The AUG - A Bullpup I Don’t Hate?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2022
- Today we take a look at one of the most well-known Bullpups of all time, the Steyr AUG.
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Daddy
First
You still hate the AUG.
Edit: told ya, no progressive trigger cuz you hate the Aug
One of the first
Hey dad Notification squad!
You know a thing is legendary that in even 40 years after it was invented, it’s still looks spaceage and belongs to the future
I can't imagine how futuristic it looked to everyone in the 70s
Eh, it looks like what people back in the 70s thought guns in the 2000s would look like.
A lot like your mum eh?
It’s Whitney Wolverine among rifles.
100% agree. Old guns have a taste 👍
Maybe something interesting that Brandon didn't mention: That big trigger guard on the AUG is there so you can easily operate it while wearing mittens, which is important for use in the Austrian alps.
Operating a gun with mittens sounds like quite a bad idea
@@puppieslovies not when you are operating in sub 0 temperatures.
Or so we can fire it with our dicks 🤔
@@deejnutz2068 Well im no fucking technician but id just prefer not to operate in Austrian alps, sounds like a bitch to do anything let alone shoot 😂
Similar to how AR-10/15 trigger guards fold.
The AUG is the AK of bullpups, been around for a long time, extremely reliable, and even though its old its still one of if not the best on the market
it remains to see a comparison with an AK-based bullpup, by the way, the Thunderstorm was delivered to the USA, which means it can be found
@@maximantonov6093 Very true
I hope to buy one someday. With the original scope however.
@@DEFC0NZER0 I got one with rails but I agree that original scope is just pure sex appeal
Um no! 🙂🇺🇸☝🏼🍕👍🏼.
The good old Styer, I remember when they came into Aussie service they quickly got the the name of the Tupperware gun, but they've proved their worth since we got 'em.
Don't fall for it
which Aussie? :-)
Just like the m16
People love to hate on the plastic
If the L85A1 is what you show off to scare away potential Bullpup users, the AUG is what you use to get more people into the idea of Bullpups.
nah for me it was the FAMAS
The L85a2 on the other is damned sexy and I stand by it (ok yes I am a brit)
FAMAS and VHS (F)2 are pretty neat
What abot TAVOR?
Its the opposite. Why would i ever pick some cringe austrian, plastic toy looking gun, that works well, instead of a bristish crungy piece of shit gun that looks cool?
I love to joke that the main reason Australia adopted this gun is to troll people who get them confused with Austria
wasn't it because they were allowed to produce them themselves unlike with the competitor?
@@phipschi4255 that, the above reason and we also find a bullpup to be more comfortable to use in the bush
And so we even made ones that have none of these issues...
Hell, I'm pretty sure Lithgow arms were the first to throw rails on the Aug.
@@bogansrun Lithgow arms made the F90 more modular than most out of the box conventional set ups
The LGPAG -- the Little Green Plastic Army Gun.
fun fact: You can actually take the butt pad off to reveal a neat little compartment where you can store things like oil, backup firing pin, and a few other bits and bobs you might need when youre issued this gun as a soldier (well, at least the A1 version that i got issued had that, dunno if a2 and a3 have that aswell but i suppose so)
Also, you are not supposed to slap the mag on the aug, in training we were told at MOST you give it a little lovetap, but overall youre just supposed to firmly slot it into the gun and apply pressure by grabbing it with your whole hand, but dont slap it.
I do wonder if it's a magazine issue or something in the firearm? Does this happen with the AUS Pmags?
@@beefestrogen5276its a magazine issue. If it was the gun itself the issue would be during chambering, not during insertion of the mag when the gun is doing nothing to elicit malfunction. The mags Brandon got are probably too malleable or got warped in extreme heat so now they're "loose" so to speak. The AUGs that take AR mags don't have this issue.
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I am active Austrian military and i never ever had something like that happen to me. Seems like he just bought some shit mags
@@mr.noname9328 I was in a military that used plastic mags and we never slapped them. Metal yes, plastic no. It's a little weird to me to see a firearms enthusiast who does.
When I was in the ADF "Australian Defence Force" 20 years ago the Steyr was or still is our main weapon, there was a pin under the trigger you could extend so you couldn't pull the trigger all the way in to full-auto.
We called the halo button if i remember from my time in the Irish defence force
Aka 'the bitch switch' or 'wuss button'
It’s the worst, really wish we had a proper selector on the EF88. Guns get so clapped out it’ll either permanently fall down to semi or get jammed up and you need your multi to dig it out
@@CTA12356dude I’ve been using the same one for years and the selector is perfect. If you know how to use it you don’t ever need to put the single shot lockout down and I’ve never in my life seen one that just falls down
AUGs are the coolest Bullpups IMO. They look so retro and futuristic at the same time.
I actually hate how they look can't quite put my finger on why I just can't bring myself to like them aesthetically
Mah...i just like the tavor more.
@E Van the FN F2000?
You said the same thing about your Stilettos!
@@RedMcCarl ⚠*!!!!AUG HATE DETECTED. ⚠PREPARE FOR ANAL RAPE BY AUG FANBOYS!!!!*⚠
Small correction for the 42 rounder. Those mags are used for the LMG variant (which like the L86, is honestly kinda pointless) called the AUG HBAR. The HBAR is essentially 'let's put in a heavier barrel'.
