When the German government bought up the controlling interest in Steyr in 1938, they made use of its production facilities to start making rifles for the Luftwaffe. Steyr had tooling for the Mauser 98, but not in K98k form - they had most recently made a Mauser-pattern carbine for Chile in 1934 (...

The S2-200 was developed by Louis Stange at the Rheinmetall company in Germany in the late 1920s. Because Germany was not allowed to be doing this sort of arms development at the time, Rheinmetall bought a controlling stake in the Swiss firm Solothurn AG, to make the product deniably Swiss. The g...

In this chapter Capandball takes you to a voyage to Vienna to the middlle of the 19th century. The star of the show is a percussion over-under double rifle made by Karl Pirko with an interesting straight rifled bore.

Except for the .22 rimfire Glock 44, all the pistols from the Austrian powerhouse Glock have shared the same fundamental mechanical system. They use the Browning tilting-barrel action, which has been long proven by many companies. With the Glock 46, however, they completely changed, and opted for...

In this episode Vic takes a look at Steyr's entry into the US Army's Advanced Combat Rifle Program. This is part of our series on the ACR rifles, be sure to check out the videos on the others. The Steyr ACR was one of four entries that took part in US military trials during the late 1980s to find...

This episode see Vic take a look at a Steyr AUG 9x19mm submachine gun conversion. The modular nature of the AUG has enabled it to fulfil both the assault rifle and light machine gun roles but it also allowed for a 9mm carbine variant, introduced in the late 1980s. Vic takes us through the nuances...

Vic takes a look at Steyr's little known submachine gun, the MPi 81. An Uzi-like SMG with a telescoped bolt. Be sure to check out our full video & the accompanying article on the MPi 81 here - http://armourersbench.com/2020/05/01/steyr-mpi-81 Check out our friend Miles' video on the MPi here - ht...

The Steyr AUG + Henry's war stories of how the Austrian Paratroopers performed against US troops. (MURDER) Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack Consider supporting us via Patreon 👉 http:/...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hkbJYn [or] slateblackindustries (dot) com 👉 Newsletter It’s hard to believe that the iconic Steyr AUG has been around since the 70’s and still in military service around the world. It wasn’t just th...

Watch latest videos, sometimes even early releases! Sign up for the newsletter 🗞️ https://tinyurl.com/9HoleReviews or https://tinyurl.com/SlateBlack The @Steyrmannlicher-rifles SSG 69 was an early trend-setting sniper rifle in many different ways. While not all design elements were copied for l...

You might recognise the iconic Kolibri of Battlefield 1 fame. But, we suspect very few will know its perhaps biggest influence on the story of firearms development and the influential role it played in the development of the MG42.

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Inspired by british muzzleloader's youtube channel I decided to try my 1867/77 Werndl single shot Austro-Hungarian military rifle to 200 meters. What a beautiful day this was for shooting. Want to support our work? By a Capandball product: ...

www.patreon.com/capandball Going back to one of my favourite rifles, the Austro-Hungarian 1867/77 Werndl. That's the first breech loading rifle of the Monarchy to fire a self contained cartridge with a small calibre bullet.

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball This is something I promised a long time ago. Continuing the series about the Austro-Hungarian Werndl rifle. Now it is time for some terminal ballistics. Punching holes on a gelatine block. If you would like to support our work, please buy ...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball The second part is about the history and comparison of the French 1777 and the Austrian 1798 M musket. If you would like to support our work, please buy something from our handcrafetd products: http://kapszli.hu/en/termek-kategoria/capandba...

Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball Let's see how accurate the 1867 Werndl rifle is with cartridges reloaded without any special tools or die sets. Want to support our work? By a Capandball product: http://kapszli.hu/en/termek-kategoria/capandball-products-2/ Magyar szöveg: h...

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Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball History, specifications and tactical use of the 1854 M Lorenz infantry rifle, the best muzzleloading military rifle of the mid 19th century. Hero of Magenta, Solferino, Königgrätz and the third most widely used rifle during the American Civ...

Please support us: https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying our Civil War cartridge boxes: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 This was the first time when I used my 1867 M Werndl rifle for hunting wild boar. The accuracy and power of this old iron always fascinates me. ...

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Please support us: https://www.patreon.com/capandball For buying our Civil War cartridge boxes: http://stores.ebay.com/Capandball?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 Firing the Mannlicher M1895 repeating rifle with original 8x50R 1st World War ammo, and field modified bullets to test the terminal ballistics. ...

The Steyr-Hahn is one of the less glamorized pistols used in WWI, despite being made in quite large numbers (250,000-313,000, depending on who you read). The gun is an interesting mix of features, including bits from the Roth-Steyr M1907 and the early Colt/Browning 1900/1902/1903 pistols. The gun...

Georg Roth's company in Austria presided over a wonderful variety of interesting handgun development, and this is one example of that lineage. Roth's licensed or purchased the patent for this pistol from its inventor, Wasa Theodorovic, and turned it over to his engineer Karel Krnka to develop (I'...

I have gotten quite a lot of questions about this experimental Austrian 1915 machine gun or submachine gun since it was included in the Battlefield One computer game. Unfortunately, the sum total of information we have on this weapon is three photographs found in an Austrian archive. Extrapolatin...