP was out, you had on modern guns only the P226 or 92F out.
The P228 came later as well as the 92FS and Glock 17 was just about to come in small numbers on the civilian market!

I enjoy shooting my GB very much. It is very ergonomic for a large pistol. The double action trigger pull is bit heavy. The fixed barrel makes it very accurate. Here is a link to a pdf copy of the manual - http://stevespages.com/pdf/steyr_gb.pdf

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That's about what it's worth (what they go for on gunbroker.com).

The mags are worth a considerable amount by themselves.

Relatively rare gun that's actually a quite interesting piece. If $700 isn't that big a deal to you, I'd pick it up.

$700 is about the going rate with two mags. Mags can run as high as $200 each, so if there are more than two they could be sold to pay for the gun. That is how some have funded the purchase.

The comments here as to the GB have been right on point. The muzzle of the barrel behind the cap must be kept clean. Beyond that I have only known two GBs over many, many rounds to be perfectly reliable. The gun is one of the most accurate out-of-the box 9mm pistols, right up with the SIG P210, HK PS9, and some would argue the Benelli B87. Its 18+1 capacity was the king of the WunderNines (along with the VP70Z) for many years. With the gas system the felt recoil and muzzle climb is dead minimal. If the goal is to put a large number of full caliber rounds into a very small area, very, very quickly, I would submit that the Steyr GB may be the best regular production gun in existence. It was many years ahead of its time and was a victim of bad timing.

There were two basic models, the "Military Model" "gray ghost" gray/greenish Parkerized finish, and the "Commercial Model" with the blued slide and crinkle finish frame. Variations do exist with two different hammers and slightly different top rear slide contours. A version with a metal trigger guard is said to exist. A compensator to repalce the muzzle end cap was also made but are extremely rare.

Unfortunately parts availability makes this a collector's gun, but one that can outshoot virtually anything made today.

I have an original owners manual and test target, I may just keep it but what do you all figure a fair price for this paperwork would be?

I had a GB several years ago. Bought it for $300, played with it a year or so and sold it for $365.
It was a good gun. I enjoyed shooting it and can't remember having a problem with it. But if parts are that expensive, I'm glad I no longer own it.

I've had three previous GB's and sold them over time, and lived to regret it. Never had a single issue with any of them and the GB is about the most accurate handgun that I (and those who shot mine agreed) have ever encountered and that includes the SIG 210-6 I had. You can get shots of very fast - and with virtually no recoil follow up shots are a no brainer. I recently found and bought another one (c/w 2 mags) that's never been fired. Will I ever sell it ... no way ... yeah I know but it's a keeper - period Yes mags cost a lot (but they're also the easiest and fastest pistol mag in the world to load - shells roll in like an smg) and parts are just about non existent, but so what ... they can be made. It's kinda like owning a great vintage sports car that has something really special about it - you can't trot down to the parts shop and get stuff, you have it made ... and that's part of the pride of ownership when you have something that's special to you. I remember about 35 years ago attending a Bugatti car convention/meeting in London England and listening to the owners revving up their virtually hand made and very expensive to repair engines, then watching them taking off at breakneck speed and obviously loving every minute of it. They break parts for sure and they cost the earth to repair but driving (and hearing) a Bugatti is one H*** of an experience. I have the usual 1911's, XD's, Sterlings, Fal's, DD M4's, Remy Police 870 and so on (including quite a few odd ball guns too) and the Steyr GB may or may not get fired, but it sure is nice to know it's there.