I don't know how many compliments you get, but I just wanted to say that you always do a good job with your videos. I like how you go into the history behind the guns, and cover it thoroughly. Most people just skip that part. Just wanted to let you know I appreciate the attention to detail that you give your videos. Keep up the good work man!
That's absolutely incredible that Steyr kept that side sliding wedge system from the Hahn to the AUG for dissassembly throughout the years. Basically, if you can figure out their dissassembly mechanism from 1918, you can dissasssemble their modern weapons. In-cre-di-ble. Thank you so much Ian for teaching us so much about these brilliant pieces of machinery.
7:40 slight correction, when the war broke out they stopped sending weapons anywhere, except for allies(Germany, Bulgaria), so even before Romania declared war they where not getting weapons. I have seen pictures of Austro Hungarian troops with Romanian m93 in 1914. This is because they issued everything they had in the steyr factory. Another example in the Mexican mausers, they had the same fate as the m93s.
in fact Romania ordered 50 000 and another 5000 but in 1914 after the Romanians received around 35 000 the Austro-Hungarians stopped all the weapons exports and all the non-delivered guns were grabed by the A-H. Romania entered in the war in 1916 so clearly they didn't received all the requested guns by the A-H blocking of all the exports (of weapons)
Ian, just wanted to pass this story related to Rock Island Auction House on to you. I bid on a 1960's era M1 Carbine in their May online auction and ended up winning the auction. I must say after receiving the rifle today that I am super glad that I watched your auction videos and knew of them. I would definitely buy from them again and would have never known about them without your videos! Thanks!
I have an Austrian model made in 1916, very nice to shoot. Ammo has become increasingly rare to find. One can convert the 38 super cartridge to the 9 mm Steyr. Thank you for the review of a very interesting firearm, as most are of that era.
I'm actually wondering why the there are so ''little'' subs to this awesome channel, probably because Ian isn't shooting that much, with these rare beauties.
gunchap It's probably for the same reason these very weapons have been "forgotten." Most people don't care about this stuff. FW fills a specific niche in the gun enthusiast sector. This stuff isn't as accessible as a shooting channel, because you don't have to know anything about guns to enjoy seeing Bubba shoot watermelons with his Deagle ;) But people like us who are interested in history and firearms design will find this stuff incredibly interesting
I actually started with watching shooting channels like FPS Russia, IW8888, and others, and then stumbled on FW, on which I got hooked, like watched every video there was available in a few days. So I guess there might be a steady increase of subs due to people like me.
gunchap I don't even remember how I found out about FW. I think I just stumbled upon it when looking for info on a specific gun, and there were so many cool things in the suggested feed that I just kept watching until I caught up
Had one back in the 60's. A family friend brought it home from Wll. It didn't have any slide markings other than the "S". Had to visit the library to find out what it was. I ordered some surplus ammo through the mail (I was 16) and received a bunch of crap. It looked like the ammo was stored in a coal bin and they just shoveled some into a bag. Mixed in were a lot of other types of 9 mm. Half were duds, 1/4 were weak hang fires. It looked like the propellant was chopped up movie film. The bright shiny ones fired well. In fact too well! The gun didn't work (which is why I got to bring it home). There is a trigger bar in the right slide groove. When the gun fired there was a disconnector that was pushed down. It turns out the bar was missing and the disconnector was stuck in the down position. When I made a new trigger bar, I unknowingly built around the disconnector. With good ammo it would go full auto! Kinda" neat to see all the empties in the air at once. Talk about muzzle rise; the last 5 -6 rounds would be wasted in the sky! The friend took the gun back, but I still have some of the duds around. Now that new ammo is available it would be fun to try it again. Maybe the friend's son will let me borrow it.
Any clean 'old' ammo marked 'Sinoxide' and for Steyr-Hahn should still be ok for these pistols. I have a case of surplus RWS Steyr ammo from the 1930's that I purchased in the 1980's that I shoot once a year. I would not shoot a gun that did not have all its parts working properly.
Wow RUclips. Had to resub. Love your videos, taught me so much more about certain aspects of ww1 ww2 and a few other historic events and time periods. Wish I could set you up with a dude I used to know from Europe. He had some crazy rare antiques that were kinda obscure.
The sights look remarkably modern compared to most of its contemporaries. So they got that right, it's a shame about the stripper clips! Do we know of any removable magazine variants Ian???
@@phlodel Some surplus 7.62x25mm ammunition comes on clips, and they're identical to the M1912 ones, albeit with a less bright finish. They work flawlessly and are quite cheap.
Soo I bought two handguns and loved the classic look at the gun show, one was a rare cz52 for 300 and was good and I bought this one for 900$ without knowing its history, well as it turns out I been carrying the m1912 as a backpack gun and I tought the stripper clip loading was odd. Damn cant believe i purchased an ancient relic and still fires
My father, an infantry soldier in Patton’s 3rd army, brought one of these back. He did not say exactly where he located it, but his final deployment was in Linz, Austria.
