halfmoonclip
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Had a couple of their 9s, maybe 15 years ago. Liked how they felt, their low bore axis, and could hit things with their weird sights. Somehow, those came with ban-era 10 round mags, and I discovered that full-capacity mags weren't to be had. For that reason, I sent them down the road, for nickles and dimes. The counterman at my local shop didn't even want one on trade. He said he lost his ass on his last one.
In the interim, I acquired an AUG, which is now made domestically, in Birmingham. Really like it, and, between its inherit accuracy and a low magnification scope, the darn thing always works, and shoots sub minute groups with green tips.
Will Dabbs penned an article in American Handgunner, about the Steyr M9-A2. He got some details wrong, but it was a glowing report (yeah, I know, they all are). But most of what he said recalled my personal experience with the older pistols.
Finally got the nomenclature figured out; three sizes, C/compact, M/medium, L/large, and the A2 designates modular components for grip size.
It took some serious rooting to find one for sale, and an M is now on the way from Buds. I'll follow up with some observations.
My question, why is Steyr so tentative in our market? They did invest in a domestic plant, upgrade the pistol's design, and began supplying full cap mags.
Somebody described them as the best pistol that nobody shoots.
Thoughts, disparaging remarks, or general wild-ass guesses?
Thanks,
Moon
In the interim, I acquired an AUG, which is now made domestically, in Birmingham. Really like it, and, between its inherit accuracy and a low magnification scope, the darn thing always works, and shoots sub minute groups with green tips.
Will Dabbs penned an article in American Handgunner, about the Steyr M9-A2. He got some details wrong, but it was a glowing report (yeah, I know, they all are). But most of what he said recalled my personal experience with the older pistols.
Finally got the nomenclature figured out; three sizes, C/compact, M/medium, L/large, and the A2 designates modular components for grip size.
It took some serious rooting to find one for sale, and an M is now on the way from Buds. I'll follow up with some observations.
My question, why is Steyr so tentative in our market? They did invest in a domestic plant, upgrade the pistol's design, and began supplying full cap mags.
Somebody described them as the best pistol that nobody shoots.
Thoughts, disparaging remarks, or general wild-ass guesses?
Thanks,
Moon