Interesting video about the Sten gun

Good video. I fired my first Sten in 1968 when I was in the reserves. When I joined the regular force and started using the Sterling smg I felt like I had gone from a VW bug to a Caddy.
We started cutting up the war surplus Stens in about 1972.
 
While serving in the infantry at CFB Petawawa I had the great luck to fire a suppressed Mk II Sten gun courtesy of visiting US Special Forces troops.
The resulting report was much like a 22 LR, it seemed to my ears. The suppressor also made the muzzle rise even more mangaeable & small groupings of shots were possible with short bursts.
BTW I also remember our platoon cleaning and greasing untold numbers of our Canadian SMGs when the C7 came into service.
I think someone else on this forum said it was rumoured they ended up in an African nations arsenal.
 
Power Pill,

Peter Laidler is one of the authors of this book.
A pretty knowledgeable fellow on the subject of these British guns.

David



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I wasn't aware of just how large the Lines Brothers factory was. Wonder if there is any surviving film of Mk. III manufacture? In the video, Lines Brothers is introduced, but the following film is Mk. II production at BSA (I think).
The sequence of the Stens being loaded onto the truck is interesting. Apparently the racks held about 1000 units - more or less one day's production.
 
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Back in the early 1960's I received a call from an old WW2 Vet who wanted to sell some guns. At the time, it was relatively easy to own machine guns as they were classified as "restricted" the same as pistols.

He brought out a MP-38 and a Mark I Sten Gun, along with a Mark III Sten. The Mark I had a "T" type Mark II buttstock. I think I paid $35 for the Mark I, about $25 for the Mark III and $60 for the MP-38 at the time.

We fired all three, as 9mm ammo was readily available at the time, and each performed well with over a thousand rounds through each of them. The Mark I was a bit better than the Mark III but the Mark III was a bit crude compared to a Long Branch Mark II.

Who would have thought that these things would be worth so much 50 years later?
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cracit said:
He is the king of England. Someone famous anyway.

Pity stens are prohibited, I would buy one if they were not. I remember my dad talking about them, he thought they were great.
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I've seen semi autos for sale on the EE. you can also buy kits and build a semi yourself
 
buffdog said:
Back in the early 1960's I received a call from an old WW2 Vet who wanted to sell some guns. At the time, it was relatively easy to own machine guns as they were classified as "restricted" the same as pistols.

He brought out a MP-38 and a Mark I Sten Gun, along with a Mark III Sten. The Mark I had a "T" type Mark II buttstock. I think I paid $35 for the Mark I, about $25 for the Mark III and $60 for the MP-38 at the time.

We fired all three, as 9mm ammo was readily available at the time, and each performed well with over a thousand rounds through each of them. The Mark I was a bit better than the Mark III but the Mark III was a bit crude compared to a Long Branch Mark II.

Who would have thought that these things would be worth so much 50 years later?
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I didn't know that the mark 1s actually made it into production..thats awesome
 
Singer made about as many Mk. Is as Long Branch made Mk. II guns. The Mk. I Stens were declared obsolescent/obsolete earlier, and were culled out.
 
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