Why did it failed?

>>63882104 (OP)
>in service for nearly 50 years with multiple operators
>only recently being phased out due to rifles being too old and 416s being a cheaper replacement
>still in production and selling new rifles every year
?

>>63882104 (OP)
It looks so retarded, my country's military uses them atm.

I have always loved them but I stick with the never meeting your heros bit

Why is there such an increase in ESL posts in the last week or two?

>>63882146
Take a wild guess

>>63882104 (OP)
Its got a solid hyper loyal contrarian memelord following so its fine

>>63882104 (OP)
Failed? How so?

>>63882123
>in service for 50 years in third world countries
Fixed that for you kid.

>>63882236
Hey wait a
>austia is not a NATO member
Damnit you win this round, fuckboy

>>63882104 (OP)
Failed?

>>63882341
Nice to see your AUG tree is bearing fruit, comrade.

>>63882338
Luxembourg is a member

>>63882343
Thank you, it’s been a bountiful harvest.

I love my AUG. It's made for an ACOG.

>>63882104 (OP)
It didn't.

>>63882123
Fippybippy.

>>63882139
They're rather solid. There's only these caveats:
>original integrated optic is now pretty dated, you could do better from a practical point of view (a railed upper lets you put whatever you want on them)
>the progressive select-fire trigger on the Austrian military ones is not great
>those "NATO stocked" ones that take AR15 magazines supposedly use a cheaper and flimsier plastic for the stock, and aren't as good quality
>if you want fancy calibers there's not that many options

Original Steyr plastic waffle mags are very solid and dependable though, so if you're gonna splurge on a less common rifle like this, then you might as well commit to its magazines too. Also there's nothing wrong with 5.56mm, especially when you reap the benefits of the long barrel in the bullpup package.
It'd be cool to build something like a .350 Legend AUG as a hunting rifle or something, but I'm not gonna lose sleep over that not existing in the market.

>>63882679
The AUS PMAGs aren’t too expensive and take regular PMAG extensions. Have you tried the AC UNITY magazines yet?

>>63882679
>Burris RT6

I love mine. Had it for a while and brand spanking new scopes don’t yet offer enough to pull me away. Superb for the money.

>>63882740
>>63882782
Not mine, just saved the pic out of envy. One day though.

>>63882104 (OP)
Why do I love the OG optic so much

>>63882104 (OP)
It has not failed? It's the only bullpup still in the race. LOL

I think they are inaccurate as hell, but I grew fond of them after watching an Australian clear a jam (failure to eject) by quickly removing the barrel and reinserting it.

>>63882966
>I think they are inaccurate as hell
They are?

>watching an Australian clear a jam (failure to eject) by quickly removing the barrel and reinserting it
That's actually a pretty good side benefit for the barrel setup.

>>63882123
>>in service for nearly 50 years with multiple operators

does it have any confirmed kills or is it just used by swat guys standing around looking cool (I love the aug)

>>63882975
>They are?
Most military fanboys will tell you that a 2-4" MOA gun is fine (when it's more like the bare minimum), but for $1,500-$2,200 you can get an AR that will have sub-MOA groups. I guess it wouldn't bother me so much if they were cheaper; a $500-$800 SKS wouldn't upset me if it had a 2-4" MOA.
>That's actually a pretty good side benefit for the barrel setup.
It's the only reason to care about the quick-change barrels. I don't think that people are switching from their carbine barrels to the heavy barrels in the middle of combat, but being able to clear a jam convinced me that it's a good feature.

The AUG lost and Hop won

https://youtu.be/0PwCyjhm0V4?si=fAvhTa1supKw2nzM&t=986

>>63883095
>Most military fanboys will tell you that a 2-4" MOA gun is fine
I mean, it fucking IS, an M4A1 will be 4MOA out of the box, because it's not that important that it does better than that. Easy to improve with free-floating though.

>but for $1,500-$2,200 you can get an AR that will have sub-MOA groups
Sure, but A), the AR15 is easy to free-float, which is why even a cheap one can be made to shoot 2MOA or even less, and with not that much effort or cost, and B), the AR15 has had circa 30-40 years of increasingly big economy of scale going, whereas for the Steyr AUG, you don't have that much production or market presence.

If you wanted a Colt AR15 back in the 1970s, that shit was gonna cost you, and it wasn't gonna shoot subMOA groups. Which is telling that the AUG is a bit behind the times I suppose, and I think there's probably room to improve it in all sorts of ways.

>I don't think that people are switching from their carbine barrels to the heavy barrels in the middle of combat
Yeah, that stuff is like with the Stoner 63, it had 7 configurations, woaaah, but then the Navy SEALs really only used it in the belt-fed SAW config, because that gave them something they didn't have otherwise.

>but being able to clear a jam convinced me that it's a good feature
Pretty handy feature for that reason, for sure, but how well does it affect precision? Could one devise a hypothetical 1MOA AUG which keeps its zero after you yoink out the barrel to clear a FTE?

>>63882104 (OP)
>no other 5.56 rifle made that takes AUG mags
Gay

>>63883130
>Could one devise a hypothetical 1MOA AUG which keeps its zero after you yoink out the barrel to clear a FTE?
If you're willing to upgrade parts on it, I think it could get close to 1 MOA, sure. That question is more suited to a gunsmith than me.

>>63883130
>Pretty handy feature for that reason, for sure, but how well does it affect precision? Could one devise a hypothetical 1MOA AUG which keeps its zero after you yoink out the barrel to clear a FTE?
If you get good barrel RNG and hand load they can easily be that accurate. Many guys on ARFCOM have ones in the 1.1-1.8 MOA on 10 shot groups w/ factory ammo, and that's about what mine does with cheap AAC bullshit. IDK about the Austrian military ones, but the US ones with chrome barrels are FN manufacture, so the barrel quality is there.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/Armory/Maybe-another-foray-into-the-AUG-how-are-the-new-barrels-/43-529949/

>>63883201
Below 2MOA is what I consider very good accuracy for a combat rifle, so that's nice, but what do you mean barrel RNG? Are they not consistent enough?

>>63882496
>pic related

>>63882181
Some faggot guntuber talked mad shit on it while fellating the WLVRN and the Tavor.
>hurr durr folding vertical grip baaaad, stock trigger baaad

>>63883111
Hop us dead fucking wrong

>>63883250
How messed up did your stock get before you put the brass deflector on?

>>63883288
How so? He's right everything advertised about the AUG has no useful function for the average shooter.

>>63883243
In my sample size of about 6 barrels, they are consistently sold shooters but all barrels will have a range of accuracy in addition to how that barrel tolerances to your specific rifle/ammo. Sometimes you get a barrel they just cannot group or the opposite. Ballistics is black magic sometimes.

>>63883294
Kek. Very observant, anon. It didn't get chewed up at all until I got the HBAR barrel for it. That made got it chewed the hell up after 20 or so rounds. Then I got the deflector.

>>63883348
Damn, mine is getting chewed up after two magazines with the stock barrel lol

>>63883398
I'm using 55gr ammo. Never had it hit the stock until I got the HBAR barrel. Hundreds of rounds.

>>63882104 (OP)
It only 'failed' if you're an ARfag.