(edited title) Museum's inventory: Sterling or something else?

[John Sukey]

As crude as it looks, I have no doubt it once worked quite well!!!!!

 

[6167]

Looks like it served 4 generations of "locals"!

 

[Lee Enfield]

Looks like a CAL sterling bolt from the extractor cut

 

[Grizzly Adams]

As crude as it looks, I have no doubt it once worked quite well!!!!!

Proof you can't keep guns away from people if they want them badly enough.

Grizz

 

[1812we1]

Assuming your museum is in the Citadel then it is most likely a bring back from Cyprus as I believe the Van Doos spent time there.

 

[Lima]

Page 303 of the Laidler book has a picture of one in the MOD pattern room. The quality of that one is much better than this one. It appears to at least have real Sterling trigger, grip and bolt parts. I think the Imperial War Museum in London also has one of the IRA copies of a Sterling on display if you ever get there.

Here are some funny pictures of some crude IRA guns that are similar to this one...

htt p://amodestpublication.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/loyalist-paramilitary-improvised-machine-guns/

Also interesting the some IRA gunsmiths stamped serial numbers like this one has if that what it is.

 

[dauph197]

Thanks for the link, I will have a look for sure.

Martin

 

[Deckard]

Fact: Cyprus.