That would be a good explanation for the quick change barrel.
Yeah I've never seen the hbar in person but have seen the SBR and .22 conversions
Seems like it would be pretty decent, especially when it has a QCB, if it was full auto only it would probably be 👍👍👍
You should try to get a groza that would be amazing
Interestingly, the HBAR also has a unique trigger group and bolt carrier that allow it to fire from an open bolt. Still, you are talking a 30s conversion process in the field to drop in the alternate trigger pack, bolt carrier, and barrel.
Love the Steyr Aug ! Used it a lot during my compulsory military service in the Austrian army
Greetings from 🇦🇹❤️
I love your country and your rifles!
You guys have great surplus stuff too
Of course you were......
@@nokneaustria has mandatory military service for male austrians who are 18 or older. Chances are he was a conscript like me and a few of my friends
@@nokne yeah man everyone everywhere is lying about everything
Carried the carbine for a while, it was great. Light, reliable and accurate. Good rifle for a paratrooper. I should say, our F88c's had a lockout button under the trigger for fixed semi automatic fire.
I immediately thought when I opened this video and you tapped the mag, oh boy he's gonna have some issues with that. All the issues I had with this generally came from the magazine. It's plastic and breaks and cracks a lot. The spring goes funky and it loses springiness and of course the feeding from the magazine not being inserted enough or too hard can be a bit annoying. Enjoyable video was fun to see your thoughts :)
+1
Yoooooo Pest!
Maybe bsg adds failure to feed modifiers on the magazine when the aug gets to tarkov
Is there a chicken switch on the AUG in Tarkov ? 😁
The problem is, that steyr never really intended the magazines to be used for ages. They were essentially designed to be replaced more often than a metal magazine. Problem, the militaries that adopted the AUG are not to keen on buying new mags like crazy, so they are used beyond their recommended lifespan
Now I finally know how americans feel when someone says they feel patriotism
Hearing Brandon talk about a gun my country made just fills me with a little bit of pride.
Also this is the only gun I ever got to shoot and I love it.
Thank you Brendan
yeah but in the bundesheer i only got the crusty old A1... and 20 rounds of 5.56 to shoot... semi auto... thank you leftist SPÖ.
@@shookabeatz7402still cooler than a basic ar honestly would take a gen 1 ar10 over a ar15 with anything I want on it
servas
@@Malibus_Most_Wanted ssshhh, my AR didnt hear that 😔
You should also feel proud of Glock
Fun fact about the quick change barrel. The AUG has a heavy barrel designed to convert a normal AUG into a Squad Automatic Weapon.
The quick change barrel is so that any AUG can be easily converted into a SAW, the SAW barrel could easily be switched to counter overheating the barrel, and by having one firearm fulfill both roles it allowed armies to streamline logistics.
Also I love how the AUG is ambidextrous with two ejection ports (one on each side). It is very rare for a gun to be designed to also facilitate left handed shooters.
converting the AUG into a SAW not only requires the HBAR (Heavy Barrel including a bipod) but also the change of the fire control unit - thus converting it from a closed bolt to an open bolt system. And although there are the 42rd mags the AUG still is not available with belr feeding.
Brandon: "Die hard- Which is still a Christmas Movie by the way"
YES! THANK YOU!
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I love Donut's entrance. His delivery on *"I'M FUCKIN' HOMELESS!"* had me cackling.
Fun fact, about the AUG: You can swap the barrel with a longer one with a bipod attached and use it as an SAW. Never saw it though, at least not in my service time. The Austrian military uses the modified MG42 like Germany. But they call it the MG74 and not MG3
I may be wrong, but I believe the SAW variant of the AUG operates on an open bolt, whereas the normal AUGs are all closed bolt. A simple barrel swap wouldn't be sufficient, at least to my knowledge.
i mean many european militarys use a mg42 derivative, for example switzerland has the mg51 but that is really only used as a mounted weapon because the whole damm thing is milled because switzerland
@@vega1287 my bad if you saw my original comment, I typed it all up and then realized you weren't talking to me
@@vega1287 They use a milled version of a gun that was created to be made out of stamped steel to simplify production and cut weight? Never change, Switzerland. Never change.
@@shockwave6213 and it is only 3 kilos heavyer
I loved this rifle when I served in the Australian army. Very reliable and accurate. Easy to take the barrel off which makes it very easy to clear blockages. No worries hitting someone in the chest at 300m.
One of my favorite things on the AUG which you didn't cover is that you can rotate the internals and have it eject the casings out the left side for left handed shooters.
Fun Fact: In Halo, the Styer AUG canonically shares it's operating system with the MA5 series, and is considered to be the first primary service rifle adopted by the UNSC.
Whoa buddy pal you got the sauce material?
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To me, the Aug sounds like the Reach DMR... anybody else kinda hear it?
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I love how Brandon knows us so well that he automatically knew we were gonna ask why it’s not full auto
Used this rifle in the NZ army all the time , but it had a longer barrel and had the full auto function via pressure as he mentioned.
Solid weapon IMO and ergonomic.. A 4X Scope would be better, the original one was a bit lacking .
@@tristanbreeninteresting hearing from someone who has actually used one
Brandon Herrera: *sees Steyr AUG in a gun store*
Also Brandon: "A fine addition to my collection!"
