Steyr SSG 69 - DSAR Overview
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- Rowan takes a look at his Steyr SSG 69 bolt action rifle in todays DSAR Overview
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This was the only rifle to pass Indian army's field trials in tropical climates, excellent rifle.
Ah! Nice to see the Steyr SSG 69 again! My service rifle when I was a Police Rifleman back in the late 1990's. I loved shooting this rifle, coupled with Schmidt & Bender optics.
Hard to argue with that combination..
@@dsar9489 especially if someone else is paying for it.
Steyr extreme quality. Truly superb. Steyr Scout is my personal favorite
The aftermarked magazine well (including the triggerguard) is made from aluminium, not from steel. The name of the producer is Michael Miedler, a young gunsmith from Austria.
I have one in.308 that has never been shot. It came with a Swarovski scope. I bought it sometime in the 90’s. It was supposedly a military overrun.
So I have a 26” SSG with a set trigger. Far more accurate than I’m capable of being. Glad to see one in a review
One of the most revolutionary sniper rifles in history!!! The STEYR MANNLICHER SSG-69 goes back to the '70s but still unmatched, easy to use and effective.....love this weapon; a masterpiece.
I gotta know the history of your slouch hat it looks fantastic.
Looks very nice. glad you got your dream rifle.
Quality well spoken video on a very fine early series steyr . Thank you for your time and service young man . Well done . I wouldn't trade mine or my 08 series for ANY other rifles as far as better out of the box rifles go ., I'm no military sniper , but I've been shooting mine since 1983 , no problems ever . Hard set accurate with the la rue mounted kahles 12 X 56 I shoot on both of my steyrs .
Very nice rifle...apreciate you gave reasons for the rear locking lugs and how they affected the design of the rifle. Nice run down on your scope choice.
Thank you for this Film
Great video. Thanks for going through the trouble of making it
Its what we do...
Commenting to pump up that youtube algorithm. Nice review of a neat rifle.
Love this rifle.
beautiful rifle.
Sup bruda
Thanks, I’d like a complete review of the Steiner
Rest assured its going to pop up on another video
Hi Rowan I have the same rifle and Im involved with Enfield Svce Rifle Club WA love to see you do a video with this rifle on the range
If you check out our QMRC playlist you'll see the Tac Rifle video where we use the SSG. - Dylan
The one rifle I wish I had kept, shot absolutely anything into .5moa, handloads were one hole not much bigger than 8mm
Absolutely gutted they dont make them anymore.
Good show, mate 👍 🇺🇲🪖
Nice.
Nice
G’day lol beagle noise, ? Why the old RAAF pug? and what a good looking rifle
I've had 4 of the SSG69s over the years and I have a soft spot for them. I do find them to be excessively fragile though. In my wimpy owndership I had more than one plastic failure. Mags/trigger guards/stock.........Cold they shoot extremely well. when warm they tend to walk a bit on zero. Steyr could have had an updated 69 if they had gone to the modern steyr magazines like the laFrance conversions....
May have to do some research into that phenomenon..... will make an interesting video either way over I get back on range.... in the mena time, make sure you checkout the rifle in action on Tac Rifle Match from last years QLD stste championship
Here from Bloke on the Range shoutout. Nice video, may end up staying
Oh, btw this may seem pedantic but that wouldnt be called a box magazine. Box magazines are the more traditional magazines like a Lee Enfeild or say a M16 magazine
so the "box" part in box magazine refers to the shape, being that of a squared off or rectangle, the first of these being of the internal type (hence why you can have a 5 round magazine, that is not detachable)
you had tube feed magazines as well
now IF you refer to a magazine of these natures, you might get someone typing on a keyboard with much fury, no doubt using a profile picture of a learned person they are a fan of, because as that person understands it, a magazine should be removalable, or someone else, with a forever classy "69" in their name trying to sounded learned and correct something, while either getting to technical for their own knowledge, or comically being wrong (or american (the land of "clips") or both!)
you would then no doubt have someone else, make some nit picking remark, as they might understand a box magazine as being something simple, with a feed lip or two, and a spring, either double stack or single
however in this case it is a rotary stack, box magazine, (not strictly a pure rotary, I mean, we are after all being pedantic here)
so what you have here, is some terms that have a fixed meaning, however some people have slightly differing understandings based on their exposure to things,
if only the guy in this video didn't go into some depth about how it worked at the 3 minute mark, and just assumed people would have a base understanding of the terms, and not get hung up on something that was minor, but required a depth of knowledge and used the correct term for this rifle
Legitpenguins69 :
It’s called a rotary magazine as with the rotary magazines of the Mannlicher Schoenauer rifles.
