Steyr STM556

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I'm starting to see this new rifle from Steyr with the quick detach barrel on many online forums and I was wondering if you guys had any plans to bring some of them in the country? Swapping out barrels of multiple calibers and lengths looks easy as pie! Definitely something that would interest some people!

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Ok, I really like the looks of this... and the QD barrel would make cleaning even more of a breeze...

GET THESE IN WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE! I'd buy one (or two!)
 
Wow... now even Steyr makes an AR!

An old-time firearms buddy of mine, who doesn't necessarily keep up with all the trends, was flabergasted when I told him that Remington, Smith & Wesson and Ruger all make AR's now... as do SIG Sauer and Heckler & Koch! Now even my beloved Steyr Mannlicher?

Don't get me wrong, I like AR's and own two of them... but is it the "future" that every single maker of firearms has to make 1911 pistols and AR-15 rifles? I know the American domestic market drives everything... but this is getting a bit pathetic.

Give me the old SIG, the old HK and the old Steyr any day... back when these companies went to market with their own unique designs.

At least Steyr (no doubt the U.S. partner... VLTOR is the one that is really behind this) came up with a few unique features.
 
I'd be great to go from short cqb barrel on one weekend (for one competition), and switch to a 20" DMR for another. Although I wish those who do have switch barrel designs like this sell longer (or shorter) handgaurds to better accommodate the barrels that they offer.
 
I'm curious about the barrel change system.

How do they retain the barrel? Don't tell me it's held in there by the gas block..
 
Timbertec said:
Actually... the barrel extension looks like it has a lug system...
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Yep, just like the Steyr AUG. the barrel is retained from rotating by the monolithic upper at the front of the handguard, not a true free float at all, but I'm sure it's more than rigid enough for handguard flex to not be a concern.
 
ghostie said:
Give me the old SIG, the old HK and the old Steyr any day... back when these companies went to market with their own unique designs.
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I take it you mean before c-68 made them all prohibs right? :p

I'd only be interested if Steyr made a variant that used standard AR-15 barrel profiles, those barrels look proprietary and most likely would be uber bucks to buy/import.
 
Guys,

The STM556 WILL be available in the future for purchase.

A semi automatic version of this rifle does not exist at the moment. I suspect it will be about 6 months before we get a prototype and submit it for classification.

At this point a good guess would be early 2014 until it's ready for purchase.

If anything changes, we will update.

Thanks,
 
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