I used one of these in the Aussie military for 20 odd years. Converted to it in the early 90s from the SLP (FAL for you I guess) and it wasn't a bad weapon once you got used to it. The progressive trigger was no worries after you used it for a while. Question, do you have a video on the SLR/FN FAL rifle, both the L1A1 (semi auto) and L2A1 (automatic rifle, kinda like your BAR)?
As a person who is bullpup curious it is important to have brave people like Brandon display that liking bullpups doesn’t mean you are a European.
Just bring up Kel-Tec's bullpups, they'll know you're western
That's why we have pride month
It could mean you are Chinese.
@@grimreminder5038 LOL! But if you want it for serious use, get something more reliable both in terms of mechanical and manual operation.
Tavor series and VHS-2 comes to mind. And I would say NO to MDRX, RDB and AUG from personal experience.
While that might be, I would rather believe that it is more likely Brandon just being nice to the slow kids in the gun design world.
The plasticky and poor feel of the AUG trigger is in reality due to entirely plastic trigger mechanism. Some people had exchanged parts in the trigger pack for metal ones, and the trigger feel improved out of sight according to them. If you get the metal parts for it, the feel will improve. If memory serves the Tavor also has an all-plastic trigger. But I might be wrong
Why did anyone ever think that an all plastic trigger was a good idea?
@@LordWaterBottle weight reduction bro!
@@theperson2346
It’s a trigger, not a stock. It’s like removing the headlight off of a car to remove weight from a rally car, and not the extra seats
And the linkage to the trigger being made of wire...
Yep. I cut a strip off a PBR can and wrapped it around the sear, lightened trigger pull weight a full pound and removed the grittiness.
hell yeah Brandon, the AUG is definitely my favorite firearm, very nice to see you review it!
1:33 that sound the vityaz made with that suppressor was so damn hot lmao
30 round mags are the standard in the austrian army, it even says so in the field manual. Our instructor once told us that there were bigger mags for it but the army doesnt have them, only 30s
Because the 42rnd Mag was supposed to be used with HBAR version of the Aug. Giving an infantry squad some LMG capacity, at least that was indented purpose but the HBAR's were never aquired except a small patch for the Jagdkommando.
@@Ronin-ze2yi It seems like nobody except the Soviets had followed through with the "heavy rifle" LMG concept that was popular during the Cold War. I can understand the Germans (and, by extension, Austrians) saying "fuck it, we'll scale down a belt-fed to 5.56" - after all, they had the engineering expertise and manufacturing excellence to pull that off, especially considering the size of their armies at the time. Still, HK had a series of belt\mag-fed G3-derivatives with quick change barrels, and even managed to license and sell some to Portugal and some latinos, but it all folded along with G3 production in early 00s.
And between all the "future soldier" programs emphasizing wack shit like high-RPM burst-fire, programmable-fuse grenades and flechettes, US DoD had no time to consider the plight of the common grunt lugging around the lube-addicted Minimi and its fragile belt boxes.
It's kinda surprising that the RPK never got a decent competitor in the market during the spicy years of international conflict. The concept was proven time and time again, both as a whole and every specific component of it: RPK-based receivers are used for "Vepr" series of high-caliber AK variants, with Vepr-12 earning a reputation for reliability and longevity far in excess of comparable Saiga-12; ditto for heavy bull barrels; 40rd banana mags and 95rd drums are used to good effect with lighter AK variants by assaulters, close protection details and other specialists who prefer to achieve volume of fire without lugging an MG around.
I mean we have the MG 74 kinda understandable that conservative army generals chose to go with a NATO Mg-42 which is proven from the last time an Austrian stirred up some shit
Only the jagdkommando use the 42 round mags as standard. Hob noch keine Einheit gesehen wo 42er standard sind nur dass eine mal als ein GWD ausversehen ein 42er mag vom NUO bekommen hat xd
@@BlackBladeGroM Russians are switching to a belt fed LMG now, kind of shows that mag fed mg's aren't that great when even Russia is veering away from them
If you haven't already, I strongly suggest upgrading from the basic plastic trigger sear to a metal one.
TFBTV had great results with this little upgrade
As an austrian that has served 9 months and owns a ar i have to say the progressive trigger comes in clutch in cqc because you can just deathgrip that trigger and it goes brrrt, not like a ar when you forget that selector switch 😅
I know AUG from my service in the Australian Army. Pretty neat rifle and it was very easy to maintain. Just very awkward if you swap to your off-hand which results in brass to face....unless you hold your face at a weird angle.
Austrian here, was in the army last year. Never seen any 42 round mags, only 30 round. Also, it's not just the barrel that can be easily removed, the entire gun can easily be disassembled and reassembled really quickly.
From what others have replied, Steyr made 42 round magazines available, perhaps for an HBAR variant that didn't see wide adoption.
No military I believe outside of perhaps some special forces or counter terrorist groups took the magazines in
All military small arms worth a damn can be stripped and reassembled quickly and easily.
@@immikeurnot I thought so but then I don't get why people always make such a big deal about the AUG's barrel. If other guns can also be quickly disassembled then shouldn't the barrel also be removable like that?
I did a 5 day weapons course through cadets at 16....
I could strip and assemble the f88 austeyr in under a minute by the end of it...
@@IdoN_Tlikethis it’s just unnecessary complexity and cost on anything that isn’t a machine gun that requires barrel swaps.