Would it be possible to do a video on the history of the remington 7615? You hear stories about how it was designed for police work but not much info appears to be avalible.
It's coming... Fear not.
@@dsar9489 I am shocked and excited!
Show us the beagle!
Can I ask you a favor? What is your SSG 69 throat lenght? Or putting it in another way, what is your OAL on cartridges just touching the lands?
To be honest, I have neither the time, equipment, or inclination to worry about such 1%ers as throat length. I seat my 308 hand loads to 2.798" OAL by default. If it chambers I run it. Changes in projectile type may dictate winding that in by 0.02 - 0.04" but as long as it chambers without resistance, and has a consistent OAL batch to batch. That's all I care about.I have enough variation in what I do behind the trigger that getting sexed up about throat length vs projectile ogive in order to chase the last 0.1 MOA out of a specific rifle and load set up is really beyond my level of talent at this time. - Rowan
A friend of mine had one of the P1 models. Lovely rifle but it was prone to cracking of the trigger guard and magazine housing which is a plastic moulding. I was never convinced that the plastic magazines were very robust either. Interestingly, others must have found the same because somebody has made a steel replacement. Might be worth considering.
www.styriaarms.com/ssgabzugsbuegel.html
Export restrictions out of Europe unfortunately.... - Rowan
HI ANY HELP:Where can I found extractor for ssg69 p1
I had an Steyr M mod sporter in 3006 and it would shoot sub half MOA
The Steyr barrels are fantastic
Would be interested who does a n AI chassis and mag conversion as the magazines are the only weak point on these rifles. I broke one dropping it! I know McMillan did an A5 stock for them but they cost almost as much as the rifle did new!
Good Day Mate! Well, there's one of these things on gun broker.. I usually crap out after about 1000 bucks... but I've seen some cool videos of it lately, and I do need an accurate 308 soon... So, I'm currently the high bidder at $1525.00... but you say the barrel is "pressed in" to the action? Hmm... I don't know if I'm going to bid any more... I think I'll let this one go. So not even a pin, it's just pressed in?
I know as much as anyone about these guns... I've owned an original PII imported by GSI for last 20 years and have shot mine at 1000 yards with amazing results considering my skills. Personally, I would not call them mil-spec due to the extensive use of pre-polymer brittle plastics used in the entire receiver as well as the rotary magazines. Not only are the plastics fragile, but they also can't handle copper cleaning solvents, they will disintegrate (don't ask me how I know). My solution: to replace the entire receiver with a custom aluminum milled receiver that was commercially available from a machinist in Florida. Now it also uses bulletproof AWI magazines instead of the fragile plastic rotary's.
Also, the accessory rail is made of pot aluminum and is no where near strong enough to handle the recoil of a Harris style or equivalent bipod (I've broken 2 factory replacements from Steyr)... and finally replaced mine with a custom steel replica machined by Mohave Southern.
Also, the factory dovetail 30mm scope rings have small metric slot head screws that make it difficult to cinch down your scope properly. I wish they were hex head or better yet TorX.
I own a black 69 pII with a longer barrel
Now you need a FRF2
South Korean elite counter terrorism unit , the 707 brigade still uses some of this rife.
Pistol you won't mention? What do you have against the Steyr M?
(just because I'm an occasionally obtuse guy: Yes, tongue firmly in cheek)
As to the rear locking, also: Shorter length of bolt throw for a given cartridge. Don't have to clear the length of the locking spaces between the magazine and the chamber. Which I appreciate about the Enfield (Lee-Metford, Lee-Enfield, et al.) family.
Now there are two pistols we won’t mention! - Dylan
Nothing about the bad ass Rusan picatinny rail adapter?
Nice setup, what height are those rings?
Mediums
Should have asked uncle Richo if he had one. The styer pentach trophy for the grand aggregate AASAM 1996 SSG69; first of three prize rifles. Many issues with this rifle during it's competition use and beyond.
I may have forgotten that said "He" has said unique rifle stashed away...... A revisit will most certainly be required...... Maybe he can make appearance as "The Service Rifle Stig" - In a weird Billy Gibson kind of way - Rowan
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How much joules?
The original STEYR SSG69 has a 66cm (aprox. 26 inch) barrel. It is good for 10mm groups on 100 meters!
The sniper that is in Max Payne.
