

If anyone can help me identify it, it will be much appreciated She has a proof mark on the bolt that seems to be Belgian, as well as some scattered marks in other places that seem to be Belgians also. I've never seen one that wasn't marked with Roman numbers
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The model is marked "STEN MK 2" instead "STEN MK II" and the serial number is C.B.16X. She has the name and the serial number placed in the magazine wall, but in a way different from all I've seen so far. I'm new here and I have some doubts about a Sten I own for some time. And no, I have nothing to back this up, just a hunch.Įdited by Balder, 28 January 2013 - 04:20 PM. There's something "Asian" about them, especially the one on the bolt. If such production also took place in other nazi-occupied countries, could this particular gun be one? Just a thought.Įdit: After looking more closely at the stampings, I'm thinking Asia. Sten MK II receiver tube & template 30.00 Add to cart PPS 43 receiver section 45.00 Add to cart Sten MK II barrel bushing 28.00 Add to cart Sten MK II barrel 55.00 60.00 Select options Sten MK III vented receiver tube & template 35.00 Add to cart Sten spring set 20.00 Add to cart Sterling MK IV receiver & template 35. Some of these were smooth-bored, others had only two grooves in the bore (proper rifling demanded tooling that most of these shops didn't have) and some were equipped with barrels shipped from the UK. Sometimes they were stamped with fake British markings, to try to keep Norwegian production secret. There was quite a production of illegal STENs in machine shops in Oslo and possibly a few other places. I think I have seen that years ago, on a Mk II that was secretly produced in Norway during WW2. The Mark "2" instead of "II" is intriguing. But if I were to make a guess, I'd say this particular gun may at some stage have gone through an arsenal rebuild or overhaul and stamped accordingly. Sorry, can't help you there - I'm Norwegian, not Belgian. He is one of our members from Belgium who watches this board. Perhaps our member "Balder" can provide some insight. VIagazine springMaterial: Music wire 1.5mm dia. Thus asimple, flat follower with a dummy round solderedand/or screwed to it will replace a complicated stamping. To make a follower in a simpler wayis to follow the Degtyarev DP LAIG approach - usinga dummy round as the last one in the magazine. New and improved design Semiautomatic build kit for the STEN MK2. This barrel is made from high quality 4140 steel and has a 6. Note: The *magazine follower is a compks stamping made ona progressive die. New made STEN MK2 (STEN MKII) 16' barrel made in 7.62 x 25 Tokarev. You save 2.00 In Stock Polymer Grip Bipod-Tan Color Our Price: 14. ORIGINAL STEN TRIGGER STEN COVER Our Price: 14.99. In Stock STEN TRIGGER GUARD Our Price: 11.99. Magazine followerMaterial: low carbon steel STEN TRIPPING LEVER STEN MK V FRONT SIGHT HOOD Sten Ejector Our Price: 9.99. SearMaterial: AISI 4140 or equivalentHarden to Rc 55 TriggerMaterial: AISI 1010 or equivalent,1.6mm stockHeat treat: none Bolt stopping surface on barrel is lmm for. Please set up Acrobat to View - Bookmarks and Pageĥ. Its weight was just over six pounds (2.7 kg) unloaded. Was a steel frame that, with the barrel, could be removed withoutdifficulty so that the disassembled weapon could be easily hidden. Rounds per minute, and it had a 32-round box magazine that,however, tended to jam if more than 30 rounds were loaded. The most common version of the Sten gun was 30 inches (76.2 cm)long with a barrel of 7.5 inches (19 cm). The Sten gunremained in service until the late 1950s. The gun was so ubiquitous that its nameīecame all but a generic term for submachine gun. Moreover, hundreds of thousandsof Sten guns were provided to underground movements everywherein Europe during that war. STEN SUBMACHINE GUN, 9-millimetre submachine gun thatbecame the standard such weapon in the British CommonwealthĪrmed forces during World War II.