Got to shoot a full-auto AUG when we did weapons training with the Austrian Army guys who were on the same unit with us. Easy to hit those weird turning auto-reset targets they had set up to 50 to 200 meters. The trigger really required an effort to go to fun mode. Austrians shot with our RK-95s, that was a fun day.
On the last range-day in the Austrian army we "accidentally" all forgot how to use our progressive triggers and magdumped into the targets.
Haha a loooot of push-ups followed but it was worth it.
Our drill instructor totally lost his mind "Xou don't want to screw up the assignment or I will personally punish you untill you throw up!... BRRRRRRT!"
that would be an extremely difficult choice for me between the AUG and the RK-95. But id likely choose the RK-95 because its made in Finland.
@@bobthompson4319 Some of the Austrians had similar ideas, but oh well, everyone had to leave the range with their issued rifles. Too bad our ride left just when the Austrians set up a MG 3 machinegun, would have been really cool to have a go with that.
Suomi perkele!!
@@mike9975 MG74 there is a slight difference to the german MG3.
Those things were known as "Tupperware" guns in the Aussie Army when they first came out
I really miss my old SLR L1A1
loved the cody cameo :)
The Irish Army Augs have an ALO, automatic lock out, on the bottom of the triggers. It's like a little button. If you pull it down then it stops the trigger going past semi auto, considering you will rarely use it. If you press it in then the trigger will go to full auto. It was a neat way to get around the annoying progressive firing.
Are you still in Ireland? Or over here in the states?
@@Captainkirk88410 still in Ireland
@@Kevc00 damn that means you can’t even own a semi auto version of this gun?
A yes, shooting them 40 year old A1 AUG's is so much fun! feck all recoil on them too.
@@Captainkirk88410 nope, you can only own a 22 conversion
Ah, the good ol' days of running this in the Australian Army and watching recruits accidentally squeeze off a burst of full auto on the range.
Yeah, they started to work on an "auto lock" to fix that....
Yeah, I'll put my hands up. I did that once on the range and never did it again after getting a bollocking for doing so.
Australian Army uses their own custom developed variant from what I understand, am I right?
@@VerdeMorte Yes, the EF88
Guilty
0:30 OH HELL YA IT IS
I have one got it way back in 1986. LOVE IT. Mie was the A1 version with the 3 prong flash hider. The carry handle also had a 1.5 power scope.
As someone living in Austria:
I am very glad that we managed to push the blame for moustache-guy to our beloved german neighbours :D
Not really, wasn't that art school Austrian? 😉
I didn't know Arnold had a mustache....
Also as someone living in Austria:
I'd like to add that every year in summer and winter when the retired german tourist hoardes incapable of driving up a mountain road invade our tourist spots, they pretend that austria is not a seperate country, and we pretend that we are their buddies, then when they finally leave, we count our green euro notes, and we thank the lord that we're not part of germany.
When an Austrian has a successful career in the arts, we get Arnold Schwartzenegger. When an Austrian has an unsuccessful career in the arts...
I thought he was talking about strache
To all my Irish defence forces brethren who had to qualify with the a1 optic at 300m, I see you, and I respect you
Aussie here, ex-ADF. The Austeyr is still our rifle of choice. In my time in the army I've used the F88, F88SA1, F88SA1C, F88SA2 and the EF88. It's probably been said before but our Steyrs have a wee plug called an "automatic lockout" located at the base of the trigger. In the exposed position that plug prevents the weapon before fired past semi-auto. Flip that bad boy up for full auto fun. Happy lead chucking!
P.S yeah love tapping the mag.. we don't do that here.
I shot one of these at a military base, I’m an Australian Army Cadet I shot the F88SA2 there pretty cool don’t have huge kick and a good firearm to learn how to operate a gun.
I really recommend the 20/20 sear upgrade. Significantly un-assifies the trigger.
Seconded, ordered one before I even took possession of my AUG, significant upgrade.
Un-assifies... 🤣
I hear throwing mud at the AUG really fixed a lot of its issues. Helps lubricate the trigger mechanism, among other things.
I have the ratworx sear too, even with the one transfer bar of the stanag version it is a huge improvement
I can only imagine how people reacted when AUG, G36 and F2000 first came out. I'm sure they called them "Space Rifles". 😂
They werent a new idea. Look up em2 rifle.
All fun and games until you see g11 rifle
@@kristijanmedved6066 kraut space magic
basically the result of austrians weapon industrys with gernany while WW2
@@Tristan-42069 yes
Hey mate love your videos, I have some solid experience with the aug and you'll have issues every time you try to fit a mag with the cocking handle locked back, especially if you slap the mag. Also the single shot lockout button to prevent unwanted auto fire is actually really easy to use, worth trying out. Keep up the good work!
I had to use it while i was in the Austrian Army. A few positives with the STG77/ Steyr AUG: its very accurate and would be extremly accurate with a better trigger. Its durable and easy to clean.
It never crossed my mind to consider pistols as bullpups until Brandon brought this up. Now I will believe that this is the case and nobody will ever dissuade me.
worst trigger in recorded history...kinda like slowly squeezing a tomato...never know when its gonna pop
Then you'll have to check out the Boberg XR9S, a bullpup pistol design. Forgotten Weapons has a video on it.
