Help needed Steyr-Hahn m1912

HerrKaiser · 10-03-2019, 12:00 PM

Hello,

I was fiddling with my Steyr-Hahn as I saw a WTB ad on the gunbord forum for one. I was confirming the caliber since the frame is Nazi proofed but the upper and barrel were Romanian contract. I put in a 9mm snap cap and the pistol closed but is just out of battery and the trigger still disconnected, but I can’t open the action back up and extract that snap cap no matter what I try. At least I can assume it’s chambered for 9x23...Any suggestions?

rhuff · 10-03-2019, 01:54 PM

If it were me, I would run a wood dowel, or brass rod down through the muzzle and treat this as a squib round. Likely the snap cap has engaged the rifling and it is just stuck. A light tapping on the rod may well free things up....Good luck

HerrKaiser · 10-03-2019, 08:18 PM

Rhuff,

That method worked! Thank you!

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rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	If it were me, I would run a wood dowel, or brass rod down through the muzzle and treat this as a squib round. Likely the snap cap has engaged the rifling and it is just stuck. A light tapping on the rod may well free things up....Good luck __________________ Need DWM breechblock #21

10-03-2019, 08:18 PM	#3
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 800 Thanks: 750 Thanked 793 Times in 376 Posts	Rhuff, That method worked! Thank you! __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22