rommelrommel
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He’s an umm, “interesting” guy. He never lasts too long anywhere.
"Modern" 9mm, semi-auto "STEN" gun?
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He’s an umm, “interesting” guy. He never lasts too long anywhere.
Is it RCMP interpretation or the law? By that, I mean does the law state that easily convertible guns are not allowed, or that the whole easily convertible reasoning the rcmp uses to prohib many guns when issuing FRT #s has no legal backbone?
The law makes no reference to ease of conversion. There is case law that if something can be made into a full auto, it is a full auto. The standard for ease of conversion is the Hasselwander decision. If the RCMP SFSS decrees that something is easy to convert, the details are essentially secret.
I don't know anything about the other choices you are looking at, but I can tell you that the Sten is fun to shoot! Check out the website for Point Blank Range in Mooresville North Carolina. Before forced retirement, I would stop in anytime I was passing by on business. Not cheap, but fun!Hey guys~dumb question...but do any of you pine for a gun you pretty much know you'll never own? lol For me, it has to be the STEN SMG. Ugly, crude, etc. but wow...the desire is sure there. I would probably be almost satisfied by a deactivated one, but being up over $600...I almost insist that a gun goes "bang". A full-auto STEN is never going to happen for me here in Canada, but once in a while I see reference to semi-auto/NR that were once available in Canada. Sometimes, it's someone asking a question about parts. I even spoke to guy out west years ago who told me there was one in his family, and it was a problematic gun. (Fired out of battery on one occasion) True/not true...I don't know. Anyhow, since I don't know when (if?) semi auto STEN guns were made, I can only assume well after WW2...which is why I'm asking the question in this forum.
Do they exist? How many were made? Any good? Value? Photos.......?
If you're selling, please don't PM me. At least until I see what the tax return looks like. lol
I'm not a youngster when I was I recall many stens kicking around late 70 to early 80s many were to be found in basements wall hangers etc .
I grew up in a military family my dad served 25 years but I can recall many were almost conversation pieces .
Around 17 years old I was offered a fully functional for very little money .
How times Change I wish I had the opportunity to shoot one .
I certainly got to shoot tons of FNs and Browning high powers .
I had not thought about stens in years .
Blessings
BW
I grew up in a military family my dad served 25 years but I can recall many were almost conversation pieces .
Around 17 years old I was offered a fully functional for very little money .
How times Change I wish I had the opportunity to shoot one .
I certainly got to shoot tons of FNs and Browning high powers .
I had not thought about stens in years .
Blessings
BW
Back in the 70's I was working at Stelco. Every once in awhile either the police or the military would show up with a truck full of guns, most had already been through a crusher, and then they were loaded into a charging box and dumped into an open-hearth furnace. On occasion, a few parts might not make it into the furnace, I never saw anything complete, but there were rumors.
The Uzi was invented in the 1950s, I wouldn't consider a 60 year old gun all that more modern than a 70 year old gun. I think you're mistaking modernity with build quality - the entire point of the STEN was to build as many as possible as fast as possible for as cheap as possible. As long is it functioned fit, finish, and how it felt to shoot were unimportant.
OK so I had IRUNGUNS import a STEN parts kit w/o the magwell and the Indianapolis Ordnance semi auto kit. It wasn't cheap about 800 in parts and and 400 in various charges. However IRUNGUNS appear to have welded the entire trigger group making the trigger group useless. I wasn't made aware this was going to happen. Not sure
if it was a U.S. requirement or a Canadian one. But I wouldn't of imported it if I knew this was going to happen. The parts aren't illegal here so I don't know why this occurred
if it was a U.S. requirement or a Canadian one. But I wouldn't of imported it if I knew this was going to happen. The parts aren't illegal here so I don't know why this occurred
Certainly sorry this happened to you. I was wondering how I could get a parts kit imported. I have an old Mk II dewat and the trigger group is still functional and I’m sure you could source one but unfortunately that would add another $600 or so to your budget.
