Steyr Arms no longer importing Steyr pistols
Steyr Arms, Inc., the US Importer for Steyr-Mannlicher products, are no longer importing Steyr pistols. In a press release Scott O’Brien, the CEO, says that the economic conditions and currency fluctuations mean they are not able to price them competitively.
Steyr Arms, Inc., which is the US Importer for Steyr-Mannlicher GMBh in Austria, has imported over 20,000 pistols into the US market over the last couple of years. Many of those pistols are still available for retail sale at various distributors and dealers across the country. However, current market conditions and currency fluctuations between the Euro and the US dollar have severely hampered the ability to produce the pistol in an economically viable manner. Unfortunately, these additional costs plus the traditional costs of importing prevent us from being able to sell the pistol at a commercially competitive price point at this time.
For these reasons, Steyr Arms, Inc is not importing any additional quantities of pistol that will be available on the wholesale market for the foreseeable future. However, we are in a research and development phase to see how Steyr can compete in the future without sacrificing the quality that has made Steyr so popular. Please know that Steyr Arms, Inc will continue to service and warrant all current model pistols and rifles as always. We will continue to service and carry parts and accessories for all M and S series pistols in all calibers.
Steyr Mannlicher M-A1 40 S&W
R.I.P. Steyr
That’s a shame. While I’ve never shot the Steyr pistols I know many people that own them and love them, they were one of the staples in the affordable gun market.
They’ll be sorely missed.
I just ordered mine from CDNN for $350.00. Great timing, I was trying to decide between the CZ99 SW99 or the Steyr MA1. Glad I picked this up, hope to be spending some .40’s this weekend! CDNN @ $350.00.
I fear it will be several years before our dollar is strong enough for importing to begin again.
Didn’t I read some where that Steyr was selling weapons to countries we’re fighting?
Heath, it was a rumor that Steyr was supplying .50 BMG rifles to Iran who were suspected of supplying them to Iraqi insurgents. Styer denied this and at one point had a link to the denial on every page of thier website.
Russia supplies directly and indirectly small arms and heavy weapons, anti-aircraft system etc etc to many of America’s enemies, but it does not seem to affect sales of Russian rifles or shotguns.
It is defiantly a philosophical question that I might post on the blog sometime.
The Steyr Iran thing got disproved I seem to remember. The patent had expired on the design so while the rifles in Iran were the Steyr design they were not made by Steyr.
I just picked up a second one of these from CDNN myself as a spare.
Well I guess that makes my Steyr M9A1 a a bit of a rarity. It’s a very fine gun once they fixed the extraction issues.
After reading this article I called Centerfire Systems and ordered myself an M9-A1 for the collection. I have always wanted a Steyr and now I can finally claim one as my own. The price was $9 more than CDNN but shipping was $9 less so it was a wash in the end. I cant wait for this pistol to be delivered to my FFL guy. If the ergos are anything like my PPS’s then we are going to get along swimmingly.
It is a shame that the Steyr pistols never took off in the U.S. I’ve owned the m40 and m40-a1 and loved them both. The pointability and the placement of the releases are great. The only thing that I don’t like is the lack of accessories and that could’ve been solved by better consumer response. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the Steyr handguns make a comeback.
I have a Steyr M9-A1, I love this weapon. I went to the range today and put it head to head with my Glock 19, the results were dead even. Both weapons had no malfunctions of any kind. When compairing the targets at the end of the day, I had a hard time telling them apart. I cant in all honesty say that I find any real advantage in owning Steyr M9-A1 over a Glock 19, now that all imports have stoped, extra mags and acc will be harder to find but as a “put back gun” the Steyr M9-A1 is one of the best hand guns ever made, bar none. H & K is a great weapon but over priced. Beretta is fine weapon but to big for what it is. Sig is another fantastic handgun but you will pay for it. S & W, I hate their pistols, their revolvers are 2nd to none. Walther…..???? CZ-75 Great pistol but heavy. This leaves Glock and Glock is at the top of the heap. Glock was the 1st one to the party and took full advantage of that fact. Steyr on the other hand was the last one to the party and now their is no one to dance with. In this current economic down turn law enforcement will not be trading in their duty guns like they did in 2000. Some bad timing on the part of Steyr. For those of us that own A M9-A1, lets just keep it our secret. LOL