What's a fair price for a DSA 16 inch Steyr barrel these days?

bitfiend · July 21, 2011, 14:38

It's unfired with gas block attached and was bought from DSA around 2000 or so, in the dark times before the ban sunset, so it has a DSA short brake tack welded on it.

I have a giant box of FAL stuff that has just been sitting and I can figure out what most of it is going for these days, but I'm not having any luck with the barrel.

Anybody have any idea?

Battleborn2002 · July 21, 2011, 18:10

I picked one up recently on gunbroker for $150.00. It is 17 1/2" including and integral flash hider (machined into the barrel, not attached).

bitfiend · July 21, 2011, 22:59

Actually I just measured it, and it's 18 inches. It's a Steyr hammer forged barrel shortened and threaded by DSA, not one of the button-rifled ones with integral brake like they used to sell.

I think I paid more than $150 for it back then. Maybe I should just hold onto it.

**def90** · July 22, 2011, 00:50

People come on here every week it seems wanting to cut their original full length barrels down. I would think you could get at least what you paid for it if not a bit more.

**bykerhd** · July 22, 2011, 09:51

That would be back when DSA still had premo condition Steyr barrels.
Maybe about $ 125 back when you bought it ?
I would think about $200-$250 if the bore is as good as was typical then.
That is, near new with no pitting, etc.

Does the muzzle device have a silvery band at the rear ?
If so, it is 1100 degree silver solder and NOT weld.
DSA silver soldered their muzzle devices.
A MAPP gas torch will make short work of that solder.

bitfiend · July 22, 2011, 15:08

I know it's a weld, because I tack welded it there.

It's a light tack, no big deal to remove, but back then it had to be there to be legal. I did about 20 barrels at once.

Yeah, back then the new DSA STG-58's all had Steyr barrels. (And some people thought DSA recievers were junk compared to an Imbel because they were "unproven". LOL.)
I think I paid $150ish for the barrel and maybe $40 for the brake. I can't remember.

July 21, 2011, 14:38	#1
bitfiend Registered FALaholic #: 3868 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Littleton, Colorado Posts: 33	What's a fair price for a DSA 16 inch Steyr barrel these days? It's unfired with gas block attached and was bought from DSA around 2000 or so, in the dark times before the ban sunset, so it has a DSA short brake tack welded on it. I have a giant box of FAL stuff that has just been sitting and I can figure out what most of it is going for these days, but I'm not having any luck with the barrel. Anybody have any idea?

July 21, 2011, 18:10	#2
Battleborn2002 Registered FALaholic #: 50815 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Silver City, Nevada Posts: 251	I picked one up recently on gunbroker for $150.00. It is 17 1/2" including and integral flash hider (machined into the barrel, not attached). __________________ In an epoch of uncertainty, someone always needs a fraud to believe in.

July 22, 2011, 00:50	#4
def90 Old Fart Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 50609 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Peoples' Republic of Boulder, Colorado Posts: 8,835	People come on here every week it seems wanting to cut their original full length barrels down. I would think you could get at least what you paid for it if not a bit more. __________________ There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live. Public libraries cannot let the public decide what is allowed in the library, or it would be brimming with pornography and gun magazines.

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July 21, 2011, 22:59	#3
bitfiend Registered FALaholic #: 3868 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Littleton, Colorado Posts: 33	Actually I just measured it, and it's 18 inches. It's a Steyr hammer forged barrel shortened and threaded by DSA, not one of the button-rifled ones with integral brake like they used to sell. I think I paid more than $150 for it back then. Maybe I should just hold onto it.

July 22, 2011, 09:51	#5
bykerhd Dinosaur Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 2798 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Burlington Vermont area Posts: 13,262	That would be back when DSA still had premo condition Steyr barrels. Maybe about $ 125 back when you bought it ? I would think about $200-$250 if the bore is as good as was typical then. That is, near new with no pitting, etc. Does the muzzle device have a silvery band at the rear ? If so, it is 1100 degree silver solder and NOT weld. DSA silver soldered their muzzle devices. A MAPP gas torch will make short work of that solder.

July 22, 2011, 15:08	#6
bitfiend Registered FALaholic #: 3868 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Littleton, Colorado Posts: 33	I know it's a weld, because I tack welded it there. It's a light tack, no big deal to remove, but back then it had to be there to be legal. I did about 20 barrels at once. Yeah, back then the new DSA STG-58's all had Steyr barrels. (And some people thought DSA recievers were junk compared to an Imbel because they were "unproven". LOL.) I think I paid $150ish for the barrel and maybe $40 for the brake. I can't remember.