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**nikon777** · 03-24-2008, 02:22 PM

Any other members have experience with this firearm. Always wondered about them in the back of my mind. Weren't they founded by ex Glock employees or is that a rumor.

aubie515 · 03-24-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by nikon777

Weren't they founded by ex Glock employees or is that a rumor.

Steyr has been around a lot longer than Glock has been in business. So to answer the qestion above...NO.

I've owned two Steyr pistols and feel that they shoot much better than all of the Glocks that I have owned. Size is on par with the G19/23, but I find the Steyr to field strip much faster. I just prefer the features of the Steyr pistol. I like their trap sights as well, even though I opted for PT nightsights on my M40.

Steyrs are true bargains in the pistol field, so if you want quality, but cannot afford a Glock or XD...take a look at the Steyr. You can buy them from CDNN for under $350.

mgeoffriau · 03-24-2008, 04:40 PM

The story you're thinking of is that the Steyr was designed by a member of the Glock design team. When he presented the design to Glock, they declined to build it, so he took it to Steyr.

Sendmenosigns · 03-24-2008, 04:41 PM

kinda ugly

mgeoffriau · 03-24-2008, 04:48 PM

Yup. But it also feels great in the hand, it has a great out of the box trigger, it's accurate, and it's reliable.

sturmruger · 03-24-2008, 05:35 PM

I own four of these pistols in differant sizes and calibers. The smaller framed guns are my carry guns. These are a very high quility gun they are worth every penny.

ERRveneno · 03-24-2008, 05:37 PM

When you are in love, you find all other girls ugly.LOL

dasanii19 · 03-24-2008, 07:49 PM

I shot a brand new one my buddy got and it had a FTE on Gold dot's. Other then that its a great pistol for the money.

mgeoffriau · 03-24-2008, 08:01 PM

Depending on how "brand new" it was (ie, the CDNN ones have been sitting around for a while), it may have had the old style extractor. Not everyone has had issues with it, but enough people did that Steyr made a new extractor for more positive extraction. Over on the Steyr forum everyone who has had an issue has been able to either send in their pistol at no charge, or have the new parts sent to them.

**newKid** · 03-24-2008, 09:17 PM

where is brickboy. . .

03-24-2008, 02:22 PM	#1
nikon777 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH. The Danger Zone. Posts: 6,745	Steyr M9A-1 Any other members have experience with this firearm. Always wondered about them in the back of my mind. Weren't they founded by ex Glock employees or is that a rumor. __________________ Clinging bitterly to guns and religion since 1977.. My Blogspot.

03-24-2008, 04:40 PM	#3
mgeoffriau XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jackson, MS Posts: 1,038	The story you're thinking of is that the Steyr was designed by a member of the Glock design team. When he presented the design to Glock, they declined to build it, so he took it to Steyr. __________________ I felt early on I wasn't going to be a respectable citizen. -- Cormac McCarthy We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

03-24-2008, 04:48 PM	#5
mgeoffriau XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jackson, MS Posts: 1,038	Yup. But it also feels great in the hand, it has a great out of the box trigger, it's accurate, and it's reliable. __________________ I felt early on I wasn't going to be a respectable citizen. -- Cormac McCarthy We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

03-24-2008, 05:35 PM	#6
sturmruger XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: River Falls, WI Posts: 665	I own four of these pistols in differant sizes and calibers. The smaller framed guns are my carry guns. These are a very high quility gun they are worth every penny. __________________ XD Aficionado pics of my guns Last edited by sturmruger : 03-24-2008 at 05:38 PM.

03-24-2008, 07:49 PM	#8
dasanii19 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 3,429	I shot a brand new one my buddy got and it had a FTE on Gold dot's. Other then that its a great pistol for the money. __________________ MY NAME IS SUE!!! HOW DO YOU DO!!! "I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it."

03-24-2008, 04:41 PM	#4
Sendmenosigns XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boonies Posts: 118	kinda ugly

03-24-2008, 05:37 PM	#7
ERRveneno XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 121	When you are in love, you find all other girls ugly.LOL

03-24-2008, 08:01 PM	#9
mgeoffriau XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jackson, MS Posts: 1,038	Depending on how "brand new" it was (ie, the CDNN ones have been sitting around for a while), it may have had the old style extractor. Not everyone has had issues with it, but enough people did that Steyr made a new extractor for more positive extraction. Over on the Steyr forum everyone who has had an issue has been able to either send in their pistol at no charge, or have the new parts sent to them. __________________ I felt early on I wasn't going to be a respectable citizen. -- Cormac McCarthy We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

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