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A friend of a friend who owns one said he was going to have to start babying his rifle because Steyr is no longer selling either guns or parts to the US. Anyone else heard anything about this???
There may or may not be a few things going on depending how much credence you lend to an unsubstantiated claim from a friend of a friend.
Your parts and support in the US actually come from Anschutz North America, as J.G. Anschutz gmbh owns a majority intetest in Steyr Sportwaffen. For all intents and purposes outside of branding, they are the same company.
There MAY or MAY NOT be a move on to differentiate between the brands, or create a distinction between the two as a precision target entity and a sporting arms entity. What that translates to is, Anschutz may remain the precision target rifle platform while Steyr is relegated to sporting or hunting platforms. The opposite may also hold true, but as Anschutz is calling the shots, it would stand to reason that they would protect their status in the precision 10 meter community.
While it is not out of the realm of possibility that Anschutz could decide to discontinue the production of Steyr products in favor of their own namesake products, it would seem unlikely owing to the popularity of Steyr products.
Whether or not there is some geopolitical reason for the move, I can not say.
I will say that there is proposed legislation in the US that does ban the importation and ownership of the Steyr AUG specifically, and it is called out by name in the legislation along with several other models of rifles.
POSSIBLY someone took the mention of Steyr in the proposed legislation as a blanket ban or prohibition on Steyr branded products?
Your parts and support in the US actually come from Anschutz North America, as J.G. Anschutz gmbh owns a majority intetest in Steyr Sportwaffen. For all intents and purposes outside of branding, they are the same company.
There MAY or MAY NOT be a move on to differentiate between the brands, or create a distinction between the two as a precision target entity and a sporting arms entity. What that translates to is, Anschutz may remain the precision target rifle platform while Steyr is relegated to sporting or hunting platforms. The opposite may also hold true, but as Anschutz is calling the shots, it would stand to reason that they would protect their status in the precision 10 meter community.
While it is not out of the realm of possibility that Anschutz could decide to discontinue the production of Steyr products in favor of their own namesake products, it would seem unlikely owing to the popularity of Steyr products.
Whether or not there is some geopolitical reason for the move, I can not say.
I will say that there is proposed legislation in the US that does ban the importation and ownership of the Steyr AUG specifically, and it is called out by name in the legislation along with several other models of rifles.
POSSIBLY someone took the mention of Steyr in the proposed legislation as a blanket ban or prohibition on Steyr branded products?
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Anschutz North America does not support Steyr any longer but Pilkington does and I know this because I have been on the phone with both in the last 2-3 weeks .... Ordered 2 ProX Steyrs from Scott Pilkington this week! Maybe he will chime in on this for clarification.
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Thank you, gentlemen. While I know nothing about them, I figured AGN would be the place to ask and get for real info.
Thank you all for posting!
Thank you all for posting!
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There is the answer to the original question about factory support.
I was unaware of that decision by Anschutz NA, and it goes towards supporting the belief that they are focusing on their line of precision airguns exclusively, leaving the Steyr crowd swinging in the wind. A sad development.
At least we still have Pilkington and European sources as a fall back..........
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As noted above -
I "just" got off the phone with Pilkington.
Two different people stated that there is no concern, that they know of with getting Steyr parts into the US. They have an order into Steyr right now and are awaiting items to be assembled and shipped. They both did say that the shipment is at least a month out, possibly more with our world wide virus.
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I "just" got off the phone with Pilkington.
Two different people stated that there is no concern, that they know of with getting Steyr parts into the US. They have an order into Steyr right now and are awaiting items to be assembled and shipped. They both did say that the shipment is at least a month out, possibly more with our world wide virus.
Mike
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As an addition
Champions Choice deals in Steyr match pistols, so you air pistol guys may be covered.
Thanks for that update Mike, that should ease concerns.
Champions Choice deals in Steyr match pistols, so you air pistol guys may be covered.
Thanks for that update Mike, that should ease concerns.
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For the record, I have been sole authorized Steyr importer since 1998, That's 23 years for those of you that can't do math. And was a dual importer for few years previous to that
Guns from Precision, ANA, Alan Zasadny, Champions Choice, etc have all came through me in one form or another.
Only Steyr service center with the exception of Alan guns since they are modified to his specs.
Nothing about that is changing to my knowledge.
Johnny, I had several Basenji's as kid up till my mid 20's. Keep thinking I would like to have another one, but I have three Great Pyrennes and chihuhua plus a 21 year old cat.
Guns from Precision, ANA, Alan Zasadny, Champions Choice, etc have all came through me in one form or another.
Only Steyr service center with the exception of Alan guns since they are modified to his specs.
Nothing about that is changing to my knowledge.
Johnny, I had several Basenji's as kid up till my mid 20's. Keep thinking I would like to have another one, but I have three Great Pyrennes and chihuhua plus a 21 year old cat.
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