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Gun Review Steyr SSG 6. PII K Rifle. Bored with your dime a dozen Remington 7. PSS Looking for a sniper rifle that has some European panache, but without the price tag of a Blaser Tactical II, Accuracy International AW or Steyr SSG 0. Well, Steyr Mannlicher is still producing the classic but now overshadowed SSG 6. I was one year old in 1. Austrian Arms manufacturer Steyr Mannlicher released the Scharfschtzengewehr 6. Sharp Shooter Gun 1. While the hippies where dropping acid in the mud at Woodstock, the engineers at Steyr were creating what was, for its time, a revolutionary production sniper rifle. The National Match M1911 Pistols are hand fitted and tuned for the National Match competitions which began at Caldwell, NJ and became the Camp Perry match. Manufacturing Date Serial Numbers Correspondence as reported Year Estimated Actual serials reported 1909 1 25000 3704 21692 1910. With its iconic cold hammer forged barrel, ergonomic and lightweight synthetic stock, detachable rotary 5 round magazine and double set trigger, the SSG 6. ZL1 Camaro of the gun world. Simply put, it set the standard for decades to come. Hell, the Steyr SSG 6. We tested the PIIK  K Kurz or short, which is the 2. A Very Short and Incomplete History of Steyr Mannlicher. The history of Steyr starts with Josef Werndl b. Not only could young Josef rock a stash, he was also a member of the lucky sperm club his father owned an armaments factory. AL2712g__48316.jpg' alt='Steyr Serial Numbers' title='Steyr Serial Numbers' />But Josef was an innovator who thought that dads business was stuck in the past. Serial Cracks And Keygens. After a couple of  apprenticeships and a stint in the Austrian army, he went abroad in 1. German and American arms factories including Colt and Remington. Returning to Austria a year later armed with new ideas, he started an arms workshop in Wehrgraben, Austria. In 1. 85. 5, Josefs father died, and 2. Josef assumed control of his fathers 5. In 1. 86. 4, Josef and his brother transitioned to a new firm that would eventually become Steyr Mannlicher  the Josef und Franz Werndl Comp. Waffenfabrik und Sgemhle in Oberletten Josef and Franz Werndl Partners Weapons Factory and Sawmill in Oberletten. Despite the boring windbag name, the firm soon developed a historically significant rifle the 1. Werndl Holub rifle, Model 1. The M 1. 86. 7 was an innovative single shot breech loading rifle featuring a moveable cylindrical breech block. The firm scored a lucrative government contract to manufacture 1. Austrian military. Cha ching Bolstered by its new street cred and perhaps a new marketing department, the firm changed its name in 1. Waffenfabriksgesellschaft OEWG, which translates to Austrian Arms Manufacturing Company. Foreign orders for the M 1. Josef was on his way to fame and fortune. In 1. 87. 5, Josef again got lucky and began working with another dude with a cool hipster moustache and a bad tie a 2. German railroad engineer named Ferdinand Mannlicher b. Despite his premature death at age 5. Mannlicher would become the John M. Browning of his era. Steyr Serial Numbers' title='Steyr Serial Numbers' />Besides inventing some fugly but functional semi automatic pistols, Mannlicher designed an en bloc clip and a long stroke gas piston system which were inspirations for the M 1 Garand. Collectors of mil surp rifles will also undoubtedly be familiar with the straight pull Mannlicher M 9. Steyr produced in vast quantities in WWI. And hunters know the Mannlicher name due to his signature full length elegant stock designs. By 1. 88. 6, Mannlicher was working full time for OEWG. Capitalizing on his designs, OEWG became the leading European producer of small arms. The company expanded over the next 3. By 1. 89. 6, a Mannlicher protg named Otto Schonauer was the CEO. During the war to end all wars until the next one, OEWG employed over 1. Steyr M 9. 5. Unfortunately for OEWG, they were working for the wrong team, and after WWI, OEWG was prohibited from making firearms. So OEWG focused its production on trucks and automobiles. Eager to shake off the loser stigma, in 1. OEWG renamed itself after its hometown Steyr Werke AG. But the gun making bug never really died and Steyr eventually worked around those pesky Versailles Treaty restrictions by making military arms in neutral Switzerland, cooperating with the Swiss weapons manufacturer Solothurn AG. Solothurn had been purchased by the German firm Rheinmetall Borsig A. G in April of 1. 