I have a SSG PII with set trigger. Did you lose your pencil for pointing out features? Why would you wave a bayonet around? The magazine is a rotary magazine.
Odd, I don't recall us ever using a pencil for pointing our features. The DSAR pokey/pointy implement is indeed a bayonet, therefore it is not "waved around" as much as it is used to decisively indicate the subject being discussed.
Perhaps if you are pedantic enough to point out insignificant things such and the use of "helical" in the place of "rotary" then maybe sharp objects aren't for you.
Remington made a 22lr with very similar action. Seems a tad overbuilt in a rimfire.
Am a huge fan of Remington rear locking efforts.... I've always wanted one of the model of which you speak. - Rowan
DSAR 6 locking lugs for strength and a crappy plastic magazine. I do wonder if it helps the accuracy over the typical 22 that locks off the bolt handle. I can’t find much information other than they were made to look like a center fire rifle Remington had at the time. I’d love to know why they’re so overbuilt.
Im trying to find some 5 round magazines .308 for this rifle, none to be found anywhere in the world.
The steyr-arms US site has a 10 round magazine for the 69 and has some unspecified 5 rd rotary magazines. It might be worth an email asking if the 5 rd rotary mags are compatible with the 69.
Well since they haven't been in production for quite a number of years now... I'm not supprised they are tough to find.
I purchased my last batch through Brownells 2 years ago. And recently acquired a BNIBs 10 rounder through the second hand market
@@12GaugePadawan I think that would be an easy guess. As the only rifle with detacheble rotary magazines Ster produced (to my knowledge) was the SSG69. (The Mannlicher Schönauer i would not cout as detachable. You can take it out without tools, but not like the 69)
1st purpose built sniper rifle was the Soviet SVD
Just checking your definition of Sniper and DMR.
The design philosophy behind the SVD is very, very diffrent to that of the SSG.
The SVD was designed to fight with the squad and subsequently retains features for this purpose at the expense of accuracy. Including suppression by volume.
The SSG is a true out and accuracy machine. Designed for precision fire on point targets.
At the time both were designed the term "Sniper rifle" was used on any millitsry rifle with a scope, and the term DMR did not exist. Modern definitions now delineates the 2 which as i stated, makes the SSG the first purpose built sniper rifle. Not a DMR or scoped infantry rifle.
@@dsar9489 The real difference lies in the experience and proficiency of a shooter with a particular weapon. Elmer Keith practiced long range position shooting out to incredible ranges with handguns. Take 1 man, 1 SVD, and some decent range time, and you get a sniper. By 1 SVD, I mean that rifle stays with that shooter.
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Emus can’t run away if they never heard the shot! Emu war number 2 here we come!
those birds are so stupid sometimes they dont know they've been shot till the body gives up
Way to ghost that trigger!
Beagles will get you every time......
Number 806 here. Ever fire the 1917 Enfield while you were in the States?
Why, when we have them over here? - Rowan
It's very interesting that you rate the 1903. I've been hoping to get a classic American military bolt action myself and wonder which wins the comparison.
To be honest... I'd prefer the M1917 as a system... But for what I do with it. The 03A3 is the better option. - Rowan
Very sensible. Thanks for the nuance.
that microphone feedback is a little painful
Lol 69
Nice
who is your dealer in townsville mate. i am in cairns
Halls is my dealer of Choice.
DSAR thanks mate, i am waiting patiently for your tikka review as i have just ordered one!
Good luck with those plastic rotary magazines
daisyhilldude1 used both my 5 rnd and 10 rnd for years, never failed
You’re either doing something right or you’re lucky,. A mate of mine had them and had many breakages, I almost bought an SSG 69 and was put off by the mags. However I did buy a Steyr scout and love it a lot, it’s not an SSG but it does everything I want it to do
Running just fine so far... Plenty of OAL available for seating heavy projectiles long.Only issues with the magazines in service seems to be the tabs breaking off in sandy conditions after years of service usage.Some how I don't think mine will ever get that higher round count on it. _ Rowan
SSG 69 P2K
Shot the rifle with the double trigger set, good for shooting under 600 yds. Not an any rifle any sight gun for 8,9,or 1000 yd competition. Great super tight grouping at 1-400 yards with 168 grain Sierra bullet.but 155 grain Lake City at longer distances (Palma match)it was not ideal. An the Springfield Armory M1A super match or glass bedded match with KREIGER OR DOUGLAS barrel were better suited for across the course and Palma match competition...