Might aswell add the Uzi and some other mags in the grip smgs then
Now I wanna know if there's bullpup tube fed shotties
@@jimbothegymbro7086 I think that the KSG 12 classifies as a bullpup
I was in the New Zealand Army for 6 years and found the Styer to be a very good rifle. In thousands of live rounds I only ever had 3 or so stoppages (Blanks another issue). The donut of death meant you really had to work on the principals of marksmanship to get the best out of it. Will always hold a place in my heart.
lol these things with blanks are a pain the the ass. But far worse at shooting blanks is the fucking minimi
Yeah, then we switched to an m4 variant... and only got the long barrels for them. so they're a real pain when operating in vehicles or doing any other non shooting work. *sigh* yeah the steyr has a horrible trigger and it sucks in CQB when trying to transition, but in my opinion the compactness makes up for all that for non frontline roles, or even front line roles where you still have to quick sling and use both hands for something.
As a former austrian conscript (long ago though) it always seemed to me that the donut made it very easy to hit something for someone absolutely unexperienced with guns without much training.
Each one of our group in basic training managed to hit 6 of 6 moving mansized targets at 200m after having fired a total of maybe 15 live rounds before. (not just in basic training, none of us had ever fired a gun before our service)
The iron sights on the MG meant more brainpower to use them and more explanation by the instructors in my view.
Funny to hear that you guys had the same issues with blanks!
Many of my comrades put cigarett remains into the BFA which helped creating a bit more backpressuer for a short time. (and as a joke, using the austrian slang word for cigarette they called it "Tschig-tuning")
@@nirfz They really didn't like the blanks with many stoppages and a real pain to clean.We would deliberately try not to shoot too many blanks. I agree at normal combat ranges the donut was good but me personally once we went out to 300m that was where the limits of it were.
Ever take it into wet, sandy environments? I've had stoppages they didn't even have an actions on for with this pos. Hydro locked it, bent guid rails, got the trigger locked to full auto only .. it hates wet sandy conditions (shoalwater bay). Crawly 100m through the sand and it just frigging dies in the ass. Hks were much better, easy to clear stoppages.
In saying that, the styer is the best cqb rifle I've ever used. Second to none I'd say.
Still the service rifle for the Australian Defense Force, built in Australia and fittingly called the Austeyr
An acog on an AUG is just chef's kiss !
An Argentinian army commando told me once "it is so satisfying to aim the target with the Steyr AUG, shoot and watch the whole in the exact spot you had aimed".
But as a drawback, he also told me during hot days the reticle tends to blur so you've got to use the back up sights, which are not great.
Well, the AUG accuracy has been well portrayed in video games then, because that's the reason why I like using it so much. I want my bullets to go where I aim, on the flip side, it means I need to get good at aiming because I can't be sloppy with my aim and still get kills.
they are not so much back up sights(first gen) but rather night time battle sights. shoots a bit high, but during night shooting, most shoot low, atleast on the range.
Shouldnt that be every weapon you calibrate the scope?
The aug every soldier from austria gets is shit😂
Oh and they are back-up sights
@@benjaminhackl3429 The level of accuracy of a firegun is an expression of how the manufacturer created the weapon. Velocity of the bullet or barrel length have no effect on accuracy (Unless you change a 20 inch barrel for one of 7.5 inches).
The Austrian soldiers might be using rifles that suffered too much wear along the decades.
@@Kriegerdammerung nah not too much wear... they suffered from too less care😅
When I worked at a shooting range we had one of these for rent. While it was probably the most reliable bullpup we had on the rental racks, I couldn't stand it because the trigger on ours was god awful. Maybe I'm too used to match triggers in my ARs, but pulling the AUG's trigger is like towing a trailer with no tires over a gravel pit.
All bullpup triggers are plastic junk with 10 pound trigger pulls they just suk
Nein, rifle is fine
@@timothycain4512 mine are fine, x95 and vhs2 are perfectly suited for 500 yard shots. Not "good" triggers but they are definitely serviceable. They both break clean. I'll still be replacing them but they are actually better than the AUG, SAR, ect by a large margin.
Accurate
@@timothycain4512 no, I guess you have never shot a Tavor x95
Don't know about the A3, but the Aussie F88 progressive trigger is good, you can easily tell between single/auto... it even has an auto lockout if you just want semi only. Pretty sure the EF90 can do steel case ammo too.
The F88 Styer we used in the Australian Army Cadets, they refused to let us reload until we did tier 3 and officer training which sucked, but the fixed sight (not acog) I didn't like as I prefer a straight cross as a scope with the click measurements not a circle as the center of the scope. When we shot the WTTS (wets) system we were very under supplied at one of the South Australian training bases so many members of my Battalion delt with malfunctions. The MINIMI's are worse because you can ONLY go burst for a few shots as the barrel overheats so quickly.
First time I watched Die Hard as a kid back in the eighties, I'd assumed that the goofy looking gun the guy was using was some sort of fake movie prop made up to look futuristic. That idea stuck with me so long that even after I knew what a Steyr Aug looked like I still didn't put the pieces together for an embarrassingly long time.
Considering gun ownership here in Germany is a lot of paperwork and pretty costly, I'm planning to eventually get a single rifle when I'm 21-25.
