The soldier on the far left sports a Steyr M1912. It proved so popular that many more Steyr 1912s were ordered than the ‘standard’ pistol, the 1907 Roth-Steyr.Īustrian Stormtroopers, 1918. It soon proved superior in the harsh mountain and trench fighting against the Russians, Serbs, and Italians. 455 Webley, the 1912 was the most formidable opponent. Compared to the other European pistols of the Great War, with the possible exception of the British.
Useīy 1914, the new Steyr pistol was in service with the Austrian Army just in time for World War 1. The fact that the takedown for fieldstripping is located at the end of the slide near the muzzle further confuses the design. Ergonomically, this produced a very distinctive feel and look the 1912 Steyr rather looks like the design Picasso would create if tasked to sketch a 1911 Colt. It had a 5-inch barrel, which contributed to an overall length of 8.5-inches. Due to this beefy construction, it tipped the scales at almost 42-ounces, unloaded. With a large milled steel frame, and very few moving parts, the big Steyr was a durable brute. This translates into about 400 ft/lbs of energy. 38 ACP, it shot a 115-grain bullet out past a respectable 1200fps. Similar in size to the 9mm Largo and the. For this, it was chambered in the hard-hitting 9×23mm Steyr caliber.
Meant to replace large-bore Gasser revolvers, the BFRs of the 19th century, the new Steyr needed to bring a brute of a bullet with it.
This made the pistol remarkably reliable. The 1912 used a rotating bolt, similar to the Beretta PX4 of today, that cammed over a 20-degree revolution to eject and chamber rounds. This led to many calling the 1912 the ‘Steyr-Hahn’, with ‘Hahn’ meaning Hammer in German, to differentiate the two designs. Instead of the striker-fired, locked-breech action of his earlier 1907 design, Krnka and company used a more conventional external hammer. Steyr M1912 getting loaded with stripper clip.
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