New Steyrs on the Way

[kartoffel]

You now, Steyr Arms Inc is in the old H&K building in Trussville now. Maybe some of the H&K rubbed off?

Steyr Arms Inc: we'd rather you bought a Caracal or an MSAR. Because you suck and we don't care.

[kartoffel]

I never knew this before, but check out this weird series of connections.

First of all, Steyr Arms Inc (SAI), the US importer of Steyr, is also the exclusive importer for German gun brands Anschütz and Merkel [1]. Merkel itself is owned by Caracal, a small arms manufacturer based in the United Arab Emirates [2]. Caracal also owns HK Sport, the sport and hunting side of Heckler und Koch [3], [4]. Got all that? Cool.

So in the USA, SAI has the exclusive gig for Steyr, Anschütz and Merkel. All but Steyr out of those three brands are controlled by the Emirati corporation known as Caracal.

Caracal has their own pistol, too, designed by the very same Willi Bubits that created the original Steyr M and S series of pistols. Waffen Werks out of Knoxville Tennessee cleared a BATF Form 6 and has imported their own batch of Caracal pistols. I do not know what if any relationship Waffen Werks has with SAI. Waffen Werks has set up a web site at http://www.caracalusa.com/ to promote their Caracals, but it's blank as of today.



[1] http://www.steyrarms.com/contact/
[2] http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/Every...l.aspx?id=2070
[3] http://caracalconsulting.nuxit.net/c...ss-review.html
[4] http://www.visier.de/artikelaufruf.html?3272

[pgt]

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[kartoffel]

Oh just as a heads up for people looking to get the new Steyr Steyrs.... RSR is one of the distributors.

STY39-312-3 STEYR S-A1 40SW 10RD 3.6" BLK POLY
STY39-322-3 STEYR S-A1 9MM 10RD 3.6" BLK POLY
STY39-523-2K STEYR M9-A1 9MM 17RD BLK
STY39-523-2K-10 STEYR M9-A1 9MM 10RD BLK
STY39-713-2H STEYR M40-A1 40SW 12RD BLK
STY39-713-2H-10 STEYR M40-A1 40SW 10RD BLK

[pgt]

thanks. guess I'll wait until I can order online....no point chasing something down nobody seems to have yet

[Adler]

Originally Posted by pgt

thanks. guess I'll wait until I can order online....no point chasing something down nobody seems to have yet

It also allows any issues to come to light before you get one.

[pgt]

wait, you mean companies do beta testing on their customers? when teh eff did this happen?

[Lowend]

you'd think Steyr would have a vested interest in having an importer that gave a crap about selling product.

I wonder what it takes to become the Steyr importer to america?

[einzelherz]

Originally Posted by Lowend

you'd think Steyr would have a vested interest in having an importer that gave a crap about selling product.

I wonder what it takes to become the Steyr importer to america?

Being willing to lose lots of money