308 steyr mannlicher
It has a long muzzle brake and barrel profile meant for reflex suppressors and heavy bullets. 308 Winchester) with a heavy 25.6-inch, 1-in-12-inch-twist barrel and no iron sights, or the PIV configuration designed for CQB and suppressed missions with a 16.1-inch, 1-in-10-inch-twist barrel chambered in. 1 Hi all I’ve been offered an older model. The Steyr SSG 69 rifles are currently available in the PII configuration (.243 Winchester. Thread starter rms364 Start date rms364 Well-Known Member. The new Steyr-Mannlicher SM 12 just may be the most conventional bolt-action sporting rifle coming out of Germany or Austria today. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. This is an awesome feature, especially today, when most sniper rifles capable of 0.5-MOA groups weigh nearly twice as much. It had an added bonus: It weighed between 8.3 and 9.2 pounds. Years passed and, sure, the SSG 69 lacked the ergonomics of newer rifles currently in vogue, with fully adjustable stocks and Picatinny rails all around, but it remained a very competitive design, and with little modifications, it’s as capable as new designs. It also did so with most match ammunition. The reason was simple: its accuracy.īack in the 1980s, when just a few custom rifles were sub-MOA accurate, the mean, green SSG 69 rifle was consistently shooting 0.5-MOA groups.
(CDNN made the order of the last SSG 69s through Steyr Arms.) The Austrian factory has stopped manufacturing them after more than 40 years, and the last 1,000 rifles are in the U.S., where they’ll be distributed exclusively by CDNN. The Steyr SSG 69 ( Scharfschützengewehr 69) is one of the best sniper rifles ever made, but time may be running out for you to own a new, unfired one.