InRange - Sten

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[tiriaq]

I didn't listen to the commentary. Did he mention the gun in the video is something cobbled together using a parts kit? It is not an original Mk. III.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

I didn't listen to the commentary. Did he mention the gun in the video is something cobbled together using a parts kit? It is not an original Mk. III.

There's an obvious non factory weld in front of the rear sight. Way too crude for even a STEN.

Grizz

 

[x westie]

Not supposed to hold the magazine when firing a Sten ,

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Not supposed to hold the magazine when firing a Sten ,

I don't buy the mag problem thing, the lips are heavy enough not to deform.

Grizz

 

[tiriaq]

Holding the magazine is nothing to do with deforming the magazine lips. Unless the fit is so poor that the bolt could strike the magazine.

 

[Falconflyer]

He seems to think that all nazi's were carrying Sten mags.

 

[M1-Garand]

MP40 mags work in a STEN, loose fit for sure but in a pinch they work.

 

[XRCD011]

MP40 mags work in a STEN, loose fit for sure but in a pinch they work.

But Sten mags do not fit the MP40.

 

[M1-Garand]

Correct, I'm sure the Brits designed it that way, so in an emergency our soldiers could use German mags and ammo in their Stens, but not the other way around.

 

[XRCD011]

Correct, I'm sure the Brits designed it that way, so in an emergency our soldiers could use German mags and ammo in their Stens, but not the other way around.

Yes the Commonwealth cannelure on the casing is finer then the German 9mm casing so the extractor of a Sten gun can grip and extract a German casing but the German MP40 extractor cannot pull out a Brit casing.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Yes the Commonwealth cannelure on the casing is finer then the German 9mm casing so the extractor of a Sten gun can grip and extract a German casing but the German MP40 extractor cannot pull out a Brit casing.

A blow back operated gun will work fine without an extractor. Keep the cleaning rod handy.

Grizz