Information AboutSteyr Gb |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT STEYR GB | |
| semi-automatic pistols | |
|
The Steyr GB was briefly widely touted as the ultimate Wonder Nine high capacity 9 mm pistol, but its popularity was cut short when the then-brand new Glock 17 pistol by new-to-firearms-manufacturing firm Glock won a testing competition for the Austrian Army service pistol order. It was also a competitor for the US military pistol competition ultimately won by the Beretta M9 Pistol . Commentary from US firearms testers and writers indicated that the GB had remarkably low recoil for a pistol of its caliber and it was generally well liked in testing, but the lack of government orders led to its production only totally a reputed 15 to 20,000 pistols between 1981 and 1988. EXTERNAL LINKS |
|
|