When World War I started, the men fighting it were armed with bolt-action rifles and machine guns that weighed tens of pounds. The need for a lighter, faster firing weapon became obvious. This need developed into two categories: The first was the automatic rifle; the second was the submachine gun. Both sides got submachine guns […]
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First Look: Steyr S9-A1
Steyr has been known to me as one of those cult companies. A friend let me shoot his once and then wiped it down and tucked it away. I don’t mean of course that Steyr is a cult, but that those who own Steyrs love them deeply. It’s been my experience that such cults are […]
Steyr M9: Giving Glock The Boot
The Steyr M9 has been around for years, but has gone unnoticed for the most part. They are only recently getting serious recognition in this country. I heard about them not too long ago and was interested to know more about the Steyr brand of pistols. Surely it couldn’t have been anything special since I […]
Bullpup Rifles: Love for the Tavor
There are many people who dislike bullpup rifles. I not only like them, I find that there are quite a few things they do much better than conventional designs. After running M16 and M4 rifles in combat in the military, I prefer the bullpup. Fighting in tight spaces with one of these rifles was a nightmare, not […]
EF88 Austeyr Gets Thumbs Up After First Operational Deployment
Photo by Australian Defence Force Back in the late 80s, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) adopted the F88 “Austeyr”—an Aussie version of the Austrian Steyr AUG bullpup—to replace its L1A1 self-loading rifles. Fast forward a couple of decades, and defense contractor Thales has developed an updated version for the ADF called the Enhanced F88 (EF88). That […]
Steyr Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the AUG with the New STG 77
Courtesy of Tactical Life Let’s travel back in time to 1977. Jimmy Carter was in the White House, KISS was the biggest band in the world, the first “Star Wars” film had just hit theaters, and Steyr Mannlicher designed the short-stroke, gas-piston-operated Steyr AUG, which was adopted by the Austrian Army as its official battle rifle […]
Steyr Arms Is in Production on the AUG A3 M1 Long Rail Rifle
Courtesy of Tactical Life Bowing to customer demand for a longer top rail version of its AUG A3 M1 platform, Alabama-based Steyr Arms announced it is now in full production on a new model it is calling the AUG A3 M1 Long Rail. RELATED STORY: Gun Review – Steyr Arms’ AUG/A3 M1 Bullpup According to the press […]
The Steyr Maadi AKM and its Role in the 1984 Classic ‘Red Dawn’
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) “In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.” I can still recite those words, and the first time I read them was in early August of 1984—off at college and cycling between part-time jobs and full-time studies. Ronald Reagan was our president then, and like […]