Steyr Factory Tour - An Insider's Look At How Steyr Hammer Forges Their Barrels In Austria 

One of the best production rifles available.

Fascinating. It's nice to see modern mass production techniques and hand craftsmanship together.

Thanks, I now feel at ease with the purchase I made yesterday of a Pro Hunter in .223. I picked it from a fairly good range of firearms available in New Zealand. It will mostly do range work. All the reviews for the most part highly acclaim the Pro Hunter and all Steyr rifles. It will be my second Steyr.

I own a vintage SL in .222 Remington that I bought second hand. It still looks brand new and is an absolutely beautiful Rifle for being 46 years old! Nothing else even compares or comes close to being as remotely accurate as my SL! I love my Steyr Mannlicher SL, if you're lucky enough to own one than you know exactly what I'm talking about!

My L9-A1 with it's 4.5 inch barrel is the deadliest accurate pistol I ever fired. I love those trapezoidal sights. Fit and finish is an A++.

Very nice video. Steyr makes me realy proud to be an Austrian!

I am a Steyr-mannlicher M95 Collector and i approve of this video!

Perfect filmed

Ah yes, there used to be some many koala bears and kangaroos in Steyr, Austria we had to built these amazing rifles to hunt them down and now they fled to Australia (don't ask me how).

GFM machin are the best , love steyer and austria

Awesome. Ive always wondered how this was done.

Dang, after he pronounced Steyr correctly, I certainly thought he would pronounce Mannlicher correctly too.

@ powermugu: i couldnt find wich company first started hammerforging, but austria was part of germany during WW2, so is possible you r both right

Quite a few of the hammer forging machines are built in Chesapeake, Virginia at GFM-USA. Those machines typically go to Remington, Mossberg, S&W, Colt, etc. The same machine built in Steyr, Austria would cost much more because of the euro.

Actually it is not only Steyr Mannlicher that uses our forging process, you will find it in Ruger, Winchester, Colt.... to just name a few.

Man I’d love one with the hammer marks left in the barrel

Só os melhores 👏👏👏

such nice rifles

realy.. such a monitor in 2011... holy cow...

love mine bought in 1998 very accurate to 600 yds but most deer I shoot are seldom over 60 yds anyway no problems or issues like I said love it thought about buying another one

MY M40A1 never gives up and reliable

G'day mate!

I would still like to see even a simulation of how the lands are cut whilst the barrel is forged, I cant imagine the tool they use. All I can htink is similar to a broach that has to be shrunk to be removed somehow.

Those Australians really know their shit!

What do you mean by profiling here?

It's the Vuurwapen guy.

I used too like steyr but they made defective pistol barrels that bulge after a little while. I bought a brand new one and the barrel bulged after a few shots. I sent pistol in they told me it was a squid which was false because they sent it back with a used 3.6 inch barrel because they had no knew ones but he said they were redesigned to be better so they did have issues they were going to charge me for the new barrel when and if it came in. Well it never came in. And the used one they sent me started doing the same thing. So I sold it. Bad customer service. And not dependable as it should and they come unrefined some beat up a little. I was lucky when they first came out like 2 gen they were good bought 2 a 9mm and a 40mm. They were good guns. But I will tell you about a great gun with a great warranty and service it's Smith&Wesson M&P 2.0. These are great guns hands down better. The steyr pistols are not worth what want for them just like glock. M&P are better

@1.50 i want that guy to make me a rifle :D

American companies don't produce hammer forging machines for small arms, as of now, because of the arrangement with GFM. Those factories were partially defense subsidized by the US Government, with the stipulation that the machines be manufactured in the USA. Had this agreement not taken place... General Dynamics, Miller Tool and Die, Honeywell, or Dayton would be making forging machines like they did during the 1960s. We don't make junk here, Austria is just a convenient supplier.

Hammer forging didn't originate in Steyr. It originated in Germany during WW2, then after the war it was picked up in Steyr.

No Kangaroos in AUSTRIA!

The hammer forging process was NOT explained and defeated the purpose of the video :(

Vuurwapen!!

austrian

Is it really pronounced schhhhteyyer?? Man I've been living a lie all these years.

When an American says Steyr like this is sounds pompous. I sell them, and I'd never say it like this guy does... Just obnoxious for an American to do.