New Steyr pistol for production

[miyamoto]

Hey folks,

Question,

Just received my m-a1 2/23 and only ran several hundred rounds through it so far with no problems except for the brass being a little erratic on ejection. Was drilling my reloads and quickly noticed how much the steyr's back strap is open and mag well opening is a bit narrow than other brands. This is slowing down my reloads a bit. Losing around 2 tenths of a second per load.

Does anyone know of someone who makes a channel filler much like glock has for the back channel of the steyr?

Any machinist/steyr animals around here who would attempt?

A mag well looks possible with that pin hole too!

Thank you,

Will

[Mark Perez]

Will,

JB weld ??

Mark

[Harmon]

if this is for uspsa production, that'd put you in open division as an external modification,

The trick is to see the magazine into the hole..

i can reload my glock production gun as fast as i can my magwell equipped limited gun.

its all what you see.

[miyamoto]

Yeah, if this steyr was anywhere near as large an opening as a glock, that would not be a prob.

Lot of little pointy angles down there on the new m-a1, so generic description loading technique does not apply here.

Thanks for the reply though...Now I know I can't use it in production if modified the way mark suggested.

Hey mark...thought about my old jb weld tricks(ha,ha)...impact area though...don't think it would hold up.

[Carlos]

I am sure this has been answered a million times in frontsite & the glock forum but I thought some of the Glock backstrap fillers were approved for USPSA production while others bumped one to open?

If some fillers are Production approved, simply copy one of those & you are good to go. The Steyr is a fantastic pistol b/c: its an Austrian made, polymer framed, tennifer finished gun similar in size to a Glock 19 but with a much lower bore axis and better chamber support (plus it can shoot lead bullets); comes with standard profile sights IF you get the night sights. Tom Freeman of the United States Air Force shooting team used a Steyr M9 to make Production Master class. The gun is very capable. Regards,

D.C. Johnson