And I already know it will be an AUG. From people I've talked to that own one, I've only heard positive things. It also looks just neat and has that austrian precision xD
Also considering my small dimensions even for woman I think a compact bullpup is a reasonable choice
ehmm... based?!?!
@@Lofi.z34 yeah the trigger is just usual bullpup the Tavors is much better in my opinion
@@Lofi.z34 theres a way to make it decent
Just make sure to get a feel for it before buying; without an adjustable stock, and (I'm assuming) shorter arms, it might be a little uncomfortable shouldering it.
Same except I want a scar 🤷🏻♀️
And it is a light gun. I used the first STG77 Version, and it was a huge difference if you had to carry a STG77 or an older, much heavier rifle. Shooting with this rifle was great fun, even total newbes like me at that time were easily able to hit targets 300 meters away. Early shoot and forget, so to speak......
Light compared to older rifles, maybe, but not compared to an AR15. I have an AUG A3M1 with Manticore Arms scope mount and Vortex PSTII 1-6x24 scope, and it weighs 9.5lbs / 4.3kg. The scope adds some weight compared to the factory optic, for sure, but I’d still say the AUG is heavier than modern competitors. I still love it, though.
Yeah for whatever reason - geometry of the 556 cartridge/chamber + the inflexibility of steel casing is, as most soldiers know, a bit of an invitation to malfunctions. The German solution was to flute their chambers. The Russian solution was the geometry of the m43 + 545 cartridges/chambers - providing a higher angled casing. This is one reason the AK typically functions well in sandy desert environments and why the M-16 can, at times, require more frequent cleaning & maintenance. It just means that AK cartridges & mags take up more space in your kit, are not as compact or as lightweight as M-16 rounds/mags. I still prefer the design theory behind the Kalashnikov & the cartridges it's chambered for. If it's dirty, it's easy to strip & clean.
The AUG is certainly on my wishlist of guns. Find it interesting how the Australians adopted it too, would have assumed they'd kept with a traditional design instead of a bullpup.
TFBTV has some interesting vids going over the Australian army weapons test, M16 vs the AUG
Australia has used the AUG since it was basically released
We’ve also made lots of changes to it. Added a bolt release button, removed the quick change barrel, made it all black, changed the cocking handle to add a forward assist, and changed up some of the picitiny railing to better fit our night fighting equipment
Australia starts with "AU", and the AUG starts with "AU". It's a no brainer why they adopted it 🤦♂️
If I recall correctly Colt wanted all M16A2s built in America but Styre was like build it where ever the fuck you like, and that was the winning argument for the AusGov
During my service in the Austrian military, I learned to respect the Stg. 77.
I still don't like 99% of polymer guns (just because polymer), but make an exception for the AUG. It's light, reliable, durable, easy to operate and maintain, and it just looks cool - what's not to like?
Trigger and lack of railspace, primarily.
Had this rifle in the Irish Defence Forces for 20 years and no problems. We never gave the magazine's a love tap (fecking stupid thing to do if You ask me), only thing I felt uncomfortable with was the front handle which I felt was too loose( for a better word ). Preferred the Belgian FAl even though it was twice the weight. The FAL in 5.56 would have been better.
The reason for the Quick Change barrel was because they wanted to be able to use it (or a similar variant with a heavier barrel) for LMG use. Which is a reason the 42 round mag exists. It's partially for that LMG version.
My mother was a doctor in the Australian air force and this was her standard issue rifle. Well, technically the Aus Styre with the integrated scope, but still, neat
Trained with these in the Irish Reserve Defense Forces for 7 years, never once had a round go "free willy" when inserting a mag. We were trained to do the exact same love tap every reload. Also, we had an Automatic Lock-Out (ALO) pin in the trigger. It was held in via detents in the bottom face of the trigger. When it was pulled down it would only allow for semi, once depressed you can ride the lightning..... Just a thought.
was a lil bastard to get back down out of the trigger sometimes though haha
@@conormulcahy8264 Thats why I had a leatherman on my belt 😉
I had no idea the AUG barrel just rotated out like that.
Also had to laugh at the end. Just casually pulls out M60 and just sends it lol love all the content. I always learn something and it’s fun to watch.
if i remember right they did that as they wanted it to act as an LMG as well it had a larger thicker barrel with bi-pod. it had 4 barrels 350mm Commando 407mm Carbine 505mm Assault Rifle and the 621mm Heavy Barrel Light Support Weapon.
Probably someone else wrote it too, but I was a draftee in the Austrian Army in 2000 and the 42 round magazines are NOT standard. The 30 round mag is standard issue. Each soldier got five of those in my day. We used a carrying system related to the US ALICE system, where we had two pouches in front with two mags each and one in the gun.
I loved this gun and how compact, sturdy and yet accurate it was. I personally found it also very easy to operate. To the point where I could disassemble and reassemble (not field strip!) it blind in less than 1,5 minutes
NGL i bought one awhile ago. not only my fav gun of all time but fav video gun of all time. this is one of those things u own. that u gonna try to keep in the family as long as u can.
Check out the Irish Defence forces AUG. They have a custom model AUG where Steyr put in a trigger with a selector built into the trigger itself for single / auto fire modes (Once you put it in Auto though that shits staying progressive pull until you have 30 seconds free).
So you can go full Auto with a single pull trigger until you engage the full auto lockout then its a progressive trigger, win win!
