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A factory 9mm AUG A1  Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | ||
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That’s lovely. I thought there were no factory SA 9mm AUGs in the US, that they only exist as parts kits assembled on receivers. What’s the story on yours? It’s an A2 receiver, which is cool. --------------------------------------------- "AND YEA THOUGH THE HINDUS SPEAK OF KARMA, I IMPLORE YOU...GIVE HER A BREAK, LORD". - Clark W. Griswald | |||
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OK I'm a 9mm addict. I've done it with kits for many guns where the factory ones seem unavailable (like the aug) so how did we get this one? “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | |||
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A2? Thought the later version of the optic was still considered A1. Haven't seen one in a while, haven't seen a triangular scope for over 20 years. For the rest of the Steyr stuff I have I should know better eh? The standout thing about it is the trigger. Normal AUG triggers are based off the terrible "select fire" trigger, the 9mm trigger is completely different, short and crisp. Maybe it had work done? I have a sample of one. Just like most 9mm carbines it's straight blowback with a robust recoil spring. The story on mine? A collector I know gave me first crack, because we're friends and he knows I like AUGs and weird guns. I don't know for sure it's factory, but everything is very "Austria" and it would be weird to find a kit that matched the receiver, right? Generally, AUGs aren't cheap, and I really wasn't shopping, but sometimes you need to say yes, because otherwise you don't get a second chance. I have a bit of a backlog of things I've been up to to post about, only one more that might blow your mind. Maybe two. My advice for finding things like this, is make friends. When you find something, put money down. NEVER walk away from a sweetheart without cash down. If you aren't sure and want to research, always leave a bookmark of dollars. I dunno gents, we may be entering a time when old boomers are letting their collections go... It's not going to be a $70 SKS kind of thing I don't think, but if you haven't been shooting the shit at your favorite local gunshop for years (or in some other way fraternizing with the elderly), I suggest starting to put that time in. The only cool interesting gun from the hip buy I ever felt burned on was a Steyr GB. But nobody knows they are trash so I was able to break even on that. Maybe the government mini-30. Mainly my mistakes have been selling things, not buying them. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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I scored a minty Austrian StG metric FAL and 10 original steel mags from an older collector who was letting a lot of his stuff go. Right about the same time our local Rural King had a huge pile of Igman M80 ball ammo that they had sitting for like 6 months priced at $1.25 per round. I asked the guy at the gun counter how long they were going to sit on it before they dropped the price to something reasonable. He looked at me like I had three heads. A couple weeks later they had marked the price down to .50 per and I bought almost the whole stack.  Coupled with that I'm setup to reload 308 and have a huge pile of all the components for it that I bought back when prices were good, It was too good of an arrangement to pass up. Per Arc's advice. I got the rifle from a friend of a friend. He has some transferable machine guns that he might let go of soon including a factory MP5. I'm ready! | |||
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A1 is a fixed non-removable optic. A2 (and USR) has a removable optic and allows you to use either the 1.5x Swaro optic or an optic rail. Your receiver is an A2. The design of the optic/rail-receiver interface of the A2 is flawed and if you remove and reinstall the optic/rail a few times, you will wear the finish of the interface and the optic or rail will have play with the receiver and will wobble a bit. The A3M1 interface solved this issue. When you say the parts are matching, which parts do you mean? Are the barrel and bolt group serialized and match the receiver? If so, it’s definitely a factory A2 9mm. And if that’s the case, it was probably one of the A1 rifles that Pete Athens sent to Steyr Austria to be remade into A2. What is your serial number prefix? --------------------------------------------- "AND YEA THOUGH THE HINDUS SPEAK OF KARMA, I IMPLORE YOU...GIVE HER A BREAK, LORD". - Clark W. Griswald | |||
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Sweet Pew Pew you got there! Never seen one of those. Train how you intend to Fight Remember - Training is not sparring. Sparring is not fighting. Fighting is not combat. | |||
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This makes a lot of sense. Earlier when I said "it would be weird to find a kit that matched the receiver," it's because the last three numbers match, but the receiver is 900sa, and the bolt and barrel are SAO. So really, it's "factory close enough" I guess? Also ZDY. If Pete Athens was involved, that's honorary Factory Steyr IMO. These rifles have to be pre-98 here but you can buy new production A3's. Figure that one out. It appears unfired, we'll remedy that this summer. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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Very cool. I didn't even know a 9mm AUG was a thing.... | |||
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You had me at 9mm AUG. I’m crazy about a few brands of EBR’s and AUG’s are one of them. I’ve been considering buying another but yours would be hard to beat. What an opportunity that was! I have so many firearms in the past I sold in order to buy another and if I could do it all again I’d buy instead of sell every time. Very nice, thanks for sharing that. | |||
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Nice. You scored on 2 nice guns. | |||
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That is 100% certain to be an A1 sent by Pete to Steyr for remanufacture into an A2. If you reach out to him, he can likely give you the full details. These are true factory rifles, as Steyr Austria took the pre-89 rifles, destroyed them, then used the serial numbers on new A2 rifles. You have a rare bird. Enjoy it! --------------------------------------------- "AND YEA THOUGH THE HINDUS SPEAK OF KARMA, I IMPLORE YOU...GIVE HER A BREAK, LORD". - Clark W. Griswald | |||
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Some folks have already offered to buy it, that doesn't happen typically. How rude! I don't think I'll sell. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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If it weren't such a rare bird, the temptation would be strong for me to thread that barrel and throw a nice lightweight 9mm can on it. But I don't think I could alter such a rare factory rifle. I have a CMMG Banshee 9mm that I rarely shoot because I only bought it to shoot suppressed and I'm still waiting on my stamp approval for a Rugged Obsidian 9mm. Once that can gets here I'm going to shoot the hell out of it. | |||
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Well.. if suppressors were legal here I'd just get an extra barrel. AUG barrels pop right out. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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Aw crap, I forgot about your state. My bad. | |||
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No sweat. I'd be all over it if they were. People think machineguns and other stuff is illegal here, it's not. Just paperwork. Suppressors though, ooooh nooo Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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