Thanks for doing this video. I work in a gun store and actually got my hands on one of the "08" models. A person came into possession of it after a family members death and was trying to figure out what it was.
Could be an interruption, could be I sneezed, could be a I flubbed a fact - any number of things. I don't pre-script my videos, and being done on the fly I don't always get everything quite right on the first take.
+Forgotten Weapons Just a suggestion, but I think it would be better if you made those edits hard cuts rather than quick fades. The fade cuts are...odd.
@@Regolith86 In a world with no attention span (think Scotty Kilmer's audience) I prefer the fades. The way Scotty's videos have hard cuts that happen every few seconds only to remove 1/10th of a second are annoying. I like Scotty, don't get me wrong.
I want to get this pistol one day, very unique design, and well made, also appeared in Battlefield 1, and it's "tactical reload" is comical, as you can eject all unspent casings out the top with a press of a button
@@irishkorean3479 what are you talking about? with normal gun you just remove the magazine and remove the 1 round in the chamber Steyr Hahn DOESN'T have a removable magazine, to unload it you literally eject all remaining rounds out of the receiver, like literally you push a button and all remaining rounds fly out the top
Interestingly, mine has a five digit serial number, with no letter suffix. It's dated 1918, with the usual Austrian military proofs. Bavarian, or just late Austrian, do you think?
IraqiVeteran8888 had a video about this gun, and in it he mentioned a select fire version with an extended magazine and stock. Could you try and find one of these?
I've got a Steyr Hahn myself, so neat to see you showcasing it here. I haven't fired it yet, and am unsure if it'll work or not- the hammer, if dropped and dry fired, doesn't seem to have enough strength to actually compress the firing spring at all. I still have to test it at the range to see if my eye is telling the truth on that, but if so, I have to either replace the firing spring or the hammer spring I think.
How common was this sidearm during WW2? I know that a few popped up here and there among German forces; guessing mostly among SS and Police units that had to source their own firearms for much of the war. I'm also guessing the Walther P38 and PP/PPK were the most common once the war reached full swing, trailed closely by the Luger. After that I'd expect there were a lot of Browning Hi Powers and Polish Radoms, after that Mauser HSC's, Sauer 38H's and CZ27's, after that Mauser C96 (and it's variants), Femaru's, Sig 1913's and Browning 1922's and finally we reach the category that the Steyr Han falls into. Not really sure what other pistols would also be in here; basically guns that are more than one-off's on the battlefield but pretty rare to come across, like a Frommer Stop or German produced 1911 maybe. Any thoughts?
yep loads of thoughts... the high powered was highly produced...off the top of my head half a million or close to it!! and only 50 thousand of the hanns we're reworked,
Late comment, but i would assume the "08" marking on the conversion one references the "Pistolenpatrone 08" (the german 9mm Luger cartridge spec) instead of the Luger 08.
An old post of mine made to the pre-internet rec.guns rec.gun article on shooting the Steyr-Hahn with Bergman ammo [quote]Start with the fact that one of the reasons there are not a lot of Steyr's out there is because they are not all that durable. . . They were not as robust a design as later 'strange' 9mm pistols. [reply]I have to differ. I would estimate that I have shot 10,000 rounds through these old guns, and feel the design is as stong as most other semi-auto's. Now, If I were to pick up a Colt 1911 that had been through both WWI and WWII I would expect some wear & tear on the gun. Enough said. The ONLY Steyr-Hahn I have personally seen (& I've seen hundreds, maybe a thousand) with a burst chamber is one with a Britsh arrow proof that was stamped over the chamber. Thats where it burst. I have shot Bergman/Largo rounds in a Steyr Hahn before I knew better, and never had any bad effects, maybe I was lucky. I don't recommend it of course. [quote]Donnally lists the Steyr as a 1000 fps cartridge, while he lasts the Largo as 1280 fps. Ignoring the fact that the Largo is a tapered cartridge(which you ought NOT do) it DOES develop more energy and is a more powerful cartridge, [reply]The Steyr-Hahn is not designed for a cartridge as hot or with the dimensions of the Bergmann/Largo. The rotating barrel which unlocks the action is somewhat tuned to the pressure and velocity of the expected ammunition. Steyr-Hahn ammo is not any more difficult to find or expensive than Bergmann Bayard or Largo of equal quality. There is a lot of cheap Bergmann or Largo which is corrosive & or questionable quality. Most of the Steyr-Hahn ammo is quality, non-corrosive ammo, even the 1930's surplus from RWS and GECO and DWM which is usually as good as the day it was manufactured. ........ The above was written over 20 years ago, and I know the surplus ammo is not as available as it once was. One can also use 9x23Win cases loaded to 9mm Steyr levels. One can reload boxer primed Fiocci cases or cases that were sold previously in the USA by Midway or Graf & Sons and Hornady . A moderate 9mm para powder load for 115gr FMJs should be acceptable.
