I recently found a smoking deal at a Pawnshop for a unfired Pro-Hunter with the gray stock [version 1?]. No manual, no box, just a rifle. I searched the interweb for a users manual, nada, and searched a few rifle related boards, nada. So, how does one take the adjustable LOP items apart?

Thanks in advance for your help!

The pad can be pried off the butt of the rifle with a screwdriver. The length of pull can then be adjusted by adding or removing spacers.



If you go to the Steyr USA website and register, you can download the full owner's manual.

Thank you mrlexma! I, for once in my life, decided NOT to pry-push-twist-bend-fold-mutilate as my first choice. Should have known better!

Glad to be of help.

call cdnn and purchase a wooden stock. think mine cost around $100.00 a few years ago. steyr should be ashamed of themselves for putting that flimsy stock on such a nice rifle. what caliber rifle is the one you are looking at?

quote:

Originally posted by 390ish:
call cdnn and purchase a wooden stock. think mine cost around $100.00 a few years ago. steyr should be ashamed of themselves for putting that flimsy stock on such a nice rifle. what caliber rifle is the one you are looking at?

Here's the stocks they have available right now for Steyrs in their on-line store.

http://www.cdnninvestments.com/steyr5.html


For myself, I prefer their plastic stocks. Far from flimsy, they are very strong so far as my experience goes. (I have three of the Steyr pro-hunters at the moment; one in 8x57, one in .308, and one in .376 Steyr.)

I suggest you use the gun a while before you begin changing stocks on it. Then you can make up your mind whether to spend the additional money, from your own personal experience.

the forearm of mine slaps the barrel on recoil off the bench. that's my gripe. mine shoots better from the bench with the wooden stock. i did not know the rifle was imported in
8 x 57. nice. mine is a 6.5 swede. i could really use one in 25-06.

quote:

Originally posted by 390ish:
the forearm of mine slaps the barrel on recoil off the bench. that's my gripe. mine shoots better from the bench with the wooden stock. i did not know the rifle was imported in
8 x 57. nice. mine is a 6.5 swede. i could really use one in 25-06.

\
In that case I can certainly appreciate your concern with it. I suspect there is something amiss in the way yours is bedded from the factory. I do not have that problem with any of mine, luckily. I think in your instance I would try a little epoxy bedding to either raise the whole barreled action a very small fraction of an inch (like 1/64th?) while keeping the barrel free floating, or to install a pressure point (pad) up about an inch before the forward end of the stock.

The only part of them I don't particularly care for is the safety/bolt retainer mechanism. I prefer their earlier safety, such as on the Steyr "Professional" which was the immediate predecessor to the "Pro Hunter" model we're discussing.

There were VERY few 8x57s brought into the U.S. (about 5 or less was the story I got), but there were some and my dealer managed to persevere with the importers to get one for me. There were also, apparently, a very, very, few (actual number runknown to me) in 7.5x55 Suisse brought in as well. Had I known about the Swiss chambering, I would have gotten one of those also...I really like that cartridge. Handloaded it is a virtual twin to the .30/.284; in other words a true short fat .30-06. Substantially identical ballistics to the '06 and using the very same bullets.

If I lived in eastern Oregon, rather than western Oregon, I also would like one in .25-06. Over here in the very dense woods, though, I tend to go with heavier bullets & larger bores. The .25-06 will obviously kill just about anything well with well-placed bullets, but in the woods placement opportunities are not always all we can hope for.

Best wishes,

AC

When Steyr changed distributers awhile back they had several odd calibers available. I got a prohunter in 6.5X57 for $500 NIB. The plastic stock is a bit loose at the front end but does not effect how the rifle shoots, less than 1/2" with loads it likes. In fact I have yet to find a load that will not shoot into 1 1/2" at 100yards. Best $500 rifle I have ever owned. Take it out and shoot it I think that you maybe surprised at what it will do right out of the box.

wow, thanks for the continued help guys!

The rifle is in 30/06. I will look into a wood stock, but really would prefer a synthetic. I was looking at the flimsy forend and wondering if an aluminum 1/4" rod inlet and bedded under the barrel [obviously set below the barrel channel] wouldn't stiffen it up adequately?

I like the gray as it blends with a lot more than black -- which I understand the second generation stock comes in.

Keep the great info coming. I stumbled onto this rifle and bought it on a whim. The more I shoot it, the more I find how well thought out the design is, stock issues aside.

quote:

Originally posted by RANDERSON:
The rifle is in 30/06. I will look into a wood stock, but really would prefer a synthetic. I was looking at the flimsy forend and wondering if an aluminum 1/4" rod inlet and bedded under the barrel [obviously set below the barrel channel] wouldn't stiffen it up adequately?

Don't bother trying to stiffen up the for arm. It's an awful stock, mine bends 1/2" in every direction with a little finger and thunb pressure. if you contact your local dealer they should be able to order you in a new replacement stock the new fiberglass reinforced stock. pretty sure it's free. mine is arriving in 6 weeks from austria. good luck with your rifle.

oh yah....manual..http://steyrarms.com/

I don't know why the stocks on mine don't seem to have the problems you guys are reporting, but the stocks on mine are quite stiff, strong, and accuracy-providing.