Weekend Photo: Black Beauty

by Steve Johnson

Published: June 13th, 2015

My Hungarian gun-editor friend Gabor sent us a phto of a Steyr AUG chambered in 9mm. He wrote …

A futuristic black beauty: Steyr AUG 9×19 mm semi-auto carbine.
Positives: Practically zero felt recoil, better trigger than on the military 5,56×45 mm AUG.
Negatives: the ejection port is only on the right side (unlike the original), no-go for lefties.

I am not really a Steyr AUG fan, but this carbine is pretty damn sexy in my opinion.

Steve Johnson

I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!

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HenryV on Jun 13, 2015

I like how they have put a plastic web to support the mag well and extend the mag release. It is lovely.

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- Daniel E. Watters on Jun 13, 2015
  
  @HenryV If I remember correctly, the magazine well insert is designed to use the same magazines as the legacy Steyr MPi69 and MPi81 SMG.
  
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- HenryV on Jun 13, 2015
  
  @Daniel E. Watters That's interesting. It does look well thought out. :)
  
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- David Sharpe on Jun 13, 2015
  
  @HenryV It doesn't extend the mag release, it blocks the original release and moves the 9mm mag release to a paddle type.
  
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- HenryV on Jun 13, 2015
  
  @David Sharpe Thank you. I should have been precise.
  
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Cedar_92 on Jun 13, 2015

Anyone know Is it true that the ATF stopped importation of the 9mm conversion because they were deemed not sporting guns?

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- Toms on Jun 13, 2015
  
  @Cedar_92 True, I got one of the last kits. The mags are pricey though but its a cool gun for sure and cheap to practice with.I find it well balanced unlike the shooter above but heavy for a sub gun. the bolt catch is nice as well. Accuracy is very good as with all steyr products.
  
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- Cedar_92 on Jun 14, 2015
  
  @toms Ok thanks. There's a bill right now in the house that will do away with the sporting clause for importing firearms. Let's hope it passes
  
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- Toms on Jun 14, 2015
  
  @Cedar_92 I have heard that Steyr may do a run of FN 9mm barrels down the road. The barrel part of the Kit is what was banned by Obami. 9mm barrels were coming in for a while as the the original parts kit ban focused on Rifle caliber barrels. Steyr and IMI sent them as pistol barrels and parts. Obami put the Kibash on that around the same time as the Russian ammo fiasco.
  
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