I'm always sad when I hear you starting on some tangent and it getting cut (like about the Austrian police in WWII). Those are usually some of the best parts of your videos.
My 1919 dated pistol in 9mm Luger and "08" stamped, has "W (Eagle) 30" on the right side, by the trigger. I cannot see any over stamping. It has all of the other markings you point out.
I have fired these before. What a great pistol. If they used a detachable magazine, I see no reason why this pistol would not had evolved into the modern handgun era like the 1911 has.
Congrats on 250k subscribers! When these pistols were converted to 9mm parabellum, was it just a matter of switching barrels, or was there other work that had to be done?
I like the looks of these pistols and I dont know why. I just wish they had a removable magazine... or do they make a model similar that has a removable mag?
The stripper clip loading is a plus in my opinion, and pretty quick if you practice. Compatible clips are also cheap and easy to find, so you'll never have to hunt down rare magazines like you would with other vintage guns.
M95 Hallo, Sie kennen sich bestimmt damit aus. Ich kann keine 9x23er mehr finden! Wo gibt es noch welche? Oder wäre ein Wechsellauf eine Alternative? Mit einem Wechsellauf ist die Pistole im Kaliber 9mm, oder?
@@a.schmid2486 Fiocchi hats aber is teuer, für halbwegs leistbare Munition musst dir die Hülsen im Internet bestellen und wiederladen, .355 oder .356 Geschoße sollten passen
Hey Ian, another good review. During the 50s or 60s, North Vietnam ended up with a lot of M12 pistols from their commie cousins in Europe, maybe Hungarian and/or Romanian. They had problems obtaining 9 x 23mm Steyr ammo, but surprisingly did not bother converting the guns to 7.62 x 25mm Tokarev. Quite a few of these ex-commie guns have been sold to collectors in Australia.
most probably they received from the Russians which captured from Romanians and Hungarians (which is less probable because the Hungarians didn't used those pistols but their locally produced Fromm, both in WW1 and WW2!)
Ive watched a few videos on this gun and no one addresses the weird rear site can you elaborate on that design? Its just really odd how the rear site has the same half box shape as the shape of the slides part for the stripper clip. Why wouldnt it have been a single pieces of metal VS a rear site with sides on it? It just seems really odd.
I am looking at one that looks like s Bavarian one with the 08 on the slide. It is stamped Steyr 1919. I looked up the serial number an it would be the highest serial recorded.
I literally just saw one of these up for auction, and it DOES have “9mm para” stamped right on the barrel, but no “08” on the side that I can see. What variant would this be?
i thought 9x19 Parabellum and 9x23 Steyr have the exact same bullet diameter of either .355 or .356 so why would they need to replace the barrel? it would make more sense that they just have to replace the slide with a heavier one and/or different recoil spring
You mention that the date would *usually* be the same on the slide and frame. Why might they not be? I have a number matching example with a “Steyr 1917” slide and “16” marked frame.
Some years, it appears the factory changed over their stamp on the slide before the Army inspectors got new proof stamps. This happened during wartime when guns were being produced as fast as possible to be provided to the soldiers.
I have a chilean model with the serial number 1428 A. I noticed that the one in the video has the letter c suffix. Is there anything I should know about it.
I am asking this as a noob, so you don't have to point this out, but here is my question: why aren't stripper clips used so commonly these days? Why were they replaced by magazines? (Of course, I am not reffering to 20 round capacity rifles. I am talking about pustols like these, that still carry up to 10 rounds or so)
The US military still issues 'extra' boxed ammunition on stripper clips which is to be loaded into removable magazines because one can easily carry more ammo that way.
I never knew how rare the Chilean version was, here in New Zealand, is more common to find the Chilean Version than a standard Austrian. I own 2 Chilean serial Steyrs, numbers 3598 and 2192.
Ian, are you going to be at the June auction? I will be attending for the first time, although I did buy a couple of things in their Internet only auction in May.
I think Ian usually leaves the week of (to make InRange content most likely) Enjoy your first time! You should come during the premier auctions, there's some incredible stuff there.
I have seen one also with the +. There are also a number of these pistols with a small star following the serial number. I've collected these pistols for many years and kept notes about them.
It’s very a aesthetically pleasing to look at pistol, which honestly a lot of early pistols are. I’m not sure why these days pistols all tend to look like a hunky block of plastic
I believe they were one of the lots on sale at the last auction. I'm not 100% sure, but when Ian did his "hammer prices" review, he included how much they sold for.
What is actually the point of making the barrel recoil with the rest of the slide? I mean it's not done in rifles as far as I know so why do it in pistols?
I'm no expert, but as I understand for powerful cartridges the chamber must be closed before the pressure drops to a safe level in the barrel - hence the need for such a mechanism. Google "blowback vs locked breech" for more (useful) info.
