Steyr SPP (Special Purpose Pistol) semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9×19mm — the pistol-configuration, semi-automatic civilian version of the Steyr TMP machine pistol. This example has a very low round count and is mechanically excellent, with a bright bore and sharp rifling. It comes with two 30-round magazines.
The Steyr SPP was produced by Steyr-Mannlicher in Austria during the 1990s as the semi-automatic counterpart to the select-fire TMP (Tactical Machine Pistol), using a polymer frame and a rotating-barrel locked-breech action. This is the pistol SPP configuration — a Title I semi-automatic pistol, not the machine pistol. The design has a direct and notable lineage: around 2001, Steyr sold the TMP/SPP design to the Swiss firm Brügger & Thomet (B&T), which developed it into the widely adopted B&T MP9 machine pistol (and its semi-automatic TP9/KP9 offshoots). In other words, the Steyr SPP is the direct ancestor of the modern B&T MP9 — making these original Steyr-made examples both historically significant and increasingly collectible, as they were produced in limited numbers before the design left Austria.
With a very low round count, excellent mechanics, a bright and sharply rifled bore, and a pair of 30-round magazines, this is an outstanding example of the scarce original Steyr SPP for the collector of modern and Austrian firearms.
Specifications
Manufacturer: Steyr-Mannlicher (Austria)
Country of origin: Austria
Model: SPP (Special Purpose Pistol) — semi-automatic, pistol configuration
Action: Semi-automatic; rotating-barrel locked breech
Caliber: 9×19mm
Lineage: Semi-auto version of the Steyr TMP; design later sold to B&T (~2001) and developed into the B&T MP9
Condition: Mechanically excellent; very low round count
Bore: Bright, with sharp rifling
Rifling: Sharp
Magazines: Two 30-round magazines
Included: Two 30-round magazines