They also have a custom cocking handle with a into battery button to smack it in M4 style but on the cocking handle itself. They Irish also created a custom M203 mount for the barrel.
So they made it more alcohol friendly...
Good job Ireland
Unfortunately we dont have a button release on our AUGs in the irish defence forces. Gotta give it the good aul HK slap.
"I'M FUCKING HOMELESS"
That sounded way too genuine
.....who was that guy by the way? 😕
@@LordPorkChop84 homeless man
@@LordPorkChop84 Donut Operator.
@@LordPorkChop84 I dunno.
But he give me this silver bullet!
I love the Aussie variation of the styre so much fun dump mag after mag in auto
the ADD breaks are seriously spot on right as i started to lose focus it kicked in great timing
There are a handful of “quality of life” upgrade parts you can find for this rifle. 20/20 precision aluminum trigger sear, ARID aluminum trigger/ safety combo, and of course just about anything that comes from Corvus Defensio. Without a doubt the AUG has a troll toll, but the things I mentioned really make the rifle ascend to the next level. I’ve had mine for years and only recently tried steel ammunition (shitty under powered .223 Tula) and it cycled without fail. Perhaps a little wear and break-in is needed before it accepts cheap stuff?
Wait you have Tula? How good sir? I really want to know, cause im running Low!
@@derwolf3006 you can still get cases shipped to your door, check ammoseek
Why no 1:7 twist 20” barrel?
Brandon you have to adjust the trigger to get the play out. Take the aug down without removing the rod that sits on the trigger. Loosen the bolt holding the trigger rod in place. Pull it out halfway. Use the trigger pack to push the rod back in. Then tighten the rod bolt down and reinstall the barrel and trigger pack. The play in the trigger will be gone and it’ll feel less mushy. Someone please let Brandon know about this process.
That.... Sounds easy compared to the procedures i've heard for removing play in other bullpups
I also had a steyr.
Just mine was a Steyr Daimler Puch Maxi
The AUG is just a gorgeous piece of firearm history.
For something from before the Cold War era; it's amazing how modern it still looks and performs.
It's honestly the M1911 of bullpups.
I have shot the AUG a couple of times. I thought it handled great. Has less movement than a AR. Just a pleasure to shoot. It is an outstanding firearm. Definitely one of my all-time favorites!!!
I absolutely love these things. They feel balanced, ergonomic, they're reliable, they work very well, and of course you can't forget about the "HK Slap" (I know, it's not an HK, but slap still counts). My only complaint is that the trigger is not something you might as easily get used to, as it's not as seamless or comfortable of a pull as your standard AR or AK.
Standard magazines are actually 30 rounds in Austria. Furthermore, since you are not supposed to tap the magazine - and also do not need to do so, you do not get the problem with the rounds dislodging. There is a 100 round drum magazine available for the LMG variant of the AUG, basically only an AUG with a heavier barrel, bipod and the drum magazine.
I was in AUS Army Cadets and we got to use the F88 model of it. Originally I was abit annoyed that it wasn’t an M4 and we’d heard rumours about how the AUG is inaccurate. But man after I held, fired and learned how to reload and strip the gun it became my favourite thing ever. And no it’s not inaccurate, it’s the user who is inaccurate.
It's too bad, AUS Army cadets are only permitted to live fire CZ 452 .22 rifles now.
Fun fact: It's used by the Austrians and the Australians. So no way to make a mistake there.
And then obviously the progressive trigger.
I makes me wonder if some of these people think their country made it when it was the other in these comments. How can two large ish countries get away with having almost bootleg tier names of each other
@@static_bolt did you just call austria large haha aw man these times are over since some time
Australian here, my old man was part of the team that started manufacturing them here in 1988.
Just want to say "G'day Mate" to all the Austrians in the comments section. Did I get that right? Been a while since I saw that movie ;)
@@johnbowler395 i dont know what you want to get right lol
There's a cleaning kit in the butt of the AUG. Plus the stock pin when removed is used to adjust the gas flow. We used the AUG in the Australian army too. If you own an AUG, take a look.
Fun fact the AUG is the service weapon to all Irish defence force personnel and also to some Irish rangers
My AUG is all white, 20" barrel, integral 1.5x scope, and a Glock brand bayonet. About same size as a 10.5" AR. It's so fun it's unreal
I read that last as "So, it's a funeral. " That struck my fancy.
Pics?
Glock makes bayonets?
All white? Its drip or drown and brother you're doing the butterfly.
@@barlowjmb yep.
Being Austrian, i served with the Steyr AUG, though i only got to shoot it twice (i hit! Both times!).
It´s great how simple the gun is to disassamble, i haven´t held it in hand for 20 years now and i´m confident i still could do it blind.
Trigger is hard to pull though, but that´s generally a downside of bullpups.
i love it when using it with one hand
with burst fire its references to the battle rife from halo
Brandon: physics or something... we're not that smart
Also Brandon: *uses physics to build AK-50*
The old New Zealand Army Aug is one of the only two rifles I've ever held. The second being the replacement for the Aug, The MARS-L. Personally I preferred the feel of the AUG
Im a Fellow Kiwi, thanks for ya service mate
Same here. The trigger is feels like plastic rubbing on plastic (dogshit), but the way it sits in the shoulder is so comfy
All the aussies i worked with, were more than happy to ditch their AUSteyrs for some M4A1 love. They let me try it out, i hated it immediately. The trigger makes that thing crap, too heavy and awkward. Makes rhe M240B trigger seem like a precision trigger by comparison
Love the fact that you can cock it by swinging it like a cricket bat
Same here in Aussie land, much lighter the then the SLR we trained with....