So is this actually true? I've been trying to figure out who used the pistols durimg ww2 i heard multiple answers, and the ss, the army werhermach or however you spell it and luftwaffe sorry spelling is horrible i
I have one of these. I love baiting self-proclaimed firearms experts by referring to the clips for my 9mm handgun. "THEY'RE NOT CLIPS! THEY'RE CALLED MAGAZINES!" Cue frothing at the mouth. Clips for the Broomhandle Mauser work.
Reloading: A moderate 9mm para powder load for 115gr FMJs should be acceptable. One can use 9x23Win cases loaded to 9mm Steyr levels. I bought some 9x23 Win cases to test this, and they were OK for me.
thanks for presenting this. i really enjoyed. even the part wehre you tried to speak out the german name of the weaponry factory. but, be aware - this is even not easy for native german speakers. thum up...
Sadly most Romanian crowns been grinded off from slide,so it very hard to find slide with intact crown...Generally any Steyr Hahn slides very hard to find,it become obsolete parts,especially extractors...
Hello Forgotten Weapons. I have the first Steyr 1911 pistol ever made. The production started at number 70, the same I know. Do you know if someone could be interested on it?
The Austrian army museum has more than one full-auto M12, they're called Reihenfeuer M12/16.
You are under every single video about austrian guns xD
Christian Schlögl I used to spend so much time on RUclips back when I didn’t have a girlfriend
@@M95-v4r ahhh well then, congrats for getting a girlfriend
M95 i know how u feel 😂🤣
Graf von Losinj I‘m an Austrian from Vienna and the M95 is my favorite rifle.
I don't know how many compliments you get, but I just wanted to say that you always do a good job with your videos. I like how you go into the history behind the guns, and cover it thoroughly. Most people just skip that part. Just wanted to let you know I appreciate the attention to detail that you give your videos. Keep up the good work man!
Thank you!
The number one reason I watch him is the "hidden" history lesson inside each video. And I'm probably not alone.
That's absolutely incredible that Steyr kept that side sliding wedge system from the Hahn to the AUG for dissassembly throughout the years. Basically, if you can figure out their dissassembly mechanism from 1918, you can dissasssemble their modern weapons. In-cre-di-ble. Thank you so much Ian for teaching us so much about these brilliant pieces of machinery.
I'd love to see a 9mm conversion reproduction. It's such a neat gun.
There already is a 9mm version of this gun.
And they're not exactly rare. Not as common as say 1911s, but they were made in the hundreds of thousands.
@@happygrunt4789 common 9x19 parabellum? Nice!
Laughs in $500 worth of machine time per gun.
Seriously though, it would probably be prohibitively expensive to do
In austria you can buy a new production barrel in 9mm para from company named IGB
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Their aim got worse…
7:40 slight correction, when the war broke out they stopped sending weapons anywhere, except for allies(Germany, Bulgaria), so even before Romania declared war they where not getting weapons. I have seen pictures of Austro Hungarian troops with Romanian m93 in 1914. This is because they issued everything they had in the steyr factory. Another example in the Mexican mausers, they had the same fate as the m93s.
Didn't a few get out but not very many?
in fact Romania ordered 50 000 and another 5000 but in 1914 after the Romanians received around 35 000 the Austro-Hungarians stopped all the weapons exports and all the non-delivered guns were grabed by the A-H. Romania entered in the war in 1916 so clearly they didn't received all the requested guns by the A-H blocking of all the exports (of weapons)
Hahndguns
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Favorite pistol in Battlefield 1.
neogeo101 is this the repetier pistols from bf1?
Preston Doring Yup, that's right.
Ian, just wanted to pass this story related to Rock Island Auction House on to you. I bid on a 1960's era M1 Carbine in their May online auction and ended up winning the auction. I must say after receiving the rifle today that I am super glad that I watched your auction videos and knew of them. I would definitely buy from them again and would have never known about them without your videos! Thanks!
I have an Austrian model made in 1916, very nice to shoot. Ammo has become increasingly rare to find. One can convert the 38 super cartridge to the 9 mm Steyr. Thank you for the review of a very interesting firearm, as most are of that era.
try fiocchi i think they make it cant tell you the price though
Oh shit, 250,000 subs. Congrats Ian!
Thanks!
I'm actually wondering why the there are so ''little'' subs to this awesome channel, probably because Ian isn't shooting that much, with these rare beauties.
gunchap It's probably for the same reason these very weapons have been "forgotten." Most people don't care about this stuff. FW fills a specific niche in the gun enthusiast sector.
This stuff isn't as accessible as a shooting channel, because you don't have to know anything about guns to enjoy seeing Bubba shoot watermelons with his Deagle ;)
But people like us who are interested in history and firearms design will find this stuff incredibly interesting
I actually started with watching shooting channels like FPS Russia, IW8888, and others, and then stumbled on FW, on which I got hooked, like watched every video there was available in a few days. So I guess there might be a steady increase of subs due to people like me.
gunchap I don't even remember how I found out about FW. I think I just stumbled upon it when looking for info on a specific gun, and there were so many cool things in the suggested feed that I just kept watching until I caught up
This looks like a great gun. Very reliable and easy to maintain despite the stripper clip design.
