Waffenfabrik Styer 1907

[M_conrad_0311]

A neighbor brought a pistol that he found in his Father in law's home when preparing it for sale. With a quick internet search I am led to believe it to be an early Roth Styer 8mm semi auto pistol. Any other information and an approximate value would be appreciated.

 

[Herky Bird]

C&Rsenal and Forgotten-Weapons will have most of current and comprehensive information available. Values I’ve seen in the past will range from $500.00 to $2,000.00; stripper-clips can cost as much the firearm according to Ian McCollum. Fiocchi still catalogs 8mm Steyr ammunition too.

 

[desi2358]

Nice! That would be the standard cavalry pistol for Austria Hungary, the 1907 Roth Styer. Integral box mag. loaded with stripper clips. Caliber 8mm which Fiocchi has manufactured at least until quite recently. An interesting design, somewhat of a DAO without a manual safety. The striker resets when the bolt cycles then is pulled back to release and fire by the trigger. Not a true double action as there is no second strike capability (actually similar to the much later Glock trigger system), the bolt must cycle for the trigger to engage the striker. A fascinating piece of history.

 

[Drm50]

Makes me sick. I bought several military pistols from Klein’s. Was in early 60s. Mail order days. They had a deal, you pick 49.95 for 5 or 6 pistols. They were all European 1st generation pistols. Ammo for some were unobtainable even back then. Signed my old man’s name and ordered them. Old Man sent them back. One was a Roth-Styre 8mm. Junk then, collectors items today.

 

[DWalt]

I do not know how difficult it is to find modern-made factory 9mm Steyr ammo, but it is fairly simple to load your own. The cartridge is very similar to the Spanish 9mm Bergman-Bayard (aka 9mm Largo), and Starline makes several 9x23 cases that will work perfectly in the Steyr pistol. It can usually be loaded using 9x19mm or .38 Super die sets. The bullet diameter is the same as that used for the 9x19mm Luger, and any 9mm bullet can be used. Chile also used the 9mm Steyr pistol, and it is not too difficult to find the old Chilean 9mm Steyr military ammunition which was usually made in Germany. I have two unopened boxes of it in my collection.

 

[Ruger 13]

Very cool pistola!

 

[2152hq]

8mm Steyr caliber,,not the 9mm of the Steyr Hahn

IIRC the stripper clips had a thumb piece on the one end to more easily drive the row of rounds down into the magazine.
I had one of the 'clips' at one time but it seems like it was for a smaller version of this pistol. Can't recall the model.
Maybe I'm mis-remembering-wrong.!
I do know I got an awful lot of $$ for it at the time when I sold it.

Neat old semi-auto pistol,,always interesting stuff.
Thanks for posting the pics.