I see brandon upload, I click. It's simple.
Based
It's just science!
Amen brother
Simple life, happy life…
Right?
I was for sure satisfied when you sprayed that thing 🔥
Okay, I actually laughed at the Schwarzenegger joke. As an Austrian myself, that's refreshing, ngl. As far as I know, the designers opted for the progressive trigger because a selector is counter intuitive if you want to train your soldiers, to only use full auto fire very sparingly.
That said, I'm always pleased to know that an Austrian product is so well liked all across the world, just like the Glock, which is also designed and made in Austria. I'm just kind of sad that it's missing its original scope because the design choices behind it are also very interesting. Dunno the AUG looks weird to me with an ACOG, even though I never was in the Austria army (because I felt that I'd spend more useful time in civil service)
I don’t get the arnold joke. Would you mind explaining it?
@@roygonzalez8924 Because there haven't been any OTHER high profile "inspiring" politicians from Austria that made their mark on history. If we don't wanna take that whole Genocide thing into account that I'm sure you haven't heard of, lemme just say, the last 20 years have been wild
@@Dragongaga
The whole thing that never happened
@@kaveman3981 Can't tell if you're serious or just trolling
@@Dragongaga
Both,they can't even give evidence of it,just censor and try to destroy those that question it
Seeing that pipe bomb of a gun on the wall is just..magnificent. The AUG is nice to but I will always prefer the C8 I had in the CAF...Just can't get over that terrible trigger all bullpups have.
If you know, you know.
The AUG, and the SA80, are perhaps the worst when it comes to the triggers on issued weaponry. Even with aftermarket 'fixes' still leaves a lot to be desired.
And that's not even getting into the awkwardness of mag changes on them either... lol
We got one of the old ones that was sent to the naval department for testing with the navy seals, the original optic is very suboptimal
Yes an optic from the early 70s would be. But consider it would be almost 20 years later that the M16/M4 would get optics as standard kit.
suboptimal for which use case... The intention was to have something that is easy to use without any previous knowledge about marksmanship, that is rugged enough for daily use by soldiers.
I would even claim that the original one can take more beating than most other optics i have seen someone put on it on the interweb.
-> Mine got smaked with a broomhandle in full swing, it did retain zero and had no damage. (we had some "empty rifle defense" training and one instructor decided to surprside me after my trainig was done with a "more realistic approach". So when defending, i parried with the optic before almost injuring him with the muzzle.)
Getting roped down passively a 40m rock drop quite agressively meant i got smacked against a rock wall several times. At the end, the guy operating the rope dropped me from around 2m of height on the ground and i hit it with my back. What dampened my impact in the first case was the rifle and it's optics in the second case my big backpack prevented back injuries, but the rifle impacted the ground next to my backpack. Did keep zero and had no damage apart from even more paint taken off the upper housing. (it was already old when it got issued to me. It was an A0 rifle with an A1 reticle.)
During my service 99/00 we had roughly a 50:50 mixture of A0 and A1 reticles in our platoon. (Some of the rifles were A1 variants too, so not even half of the rifles issued to us had gotten a replacment optic or optic-internals at some point in their 20 years of use.)
I used that 1,5x fixed optic in 2001/2002. it was...a compromise. but given that we were boys and conscripted it was probably good. but since the point in time of full equipment of the Austrian Armed Forces with the AUG there's several generations of Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Z Austrians that don't know how to use iron sights.
So the barrel interlocking system reminds me of alot of how glad hands work on airline. Twist in place and its groved to spin and lock into place. Thats cool.
I "had" one (before the "unfortunate boating accident where I lost all my firearms"), this is a pretty fair review. It's cool, not my favorite, but glad I "had" one. I think the Tavor is still my favorite bull-pup... The main thing I don't like about the AUG, I'm left handed, the case ejects right into my mouth (or front teeth, if my mouth is open). The Tavor ejects into my chin (I have a beard, so, not a big deal). I almost broke a tooth the first time I shot the AUG. I had to buy a left handed bold (luckily, not a big deal to switch it over, took maybe 10 minutes)... But, it's cool, and I don't regret buying it.
Hey Brandon, I don't intend to be annoying from asking. But has there been any interesting progress on the AK-50 v3, the last update was in March and I was genuinely curious if you were still testing with 3D printing or if you started to get parts machined. I really enjoy the research and design of firearms, because eventually I would like to design my own.
@@brandona5158 I really am a nerd for how guns work, and how they're made.
@@Halosniper-zk5ro yeah bht wher ak fify?
The mag well/reload mechanism, the overall compactness, the built-in collapsible foregrip, and just overall aesthetically pleasing design...it's all here for the Steyr AUG.
Kudos, Brandon. Glad you shot (yet again) another iconic classic.
Cheers.
2:23
We're thinking about the AH guy.
Brandon, in Austria we dont smah magazines in when the bolt is back. You just have to use that powerram when the bolt is foreward and and you need to win against the stressed mag spring an fully loaded magazine does have.