Interesting as always.
Had one back in the 60's. A family friend brought it home from Wll. It didn't have any slide markings other than the "S". Had to visit the library to find out what it was. I ordered some surplus ammo through the mail (I was 16) and received a bunch of crap. It looked like the ammo was stored in a coal bin and they just shoveled some into a bag. Mixed in were a lot of other types of 9 mm. Half were duds, 1/4 were weak hang fires. It looked like the propellant was chopped up movie film. The bright shiny ones fired well. In fact too well! The gun didn't work (which is why I got to bring it home). There is a trigger bar in the right slide groove. When the gun fired there was a disconnector that was pushed down. It turns out the bar was missing and the disconnector was stuck in the down position. When I made a new trigger bar, I unknowingly built around the disconnector. With good ammo it would go full auto! Kinda" neat to see all the empties in the air at once. Talk about muzzle rise; the last 5 -6 rounds would be wasted in the sky! The friend took the gun back, but I still have some of the duds around. Now that new ammo is available it would be fun to try it again. Maybe the friend's son will let me borrow it.
Any clean 'old' ammo marked 'Sinoxide' and for Steyr-Hahn should still be ok for these pistols. I have a case of surplus RWS Steyr ammo from the 1930's that I purchased in the 1980's that I shoot once a year.
I would not shoot a gun that did not have all its parts working properly.
Wow RUclips. Had to resub. Love your videos, taught me so much more about certain aspects of ww1 ww2 and a few other historic events and time periods.
Wish I could set you up with a dude I used to know from Europe. He had some crazy rare antiques that were kinda obscure.
Congratulations for surpassing the 250000 subscribers milestone, Ian!
Thanks!
Now in May 2020 he's got 1.68 million. Great channel!
Jeffrey Smith, indeed!
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If I ever became a dictator this is the pistol I would have.
What about a gold mateba instead?
nah, I love revolvers but not my style.
me to
The sights look remarkably modern compared to most of its contemporaries. So they got that right, it's a shame about the stripper clips! Do we know of any removable magazine variants Ian???
Nope, there are none. Clips only with this guy.
+Forgotten Weapons Stripper clips available? Hold open single load easy?
+Forgotten Weapons Hopefully there's a magazine-fed prototype in a Vienna attic just waiting to be rediscovered 😉
@@damiangrouse4564 Broomhandle Mauser clips work. I have one of these pistols and bought Mauser stripper clips from Sarco. They work fine.
@@phlodel Some surplus 7.62x25mm ammunition comes on clips, and they're identical to the M1912 ones, albeit with a less bright finish. They work flawlessly and are quite cheap.
Soo I bought two handguns and loved the classic look at the gun show, one was a rare cz52 for 300 and was good and I bought this one for 900$ without knowing its history, well as it turns out I been carrying the m1912 as a backpack gun and I tought the stripper clip loading was odd. Damn cant believe i purchased an ancient relic and still fires
My father, an infantry soldier in Patton’s 3rd army, brought one of these back. He did not say exactly where he located it, but his final deployment was in Linz, Austria.
Thanks to your father for his service.
Our Steyr Hahn m12 is a 1915 and it's an amazing pistol. We have had not one failure in any way it runs flawless it's quite a marvel of engineering.
Oh great, yet another gun that I want and can probably never have.
These are pretty accessible, especially the Austrian ones. The Romanian and Chilean ones are not always recognized or valued higher by sellers, too.
I think 1000$ will get you one.
+Forgotten Weapons Well, then I guess it's just a matter of saving money then?
Go to gunbroker, these auctions sell guns for twice the going value as far as I can tell. I picked up mine (austrian) for 400 dollars on gunbroker.
Dies1r4e is that like a website?
i love how pointlessly ornate the arrow on that latch is
Oh boy, its auction house time. My favorite time
i wish more ppl would find guns interesting.
At least understand them better, they don't need to appreciate but at least know the basics abotu them.
i live a plase where its impossible to ovn a gun.. even 5,5bb is illegal
Thanks for doing this video. I work in a gun store and actually got my hands on one of the "08" models. A person came into possession of it after a family members death and was trying to figure out what it was.
Cuts like at 3:40, do they happen because of an interruption? Or just for the sake of better information?
Could be an interruption, could be I sneezed, could be a I flubbed a fact - any number of things. I don't pre-script my videos, and being done on the fly I don't always get everything quite right on the first take.
Forgotten Weapons I see. Thanks.
+Forgotten Weapons Just a suggestion, but I think it would be better if you made those edits hard cuts rather than quick fades. The fade cuts are...odd.
@@Regolith86 In a world with no attention span (think Scotty Kilmer's audience) I prefer the fades. The way Scotty's videos have hard cuts that happen every few seconds only to remove 1/10th of a second are annoying.
I like Scotty, don't get me wrong.
