I have had several Steyr Model M Professionals and MIII Professionals and they have all been matte blue finish or parkerized. I am in the process of buying a .270 MIII in matte stainless. When did they make a stainless version?

Not sure about the stainless, but great choice of rifles. Superb out-of-the-box accuracy.

I have regretted selling every one of them too! Hopefully I will be smart and keep this one. The last .270 I had shot consistantly under 1/4 inch with cheapo Remington 130grs from WalMart. Dumb move. Needless to say the new owner will not sell it back to me.

I reorganized my photobucket albums and thepics disappeared above so here they are:

Nice...go for it!

I posted a question about it on another site and no one is familiar with a stainless version of this gun. It may be an aftermarket coating of some kind. Either way I can't wait to get my hands on it.

First I've ever heard of one...definitely never saw one - I would have remembered that.

Spoke to GSI and they said they have never had a stainless Model M and did not have any plated either so it has to be aftermarket. I will find out when I get it I guess.

Picked up the Steyr yesterday and the coating appears to be very even over the etire rifle. I like it. I will post more pics later.

Great, and it'll be a shooter. Try a few factory loads....one of them is bound to make little tiny groups. All of mine have.

I'm sure it's a good shooter, but I can't stand the design. Wish those guys could change their Stylist...

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Ive owned one for 20 yrs,my first rifle, and shot over two thousand rounds with a 270w but chrome molly.The rifle is full of issues but was my favorite in that it spawned my interest in rifles,taught me plenty and accompanied me on many memorable hunts.It was the only rifle I sold but the one I shouldn't have.

I wonder if they hard chromed it? I have an m-III in 30.06 and it stacks 'em! had a .270 that stacked Hornady 140 customs. I sold the .270..and got a steyr luxus. Sexiest rifle I own!!!

I have a parkerised one in .270...
Incidentally, does anyone know of any after-market stock options? I would love to pillar bed mine in a stiffer stock...

Here are some pics I took real quick today while waiting for a crap load of girls to arrive (It is my daughter's 16th birthday party) so I still need to get some good closeups. There is a slightly different coloration inside the ejection port.

The stock on my M-III cracked at the pistol grip. I ended up researching and Lone Wolf out in Montana said they could build a stock for it (the rotary magazine is the challenge). I chose the rogue model stock..chose the color I wanted, stock measurements and I sent it to them...366 days later, it finally came back and they did a fantastic job but don't expect fast turn around.

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Originally posted by JabaliHunter:
I have a parkerised one in .270...
Incidentally, does anyone know of any after-market stock options? I would love to pillar bed mine in a stiffer stock...

Thanks for that. There is a guy here who makes very nice laminate stocks to any pattern. He also suggests that it is possible to replace the rotary magazine with the single stack metal box and bottom metal from the Luxus model M which may make things easier down the road...

A while back I bought another professional real cheap that had a broken stock. I talked to a stockmaker that had a pantograph and he said he could glue the old stock together to use as a pattern and make a new stock. I will see if i can find his contact info.

I want to paint the stock and I was thinking of going with an olive base with black and white webbing. Anyone got any pics of a stainless rifle with an olive or even tan stock with webbing they care to post?

Steyr excellent rifle. McMillan make stock.

McMillan only mqkes a stock for the SSG. I called them first