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I saw Die Hard the otherday on HBO and my interest in the Steyr AUG returned. :) I've read chatter about one or two USA manufacturers making them here. Can someone steer me toward a website? Does anyone have one? Cost? Thanks, Mike
 
I was very impressed with the Microtech guns at SHOT, and we've ordered 21 to start. (7 in each color). I do not have a shipping ETA yet. And they're going to be well under $2,000. Actual street price will probably be around $1,600 or so, but I haven't seen an official price yet.

Microtech went through the Aug, which is basically a 1970s design, and revamped every part using state of the art design and manufacturing techniques. They redid the magazines and added a forward assist also.
 
New product - smallish company not really a firearms production company - unusual bullpup design - all the ingrediants for a disaster. However they look great.
 
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New product - smallish company not really a firearms production company - unusual bullpup design - all the ingrediants for a disaster. However they look great.
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"New product"? How is it new? The AUG has been around for over 30 years.
"smallish company not really a firearms production company" Same could be said about Glock when it first got into the firearm business. Look where they are now.
"unusual bullpup design"? The AUG was the first bullpup design to be used in mass quantity and adopted by a military.
 
Those are cool looking guns. It helps if you speak German while firing.

I want this model:
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For that kind of money I'd wait to see what the Kel-Tec bullpup is like or consider a FN FS2000 but the AUG is a neat looking rig.

ETA: The first time I saw one in person was at a gun show. The guy selling it (I know, I know, gunshow commandos) was saying HK wanted the integrated optic on the AUG for their MP5s but lost the bid, or something to that effect. Anybody know if that's true?
 
$2000 (if that is the final price) beats what they were going for before.

But you are certainly paying for the "cool" factor of being one of the few people to own one.
 
The AUG was the first bullpup design to be used in mass quantity and adopted by a military.
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Not quite, the French adoption of the FAMAS predates the Austrian adoption of the AUG by a couple of years.

If I was in the US I would definitely buy one or all of these new AUG rifles. I absolutely love the gun. It's comfy, pointable, accurate, fun to shoot (once you get used to having the chamber next to your face!) and just....nice. Only thing it needs (that hasn't been done to it by these new companies) is one of these new fangled forward ejection systems like on the F2000 and that new Kel Tec rifle, or a downward ejection system like on the P90. You can configure the AUG to left or right handed, but you can't switch on the fly which makes certain competitions impossible, and CQB sometimes problematic.
 
Correia said:
I was very impressed with the Microtech guns at SHOT, and we've ordered 21 to start. (7 in each color). I do not have a shipping ETA yet. And they're going to be well under $2,000. Actual street price will probably be around $1,600 or so, but I haven't seen an official price yet.
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Anything specific stand out for why you were impressed? And, why do you think the $400 gap between the proposed $2000 and the realistic price (or is that just "the usual" thing)?
 
I don't recall ever being quoted $2K, unless that is full MSRP.

I was impressed because:

1. It was an AUG, without having to deal with any Europeans.
2. They seemed to know what they were doing.
3. They went over every part of the AUG to see what they could improve.
4. The prototypes at the show looked good.
5. Did I mention that I can buy lots of Augs and not have to deal with any Europeans?
 
I just read through the MT website and something stood out that really brought a smile to my face: Unique STG-556™ suppressed barrel is available for law enforcement, government entities and the civilian
market.

That is a very reassuring sentiment.
:)

There are companies whom I won't name, but they refuse to sell suppressors to civilians.



B.
 
I talked to a Steyr rep at the NRA convention (my first time handling an AUG... wow...). He said that they're thinking about producing them in the US in order to get around the non-sporting rules, but the future is pretty hazy. To hear him tell it, it would cost $20 million or so to get set up here, and they aren't too interested in shelling out for that with the possibility of a reborn AWB on the horizon. He did say that if they'd make the jump, a $2000 price tag would be pretty likely. My guess is that with the Dems in control of Congress and uncertain 2008 prospects, we won't see US sourced Augs anytime soon, if ever.

But if other companies are making them, we aren't beholden to Steyr's decision making process.
 
Fosbery,did you ever see many of these Steyr Augs,between the late 70s and 80s,at PR shoots,before the SLR ban and did you shoot any in gun clubs?

Although at the time of the SLR ban,I was a bit too young to understand and to appreciate,the value of firearms,I have heard that the AUGs were very expensive and were around the price of a H&K PSG1 rifle and I have heard from some old-school PR shooters,that they became popular,(with people with serious cash.)after one particular episode of 'The Professionals' where Lewis Collins and ,Martin Shaw are posing with them.I believe that this was in 1980/81 and this was the first time that a Steyr AUG,had appeared in a British tv programme.

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Good publicity,eh?They just don't make programmes like how they used to,especially ones that seemed to be quite pro-gun,as this one.Nice one Mr Clements.This episode is 26 years old and is still as good today as it was back then.

On the other hand,I would like Steyr or a company that makes Steyr AUG clones- to make a straight-pull version of this rifle,so that the UK practical rifle shooters,can once again have this military-style rifle,in a manual format.Does anyone think that Steyr a company that makes these clones,would agree to my suggestions?
 
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Supposedly they will be out in about 8 weeks. I've got 21 on order for the first batch. They should be in the $1800 range.
 
Correia,

A couple of questions:

Do you know if MSAR has changed anything on the trigger assembly? My memories of shooting a USR do not cast the AUG in a particularly favorable light with regards to the trigger.

Any idea if they are tooled up for magazine production, or if they've found someone to make them?



Thanks,
B.
 
I don't think gun designs fall under the protection offered by copyright, unless it is a part of a work of art such as a picture or painting. It would probably fall under the purview of patent law, either design or utility. But given that the AUG is pretty old. Most patents are probably expired by now. Usually a patent is good for 17 years from grant, or 20 years from filing. Depending upon when the application was filed. Either way, they are probably expired.

IMHO
 
Brennen, I don't recall anything about the trigger. Sorry.

They are using a redesigned, proprietary mag. (which is good, because the original mags weren't that tough).
 
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