So today I learned that I have a Bavarian Steyr Hahn. Thanks Ian 😂
These are some remarkably beautiful pistols imo, I hope I can get my hands on one in the future
I want to get this pistol one day, very unique design, and well made, also appeared in Battlefield 1, and it's "tactical reload" is comical, as you can eject all unspent casings out the top with a press of a button
Can’t you do that with the actual gun?
@@matthewwyman1581 no you cant
@@wojtekpolska1013...Yes you can? Do you really think the ammunition is stuck in the gun until you shoot it all?
@@irishkorean3479 what are you talking about? with normal gun you just remove the magazine and remove the 1 round in the chamber
Steyr Hahn DOESN'T have a removable magazine, to unload it you literally eject all remaining rounds out of the receiver, like literally you push a button and all remaining rounds fly out the top
Interestingly, mine has a five digit serial number, with no letter suffix. It's dated 1918, with the usual Austrian military proofs. Bavarian, or just late Austrian, do you think?
Sounds Bavarian. Nice!
Thanks, Ian. That might explain why it's in such good shape. We all appreciate your work.
as always terrific thank you
IraqiVeteran8888 had a video about this gun, and in it he mentioned a select fire version with an extended magazine and stock. Could you try and find one of these?
I've got a Steyr Hahn myself, so neat to see you showcasing it here. I haven't fired it yet, and am unsure if it'll work or not- the hammer, if dropped and dry fired, doesn't seem to have enough strength to actually compress the firing spring at all. I still have to test it at the range to see if my eye is telling the truth on that, but if so, I have to either replace the firing spring or the hammer spring I think.
How common was this sidearm during WW2? I know that a few popped up here and there among German forces; guessing mostly among SS and Police units that had to source their own firearms for much of the war. I'm also guessing the Walther P38 and PP/PPK were the most common once the war reached full swing, trailed closely by the Luger. After that I'd expect there were a lot of Browning Hi Powers and Polish Radoms, after that Mauser HSC's, Sauer 38H's and CZ27's, after that Mauser C96 (and it's variants), Femaru's, Sig 1913's and Browning 1922's and finally we reach the category that the Steyr Han falls into. Not really sure what other pistols would also be in here; basically guns that are more than one-off's on the battlefield but pretty rare to come across, like a Frommer Stop or German produced 1911 maybe. Any thoughts?
yep loads of thoughts... the high powered was highly produced...off the top of my head half a million or close to it!! and only 50 thousand of the hanns we're reworked,
Late comment, but i would assume the "08" marking on the conversion one references the "Pistolenpatrone 08" (the german 9mm Luger cartridge spec) instead of the Luger 08.
Thank You GunGuru Ian!
I always wanted to get a Walther PPK, but I think I've changed my mind to wanting a Repetierpistole M1912
Both is the correct answer.
Could they use the 9mm Largo (Bermang) caliber? Both calibers (9mm Steyr and 9mm Largo) had similar sizes and power.
An old post of mine made to the pre-internet rec.guns
rec.gun article on shooting the Steyr-Hahn with Bergman ammo
[quote]Start with the fact that one of the reasons there are not a lot of Steyr's out there is because they are not all that durable. . . They were not as robust a design as later 'strange' 9mm pistols.
[reply]I have to differ. I would estimate that I have shot 10,000 rounds through these old guns, and feel the design is as stong as most other semi-auto's. Now, If I were to pick up a Colt 1911 that had been through both WWI and WWII I would expect some wear & tear on the gun. Enough said.
The ONLY Steyr-Hahn I have personally seen (& I've seen hundreds, maybe a thousand) with a burst chamber is one with a Britsh arrow proof that was stamped over the chamber. Thats where it burst.
I have shot Bergman/Largo rounds in a Steyr Hahn before I knew better, and never had any bad effects, maybe I was lucky. I don't recommend it of course.
[quote]Donnally lists the Steyr as a 1000 fps cartridge, while he lasts the Largo as 1280 fps. Ignoring the fact that the Largo is a tapered cartridge(which you ought NOT do) it DOES develop more energy and is a more powerful cartridge,
[reply]The Steyr-Hahn is not designed for a cartridge as hot or with the dimensions of the Bergmann/Largo. The rotating barrel which unlocks the action is somewhat tuned to the pressure and velocity of the expected ammunition.
Steyr-Hahn ammo is not any more difficult to find or expensive than Bergmann Bayard or Largo of equal quality. There is a lot of cheap Bergmann or Largo which is corrosive & or questionable quality. Most of the Steyr-Hahn ammo is quality, non-corrosive ammo, even the 1930's surplus from RWS and GECO and DWM which is usually as good as the day it was manufactured.
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The above was written over 20 years ago, and I know the surplus ammo is not as available as it once was.
One can also use 9x23Win cases loaded to 9mm Steyr levels. One can reload boxer primed Fiocci cases or cases that were sold previously in the USA by Midway or Graf & Sons and Hornady .
A moderate 9mm para powder load for 115gr FMJs should be acceptable.
