Steyr GB
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The Steyr GB pistol is a double-action 9 mm Parabellum caliber semi-automatic large frame pistol. The GB uses a gas-delayed blowback action and has a magazine capacity of 18 rounds. It was designed starting in 1968 as a replacement for older handguns in Austrian military service, and went into general civil production in 1982.
The Steyr GB was briefly widely touted as the ultimate Wonder Nine high capacity 9 mm pistol, but its popularity was cut short when the then-brand new Glock 17 pistol by new-to-firearms-manufacturing firm Glock won a testing competition for the Austrian Army service pistol order. It was also a competitor for the US military pistol competition ultimately won by the Beretta M92F.
Commentary from US firearms testers and writers indicated that the GB had remarkably low recoil for a pistol of its caliber and it was generally well liked in testing, but the lack of government orders led to its production only totally a reputed 15,000 to 20,000 pistols between 1981 and 1988.
| Steyr GB Specifications | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall Length | 216 mm | |
| Barrel Length | 136 mm | |
| Weight (unloaded) | 845 g | |
| Weight (loaded) | 1285 g | |
| Steyr GB Technical Data | |
|---|---|
| Magazine capacity | 18 rounds |
| Caliber | 9x19 Parabellum |
| Action | Double action, external decocker, no safety |
| Frame material | Steel, coated with structured resin |
| Slide material | Steel |
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