Steyr 1912 availability and value?

Depends on condition.
They are not very hard to find in fair to good condition, however if you are looking for an excellent specimen you will need to be patient.
A Steyr 1912 in excellent condition sells for about the same price as an excellent condition Brazilian or Argentine Mauser.
 
Most common one in Canada is the Chilean contract. Ironically only 5000 were made for Chile and it should be the most scarce one, but it seems all 5000 ended up in North America, while many thousands of handguns from other contracts were swallowed by two world wars in Europe. Strictly speaking it is model 1911. M1912 is Austrian army designation as they accepted it only in 1912. Main variations are M1911 civilian with at least two subvariations, M1912 Austrian Army, M1911 Chilean Army, M1912 Romanian Army, M1912 Bavarian contract and Nazi reworks for 9mm Luger. Prices start from $350. Not a common pistol, but not a lot of collectors to appreciate it.

Austrian, Chilean, Bavarian.

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I have one from the Chilean contract, it is extremely well made. If I remember correctly, it is from the "B" block.

I found some original 9mm Steyr ammo and I have a holster, it is just a matter of finding some range time.
 
I've got a couple; one in 9mm Luger, neat guns. I participated in an casual run 'n gun kind of a thing this spring with it ( obviously the 9 x 19 one ). Repro holster and all. Not a tackdriver by any means but fun. The clays kill you though. I used a clip pouch for an SKS to hold the clips for the Steyr, you can carry beau-coupe rds to the chair with that setup. I used a Sam Browne strap as well to bear the load; with the ammunition clips and pistol, it's a fair load.
At 350...pick one up. They are cool pistols.
 
Nabs said:
I have one from the Chilean contract, it is extremely well made. If I remember correctly, it is from the "B" block.

I found some original 9mm Steyr ammo and I have a holster, it is just a matter of finding some range time.
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The ammo is interesting, the boxes I have say (in German) "Patented in all Civilized Nations".
 
Fargone4sure said:
I have one of the Romanian ones. Solid and surprisingly accurate. 9mm Steyr can be tough to find though.
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I found all of mine at gun shows, it is "Geco" made from the 1920s-1930s in cardboard boxes and I think it is on 10 rd stripper clips but I can't quite remember.

There are also some good forum posts on gunboards and other forums where some folks go through the reloading process for the Steyr.
 
Seems like an interesting pistol and design. I'd be interested in getting one since the price is generally right, but the ammo situation would stop me as i'd want to shoot it
 
FYI posted this before, if you have the ammo but no stripper clips, get a box of Czech 7.62×25mm Tokarev, the strippers work quite well with 9mm Steyr and fit the guide in the slide.

 
If you appreciate high quality workmanship and the interesting rotary locking barrel pick one up.
Blows me away the accuracy and intricacy in the machining on these guns with the technology they had. Nothing on this gun is simple to make by hand.
 
What I find interesting is the ingenuity of them. The recoil spring also helps reset the trigger. It's a really neat designed firearm.
But the bbl is quite slender & delicate, not the toughest unit. I wonder about the recoil impulse being in both planes, twisting and reciprocating. In my line of business that's not a good thing, twisted and driving back at the same time.
Not bad except it's a hotter round, tests limits a bit IMO
 
I've been hunting for a proper Austrian issued one for quite a while to go in my WW1 collection but I'm yet to stumble across one. I've seen quite a few Chilean ones though.
 
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