I would expect more from a rifle that costs over 2 grand. That you're not a huge Steyr Mannlicher fan. This is the kind of Stery Mannlicher I want, in this model and caliber and so forth.Īnd as for the rest of your post, you give the impression that you consider the Steyr Mannlicher a decent gun but nothing spectacular.
I posted the link before but I will post it again. I was not overly impressed with the overall results of their modernization efforts. Their barrels, hammer forged and straightened, shoot just OK. The magazines cost an arm and a leg and break and jam. Lots of plastic parts, lots of corners cut. Steyr Mannlicher What? What model? What configuration? What wood? It all matters.Īnd FWIW, they are not great rifles. Yeah, I probably could - but why? I bought what I considered to be a very high quality rifle, and I have a right to expect it to work the way it was sold so long as it has not been abused.
Same thing with the magazines, you could get magazines made out of a better material that you could use in your rifle. A gunsmith should be able to make one for you if you can't find one. You could replace the trigger guard with a metal one. 30-06 is a joy to shoot, and this Steyr is horrible by comparison. I am sure that is probably not true in all cases, but my M70 Featherweight in. 30-06, and in similar weight rifles, it seems to kick much worse. It does absolutely nothing as well as the. 308 is irrational, but I glory in it none-the-less. 308?I had no opinion about that worthless and nasty little round when I bought the Steyr. So why would you get a gun in a caliber you don't like? And why don't you like. If the manufacturer had a tag on the gun that plainly stated the plastic parts would need replacement every 5 years, I would not have bought it! I can understand a weapon that wears out or is damaged from hard use - I cannot accept one that falls apart from sitting in a temperature and climate controlled safe. And for the record, that original trigger guard had to be replace in less than 5 years. I do not care if the plastic is 1 year or 40 years old - it is crap, and any potential buyer should know about it if looking at an older Steyr (I specifically stated I do not know about their current products, but their customer service sucks). Even so, everyone should know plastic, especially if exposed to sunlight, doesn't last forever. I have tried writing to the company and have never received a single response. The gun has not been shot in over 20 years, but I recently was reorganizing some stuff and found that BOTH of the plastic magazines have broken - apparently the simple weight of gravity from sitting alone and unloaded on a carpeted shelf in my guns safe has been just too much stress for them! But even so, I have had to replace the trigger guard due to split plastic. 308, which is a caliber that I detest, so It rarely gets used. The quality of construction, fit and finish is fantastic, with the exception of the total crap plastic they used in the trigger guard and the rotary magazines. I have a Steyr Mannlicher L from the 70s that is one of the most gorgeous rifles I own. I do not know about the current offerings, but be cautious about any of the Steyr models that use plastic parts.
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