Hahn shot first
I'm always sad when I hear you starting on some tangent and it getting cut (like about the Austrian police in WWII). Those are usually some of the best parts of your videos.
Thanks for the info gun Jesus I just purchased a Chilean Steyr 1912
One of my favorite pistols
My 1919 dated pistol in 9mm Luger and "08" stamped, has "W (Eagle) 30" on the right side, by the trigger. I cannot see any over stamping. It has all of the other markings you point out.
I have fired these before. What a great pistol. If they used a detachable magazine, I see no reason why this pistol would not had evolved into the modern handgun era like the 1911 has.
Turns out the one I picked up today is one of those Romanian Contract guns re-arsenaled for the Austrian Army. Pretty cool.
Congrats on 250k subscribers! When these pistols were converted to 9mm parabellum, was it just a matter of switching barrels, or was there other work that had to be done?
Thanks! The 9mm conversion was just a barrel swap, nothing more.
+Forgotten Weapons great channel, i would like to suggest that showing the steyr next to a 1911 would give us better idea on size of the steyr
I like the looks of these pistols and I dont know why. I just wish they had a removable magazine... or do they make a model similar that has a removable mag?
The stripper clip loading is a plus in my opinion, and pretty quick if you practice. Compatible clips are also cheap and easy to find, so you'll never have to hunt down rare magazines like you would with other vintage guns.
@9:55 what does the triangle with a '0' mean?
I thought it was the symbol for the Elder Wand.
Rock Island Auction Company
Ehhhh, is you'll
The common price for a M12 in very good condition is 250€ in Austria.
M95 Hallo,
Sie kennen sich bestimmt damit aus.
Ich kann keine 9x23er mehr finden!
Wo gibt es noch welche?
Oder wäre ein Wechsellauf eine Alternative?
Mit einem Wechsellauf ist die Pistole im Kaliber 9mm, oder?
@@a.schmid2486 Fiocchi hats aber is teuer, für halbwegs leistbare Munition musst dir die Hülsen im Internet bestellen und wiederladen, .355 oder .356 Geschoße sollten passen
Hey Ian, another good review. During the 50s or 60s, North Vietnam ended up with a lot of M12 pistols from their commie cousins in Europe, maybe Hungarian and/or Romanian. They had problems obtaining 9 x 23mm Steyr ammo, but surprisingly did not bother converting the guns to 7.62 x 25mm Tokarev. Quite a few of these ex-commie guns have been sold to collectors in Australia.
Interesting - I have not come across one of those...
most probably they received from the Russians which captured from Romanians and Hungarians (which is less probable because the Hungarians didn't used those pistols but their locally produced Fromm, both in WW1 and WW2!)
Love the holsters
I have a question about the Steyr, can you single load rounds into the magazine or does it have to be loaded by stripper clips?
You can load individual rounds, but it's a bit clumsy.
Ive watched a few videos on this gun and no one addresses the weird rear site can you elaborate on that design? Its just really odd how the rear site has the same half box shape
as the shape of the slides part for the stripper clip. Why wouldnt it have been a single pieces of metal VS a rear site with sides on it? It just seems really odd.
Beautiful guns, really interesting video
I eagerly await your videos. Please do one on the Mauser HHc. I have one that I still shoot on occasion and I would like to know more about it.
Hey Ian have you ever run across a steyr hahn with a czech lion stamp on it instead of the Austro-Hungarian stamping?
I am looking at one that looks like s Bavarian one with the 08 on the slide. It is stamped Steyr 1919. I looked up the serial number an it would be the highest serial recorded.
I literally just saw one of these up for auction, and it DOES have “9mm para” stamped right on the barrel, but no “08” on the side that I can see. What variant would this be?
Were the 9 mm Para barrels made or were the Steyr barrels rechambered?
The 9x19 barrel were made new.
Thanks for the response, always thought they were rechambered.
i thought 9x19 Parabellum and 9x23 Steyr have the exact same bullet diameter of either .355 or .356 so why would they need to replace the barrel? it would make more sense that they just have to replace the slide with a heavier one and/or different recoil spring
@@roteroktober360 I would assume it had to do with chamber length/headspacing.
@@warmachine_1396 oh yea right, the 9x19 is shorter and you cant just reduce the chamber, yea that might be it
You mention that the date would *usually* be the same on the slide and frame. Why might they not be? I have a number matching example with a “Steyr 1917” slide and “16” marked frame.
Some years, it appears the factory changed over their stamp on the slide before
the Army inspectors got new proof stamps. This happened during wartime when guns were being produced as fast as possible to be provided to the soldiers.
I have a chilean model with the serial number 1428 A. I noticed that the one in the video has the letter c suffix. Is there anything I should know about it.
Fabulous videos by the way. I am a collector and I learn alot from you. Thanks.
Most companies do that, first 0-9999, after that 0-9999 A, 0-9999 B, etc.