92. Steyr became a subcontractor to Rheinmetall for the production of German designed weapons, including the S2 1. MP3. 4 sub machine gun. Though somewhat obscure, the S2 1. MP 3. 4 Steyr Solothurn will be familiar to students of the sub gun as an improved sibling of the MP 1. MP 2. 8 designs. Designed by Rheinmetalls brilliant engineer, Louis Stange, the MP 3. WWII era. As a result of a merger that occurred in the early 1. Steyr Daimler Puch AG. Yeah, thats the same Daimler as in Daimler Benz i. WOLVERINES-5.jpg' alt='Steyr Serial Numbers' title='Steyr Serial Numbers' />By Randy Rick The Austrian SteyrHahn Pistol M1911M1912 The SteyrHahn hahn is German for hammer pistol was first produced in 1911 with a fixed blade front. As a result, Steyr began producing Mauser K98s and MG 34s for that fatass, toenailpainting, crossdressing, morphine addict in 1939. You forgot fighter ace. Cornell Publications Worlds largest old gun catalog manual reprinter SteyrMannlicher Schoenauer catalogs in current publication. There are a number of Web sites devoted to the C96. They seem to be mainly rearrangements of the material in the books, with even more rumor and hearsay tossed in. Steyr-A1-series-pistol-recall-notice-2011.09.20.jpg' alt='Steyr Serial Numbers' title='Steyr Serial Numbers' />Mercedes Benz automobile. And speaking of Germans, the krauts annexed Austria in April of 1. Steyr was incorporated into the Hermann Gring Werke armament conglomerate. As a result, Steyr began producing Mauser K9. MG 3. 4s for that fat ass, toenail painting, cross dressing, morphine addict in 1. Steyr even got their buddies in the SS to loan them some slave labor from the Mauthausen Gusen concentration camp. Today, Steyrs BNZ marked K 9. SS rune. Maybe less well known is the fact that Steyr was also a major manufacturer of the familiar Erma designed MP 4. The allies overran the Steyr factory in 1. Once again, being on the wrong team had severe consequences for Steyr Daimler Puch, and the post WWII years proved to be difficult for the marque gun maker. Nonetheless, in 1. TRIGGER SHOES Australian made Two sizes to chose from, 6. The Mauser C96 Construktion 96 is a semiautomatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. Unlicensed copies of. Allies realized that the USSR was a bigger threat than Germans or Austrians, so it allowed Steyr to manufacture firearms again. Relying on the start power of their old designers, Steyr focused its production mainly on hunting rifles made under the name Mannlicher Schonauer. Although Austria has never been a member of NATO, by the late 1. Steyr was back on the map and producing innovative military small arms to confront the Red Beast from the East. Steyr also produced a licensed copy of the FN FAL known as the Stg 5. While perhaps best known for its iconic 1. AUG, Steyrs line of SSG 6. Steyrs reputation as one of the worlds top manufacturers of precision small arms. The Steyr SSG 6. P1 has been the standard sniper rifle of the Austrian Army for the past 4. Overview. By 1. 96. Steyrs SSG 6. 9 was state of the art it was the worlds first purpose built, out of the box sub MOA factory policemilitary sniper rifle. All sniper rifles prior to 1. GI issue infantry rifles. Prior to the SSG 6. MOA sniper rifle, they had pay a gunsmith to fine tune a hunting rifle. Steyr wanted to produce a highly accurate factory built rifle in a lightweight package. To accomplish this, Steyr needed to forego the use of wood and non essential steel in favor of lightweight synthetic materials. The SSG 6. 9 featured a cold hammer forged barrel, an adjustable trigger, a high impact Cycolac ABS stock, a 5 shot polymer rotary magazine, dedicated quick release scope rings and integral scope rails dovetailed into the receiver to eliminate the need for scope bases and tapping. The Barrel. One of the first things you notice when you pick up a Steyr rifle is the signature spiral hammering marks left on the exterior of the barrel. A hammer forged barrel is made by pounding a steel tube over a mandrel that has the lands and grooves imprinted into it. This process forms the barrel with a very high degree of precision and increased hardness compared to traditional cut rifling methods. Steyrs hammer forged barrels have a reputation for long life and ease of cleaning.