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Manufacturing Date Serial Numbers Correspondence as reported Year Estimated Actual serials reported 1909 1 25000 3704 21692 1910. Steyr Hahn M1. 91. M1. 91. 2By Randy Rick. The Austrian Steyr Hahn Pistol M1. M1. 91. 2. The Steyr Hahn hahn is German for hammer pistol was first produced. M1. 1. It is an 8. Steyr cartridge. The model M1. Steyr motors SE266E40 Pdf User Manuals. View online or download Steyr motors SE266E40 Operation, Maintenance And Warranty Manual. Steyr-A1-series-pistol-recall-notice-2011.09.20.jpg' alt='Steyr Serial Numbers' title='Steyr Serial Numbers' />The M1. Austrian. Army until the First World War began. The gun was produced until 1. The Romanian police used the Steyr Hahn and that version. Romanian Crest. The Chilean Army adopted the M1. It should be noted that serial numbers for the Romanian contract guns are directly continued into the guns produced for the Austrian Army, when the contract for Romania was discontinued. Guns with both Romanian contract parts and Austrian acceptance proofs are common for this transition period. It is estimated that about 3. Steyr Hahns Model M1. WWI and by early Austrian Nazis. The Czechs were known to. Steyr Hahns to full auto. A wooden shoulder stockholster with a cup. Steyr Hahns frame about the grip is. These were used by early Austro Hungarian aviators in very early versions of aircraft before aircraft specific arms were developed. In some instances two M1. The serial number typically appears in 3 places, the left frame above. The. serial number will also be on the barrel, sometimes without the. Rarely the serialnumber will be on the. The grips are typically a brown stained wood with a raised crosshatch. They are slid into cuts in the frame and secured with a. All parts show small proof stamps consisting of the initial of the. The final design was by Chief Engineer Konrad Murgthaler. It. was based on earlier design work by Karl Krnka, Georg Roth. Ferdinand Mannlicher. The Steyr Hahn is a large frame semi auto. The slide is retained on the frame by a keeper similar to. Colt. The action is that of a rotating barrel which. When the bullet has left the bore, the barrel is free to rotate. It is otherwise. similar to other semiauto pistols with a recoil spring under the. It has an external hammer. There is a safety on the frame, below the hammer. There is also a notch halfway. The. slide will be held back after the last round is fired by the back of. The trigger pull is. To load, with the slide back, raise the safety into the notch in the. Insert a stripper clip into the clip. Cartridges can also be single loaded in this manner. To unload the magazine well, lock the slide to the rear with the. Note The rotating barrel design has been used by numerous other pistol manufacturers besides Steyr for the M1. M1. 91. 11. 2. Obregon, Colt M2. Berreta Cougar and Px. Grand Power, etc. John Browning designed and patented a M1. Steyr. Holsters Examples of M1. Holsters. The variations are considerable. A holster with shoulder. Austrian guns. Variations 1. Commercial Model. May have adjustable rear sight. Will have the. words OESTERR. WAFFENFABRIK STEYR M. There. were not large quantities sold commercially. This model may. have a larger reinforcement area around the locking wedge. Zhug referes to as the model 1. May have NPv commercial proofs. Marine Pistole M1. Will have tangent rear sight and a higher. Some with extended barrels. Adjustable Rear Sight 1. M1. 91. 1. Fixed front sight. Has standard rear sight, but with the. A dovetail is cut horizontally accross the. A small plate with a v notch rear. Left side of slide has the stamps. STEYR 1. 91. 2 MOD. Fixed Rear Sight 1. M1. 91. 1. Fixed front sight or dovetailed front. Left side of slide has the stamps. STEYR 1. 91. 2 MOD. Chilean Model. Made at the Steyr factory in Austria for Chile. Will have crest on left front side that is of a. In the center of the left slide it will state STEYR 1. MOD. 1. 91. 1. On the left rear slide it will state. EJERCITO DE CHILE. There will typically be a crossed miners. Fixed front sight. There were 5,0. 00 Chilean M1. The serial. numbers are unusual in that they run nnn, 1nnn. A, 2nnn. B. 3nnn. C, and 4nnn. D. Romanian Model. Made at the Steyr factory in Austria for Romania. On the left front of slide will have a crown. Md. 1. 91. 2. At the rear of the left slide it will state. STEYR 1. 91. 2, 1. There will be a Romanian Phoenix. It is common to find Romanian guns that. Dovetailed. front sight. A large number of the Romanian Steyr Hahn pistols were captured by the Austrians during WWI, hence one will see them with the later 0. Luger andor with post WWI Czech proofs. Likewise, guns still at Steyr at the outbreak of WWI were not delivered to Romania and it is possible to find transitional guns marking wise between the Romanian contract and Austrian military guns. Austrian Army issue M1. Will have STEYR1. On the right frame above trigger it will have. Wn eagle xx the digits xx are the year of military. Dovetailed front sight. Nazi proofed. Guns were taken from captured arsenals. The barrels were serial numbered to the gun and have a nazi. The guns were typically proofed with 0. EagleN and Delta dot on left frame over trigger. And eagleL on right frame over trigger. Both Austrian army and. Romanian guns are found that have been re worked. A number of respected reference sources previously stated that these. Mauser to be refurbished. I always thought. More recent evidence indicates that they were refurbished. Steyr. Bavarian Contract. The Army of Bavaria procurred 1. Steyr Hahns in 1. These are identical with the. Austrian Army variation. They can be identified by the fact that the. These guns may be seen with Prussian. Model 1. 91. 6 Machine Pistol. There are conflicting stories about how. I believe that only a few hundred were. Bavarian contract. Photo of M. 1. 6 with shoulder stock. Heeresgeschict Museum, Vienna. Steyr sent several guns as examples or trial guns to many countries. There was a small contract with. Turkey. There were presentation sets made up for gifts to officials. There were spare parts from all the production runs. Other Common Proofs. The Austrian commercial proof NPv Nitro Proof Vienna is frequently. Steyr Hahns which were issued to the Austrian Army in between the wars. HV eagle XX xxyear. Police issued guns may carry. LGK state or SW on the lanyard loop. Guns that were in. Czechslovakia after the breakup of the Austro Hungarian Empire are. Czech proofs CSR, Czech standing lion, etc. The 9mm Steyr is 9x. Midway used to make boxer primed Steyr Hahn ammo. Fiocci is currently importing it, but it is not common. A small quantity of modern manufacture Hirtenberg boxer primed. Pre WWII surplus ammo is relatively common, and should not be too. GECO, RWS, and DWM ammunition from the 1. This 1. 93. 0s ammo is non corrosive, berdan, and shoots well. Look for the word Sinoxide on the ammo box, that means. Surplus ammo from FN is also available, but it is not. Pre 1. 93. 0s ammo. Examples of. WWI ammo from Hirtenberg, Roth, Sellier Belliot and others can. The 8 round stripper clips will typically have the stamp of the original ammo manufacturer who made them in the center of the back side. Clips were reused and may be found with later production ammo from other manufacturers. Bergmann Bayard and Largo Ammo in a Steyr Hahn. Other comments on ammo criteria and durability of this pistol. Steyr 9mm cartridges can be reloaded with 3. A moderate 9mm para powder load for 1. FMJs should be acceptable. Grafs has new manuf boxer cases of Hornady headstamp. One can also use 9x. Win cases loaded to 9mm Steyr levels. Production Information for the Steyr Hahn Production Estimates. The small letter proofs found on the Steyr Hahn are the last. The most common. inspection stamp is the letter K, the proof of Meister Josef Kogler.