I am asking this as a noob, so you don't have to point this out, but here is my question: why aren't stripper clips used so commonly these days? Why were they replaced by magazines? (Of course, I am not reffering to 20 round capacity rifles. I am talking about pustols like these, that still carry up to 10 rounds or so)
Changing magazines is much faster and easier than using stripper clips.
The US military still issues 'extra' boxed ammunition on stripper clips which is to be loaded into removable magazines because one can easily carry more ammo that way.
That full auto version from 1916 is the "Machinenpistole 1912/1916 Storm" from BF1.
Absolute face melter at 1k rounds a minute.
The conversion to 9x19 seems like a great idea for modern shooters
Is it possible to modify them to take magazines?
Man, those are pretty cool. Where can you get one?
Say I had one to carry.
Would you have any objections to carrying it other than collectors value?
I never knew how rare the Chilean version was, here in New Zealand, is more common to find the Chilean Version than a standard Austrian. I own 2 Chilean serial Steyrs, numbers 3598 and 2192.
Ian, are you going to be at the June auction? I will be attending for the first time, although I did buy a couple of things in their Internet only auction in May.
I think Ian usually leaves the week of (to make InRange content most likely)
Enjoy your first time! You should come during the premier auctions, there's some incredible stuff there.
No, I will not be. Sorry!
Ian, I found an image where there is a +-mark after the serial number. What does that mean? To specify, no letter after the number.
I have seen one also with the +. There are also a number of these pistols with a small star following the serial number. I've collected these pistols for many years and kept notes about them.
The rarest guns can have up to 3 or 4 crest markings Xx 💖 I love the slide design myself Xx and the ammo is a slightly more punchy 35acp ish ammo ❤️
So... When will you get your hands on a Mauser HSc?!
It’s very a aesthetically pleasing to look at pistol, which honestly a lot of early pistols are. I’m not sure why these days pistols all tend to look like a hunky block of plastic
I think that gun looks frickin' great. They just look "agressive" :)
Wish I could own one some day. It's my favourite.
What happen to the new/old background of the wooden stag heads?
I believe they were one of the lots on sale at the last auction. I'm not 100% sure, but when Ian did his "hammer prices" review, he included how much they sold for.
Yep, they sold a few months ago. Brought about $25k.
Some were also produced after the war, mine has a original 1919 stamp on it
Can we see a Browning M1919a6 30. cal?
My most favorite gun ever i reaply really really want one
I didn't see this on full30 yet. will it be posted there?
never mind. they were missing a bunch of recent s.
For some strange reason this looks like the grandpa to robocops gun
Tommy the Commie train The extra-long barrel?
Desmaad that and the whole slide
I want to buy one of those.
You can for around 400 bucks
What is actually the point of making the barrel recoil with the rest of the slide? I mean it's not done in rifles as far as I know so why do it in pistols?
I'm no expert, but as I understand for powerful cartridges the chamber must be closed before the pressure drops to a safe level in the barrel - hence the need for such a mechanism. Google "blowback vs locked breech" for more (useful) info.
Thanks. :)
No problem!
What was do ne to the barrel to convert it from 9 X 23 to 9 X 19 Luger?
The '08' Nazi reworks had new barrels serial numbered to match the guns.
So how hard is it convert ti the Luger round?
So is this actually true? I've been trying to figure out who used the pistols durimg ww2 i heard multiple answers, and the ss, the army werhermach or however you spell it and luftwaffe sorry spelling is horrible i
how much do these normally sell for?
My friends gpa has one, I just learned about its history, the one with swastikas. But it wasn't converted to 9mm parrabellum???
What was the stamp of the triangle with a circle in it?
police proof
I have one of these. I love baiting self-proclaimed firearms experts by referring to the clips for my 9mm handgun. "THEY'RE NOT CLIPS! THEY'RE CALLED MAGAZINES!" Cue frothing at the mouth. Clips for the Broomhandle Mauser work.
i have a 1914 steyr that is 9x23, winchester makes 9x23 is that the same as 9mm steyr?
Reloading:
A moderate 9mm para powder load for 115gr FMJs should be acceptable. One can use 9x23Win cases loaded to 9mm Steyr levels. I bought some 9x23 Win cases to test this, and they were OK for me.
thanks for presenting this. i really enjoyed. even the part wehre you tried to speak out the german name of the weaponry factory. but, be aware - this is even not easy for native german speakers. thum up...
Good sleek gun
hmm ...no detailed internals/working mechanic ?
Lubos Soltes
Owners probably didn't want them disassembled.
Sadly most Romanian crowns been grinded off from slide,so it very hard to find slide with intact crown...Generally any Steyr Hahn slides very hard to find,it become obsolete parts,especially extractors...
we missed you at nraam.
I was busy being in Italy.
Hello Forgotten Weapons. I have the first Steyr 1911 pistol ever made. The production started at number 70, the same I know. Do you know if someone could be interested on it?
you know, its strange to think these guns are over 100 years old and still in functioning condition
i was expecting more on the controls and that it's a strip fed gun but OK, very interesting