I believe the reason for such discounts with the Steyr M series pistols is due to their current lack of a US distributor. I also believe their factory sustained flood damage during the wide-spread floods in central europe last year. Also, I believe I heard somewhere that their firearms factory was bought by a german auto maker. These things combined with a lack of after-market parts and accessories, and the fact that this pistol must compete with the extremely successful Glock pistols has contributed to less than stellar sales in the North American market. And that's really unfortunate, the Steyr M series are very well made, reliable, accurate, and innovative handguns. I have owned a Steyr M9 for a little less than a year. I've put more than 2500 rounds thru mine without a single problem. I sincerely believe that had the 'M' series been around in the early to mid 80's it would currently be holding Glocks market-share of the polymer pistol industry. The 1911sight website has an informative review of the Steyr
and Steyr's website is
www.smg.steyr.com. And no I don't work for Steyr.
