Steyr rifles not popular?

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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by headspace » 06 Dec 2013, 2:07 pm

Just getting back on topic, the Steyr is of pretty much the same gene pool as the Mannlicher. I used to work in a gun store in Sydney back in the mid 1960's before I was given a suit of green clothes and sent to SE Asia and I recall us having those rifles on the shelf for a fair while. They were beautiful rifles and smooth as silk but didn't shoot any better than a Winchester or Remington both available back then. There were people liked them because of what they were, but then the 303/25 was probably the most popular hunting cartridge on converted SMLE actions, and you could bash 'em around. Australian shooters like quality but unless they have heaps to spend will stick with what they know and what works. The animal you shoot has no idea how much the rifle cost, and most rifles will shoot better than most of us can.
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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by redrum » 06 Dec 2013, 2:23 pm

headspace wrote:I used to work in a gun store in Sydney back in the mid 1960's before I was given a suit of green clothes and sent to SE Asia and I recall us having those rifles on the shelf for a fair while.


Have you seen 'Good Morning Vietnam'?

All I could think of when you wrote that was "home of the shiny green suit".

Were you rolling around in a green silk 3 piece on your tour?

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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by headspace » 07 Dec 2013, 9:25 pm

Generally speaking blokes who rolled around at all, let alone in shiny 3pce gear were not to be trusted with a weapon. "Good Morning Vietnam" would have been a nice relief though, it rained a lot.
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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by Press » 08 Dec 2013, 12:14 pm

I think if you turn up to your long arms safety course wearing a bright green silk suit that's an immediate fail on grounds of mental instability :lol:
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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by BBJ » 08 Dec 2013, 1:42 pm

headspace wrote:The animal you shoot has no idea how much the rifle cost, and most rifles will shoot better than most of us can.


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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by headspace » 08 Dec 2013, 8:10 pm

Press wrote:I think if you turn up to your long arms safety course wearing a bright green silk suit that's an immediate fail on grounds of mental instability :lol:

Extremely bad taste if nothing else.
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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by AlanK » 09 Dec 2013, 8:41 am

headspace wrote:Extremely bad taste if nothing else.


The suit just needs a fluro pink rifle to match then the ensemble is complete.
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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by headspace » 11 Dec 2013, 6:50 pm

AlanK wrote:
headspace wrote:Extremely bad taste if nothing else.


The suit just needs a fluro pink rifle to match then the ensemble is complete.

Hogue just bought out a stock in that colour, you may see one in the gay mardi gras. Seriously it's aimed at (whoops) lady shooters. :lol:
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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by Wes » 12 Dec 2013, 9:48 am

headspace wrote:Hogue just bought out a stock in that colour, you may see one in the gay mardi gras. Seriously it's aimed at (whoops) lady shooters. :lol:


I've seen a couple of shows on guns in the US, you should see some of the accessories they do for AR-15's and other popular stuff to target lady buyers.

Stuff like this is apparently pretty common...

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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by SSG04A1 » 17 Dec 2013, 11:35 pm

Hey mate I have two steyrs the SSG04A1 and the Scout rifle both in .308 , expensive toys but totally worth the money for these Austrian artworks
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Re: Steyr rifles not popular?

Post by Harts » 18 Dec 2013, 7:58 am

SSG04A1 wrote:the SSG04A1


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Mmmm, pretty.
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