Current/updated Steyr AUG meditations...

[JoshNC]

I really did not like the CQB. To me it epitomized trying to make the AUG something it is not. It made for a very heavy rifle and changed the center of balance. It was conceptually interesting, but the execution left much to be desired.

[TED]

I really did not like the CQB. To me it epitomized trying to make the AUG something it is not. It made for a very heavy rifle and changed the center of balance. It was conceptually interesting, but the execution left much to be desired.

Not really relevant or useful being a very rare design that never truly finalized and entered regular production, but still true.

[JoshNC]

Not really relevant or useful being a very rare design that never truly finalized and entered regular production, but still true.

Valid points and as a collector, it is worth owning from that standpoint.

[yellowfin]

Are there any specific coaching points for teaching new shooters on AUG's vs conventional rifles? Might be getting my wife one.

[TED]

Are there any specific coaching points for teaching new shooters on AUG's vs conventional rifles? Might be getting my wife one.

Yes...

Being a bullpup it is easier to shoot one handed from the shoulder.

You can also shoot it with your support hand from your dominant shoulder.

If you go prone you can monopod off the mag and bipod off your elbows for a very stable platform.

PALM UP when charging!

If you are shooting it left handed I recommend breaking the firing grip and using the left hand to charge it. Don't get hung up on the dogma of never letting go of your firing grip.

I would give serious consideration to having a 16" barrel turned down/re-profiled by someone like ADCO.

If you are looking for a way to carry a spare mag on the gun the only solution I know of was by platatac from Australia and is now out of production. A simple design it can be easily replicated. It works.

USE a sling! Using it one handed, a sling is essential. A sling is to a long gun as a holster is to a pistol.

If reloading one handed, let it hang on the sling, remove empty mag, replace with full mag, charge the handle off the belt of pocket in the same way you would run the side of pistol off your belt or pocket.

42rd (factory) or 40rd (NATO, magpul) mags are actually easier to handle and manipulate in my experience. Also being that the bullpup forms a scalene triangle with the highest point at the rear when you go prone you can still go prone with a40rd mag! In fact it seems to work better if you want to monopod off the mag already anyways.

There are actually some training videos out there that are bullpup specific if you want to look into that.

TED

[SteyrAUG]

If reloading one handed, let it hang on the sling, remove empty mag, replace with full mag, charge the handle off the belt of pocket in the same way you would run the side of pistol off your belt or pocket.


TED

With a little practice you can engage the magazine release WITH the fresh magazine, old mag drops out and new mag goes in all with one hand. Probably a dozen YT vids out there demonstrating this. I tend to do it with the floorplate of the fresh magazine so I don't have to get concerned about feed lips.

[TED]

With a little practice you can engage the magazine release WITH the fresh magazine, old mag drops out and new mag goes in all with one hand. Probably a dozen YT vids out there demonstrating this. I tend to do it with the floorplate of the fresh magazine so I don't have to get concerned about feed lips.

When doing it one handed my aforementioned method is better. If you try to do it as you describe it does not work because the gun is hanging down and against your body.

TED

[SteyrAUG]

When doing it one handed my aforementioned method is better. If you try to do it as you describe it does not work because the gun is hanging down and against your body.

TED

Was just trying to describe one that works if you are laying low "almost prone" or if you are running through the woods yelling "they are shooting at me."

They all work if you practice them, was just trying to share. My main point was magazine changes need not be two handed and lots of ways to do the one handed magazine change.

[Barry in IN]

For added stability when I'm shooting prone and monopodding (monopodding?) off the magazine, I hold the VFG with two fingers curled beneath it. The heel of my hand is then solid on the ground, and it makes the position very stable. This is for level ground; obviously changing the number of fingers curled under the VFG will raise or lower the muzzle as needed.

[CRAMBONE]

For added stability when I'm shooting prone and monopodding (monopodding?) off the magazine, I hold the VFG with two fingers curled beneath it. The heel of my hand is then solid on the ground, and it makes the position very stable. This is for level ground; obviously changing the number of fingers curled under the VFG will raise or lower the muzzle as needed.

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