Other LMG/HMG and SMG Forum [Archive] - Military Surplus Collectors Forums

Sten SMG: Pinnacle of Simplicity (12 replies)
The M85 tank machine gun (1 replies)
Bowman Arms M2HB (22 replies)
Trying to locate sten parts and Reising mag (4 replies)
Transferrable Vickers MkI for sale (2 replies)
No. 8, Sterling or anything else? (5 replies)
MG Fire Simulator? Seen on eBay UK (3 replies)
Saw a 30.06 Lewis Gun for sale over the weekend at a Fla Gunshow. (10 replies)
Repro MP44 Mags (0 replies)
Sten Mk 5 - unusual markings? (8 replies)
Lewis Gun Bipod Needed (1 replies)
Loading a New Belt onto a Belt-Fed MG (21 replies)
Canadian Sten Slings (0 replies)
11 mm Vickers Balloon gun cartridge of WW1 (4 replies)
Sten gun parts for id, carbine? (3 replies)
Some Sterling sling variations (7 replies)
Mystery Sten Part (12 replies)
Indian Use of Vickers Berthier (4 replies)
16 x Vickers MG live fire demo, Bisley UK (5 replies)
Short quiz: two Thompson barrels (15 replies)
Deactivated Vickers MG (0 replies)
Sten silencer cover genuine or reproduction ? (1 replies)
Sten Magazine Repair Tools (8 replies)
Schiffer: The Sten Hardback Book by Luc Guillou (0 replies)
Sten Mk 6 Question.... (2 replies)
Sterling 10 round magazine (14 replies)
Example of Fazakerley L2A3 re marked by Sterling (4 replies)
some Heckler& Koch MP5 images (8 replies)
Wolf ammo for sten mkv (2 replies)
STEN MK II Marked “ENGLAND” on Trigger Housing (3 replies)
Identifying a mystery feed block (1 replies)
Unknown SMG magazines and pouch - MP34? (1 replies)
AROL Sten Magazine Manufacturer (4 replies)
Needing helpwith Sten MKV Semiauto build (23 replies)
Lewis Gun pan mag question (9 replies)
recent Sten MkII"S" sale in US (6 replies)
MA "The World´s Smalest Machine Gun" (11 replies)
Looking for value of Thompson Bridgeport L drum from WW2 (3 replies)
Sten MkV Production Changes (6 replies)
M31C Pedestal mount (5 replies)
Some sort of Sterling variant? (3 replies)
Sten MK5 sling swivel (7 replies)
Familiar with Midwest Metal Creations...... Anyone ? (4 replies)
warning about Browning machine gun ammuniton (22 replies)
Sten Mk V stock cartouche (3 replies)
Vickers MG film analyses (1 replies)
The Sterling Armament Company (26 replies)
Vickers MG Study: L1053 with battle damage (0 replies)
Evolution of the #VickersMG spare parts box, case and wallet contents 1914-1960 (1 replies)
Reising Model type ? (8 replies)
Yugo M72 manual (1 replies)
Radial Anti-Aircraft Mounting 1944 (#VickersMG photo analysis) (6 replies)
Vickers MG Study: B2240 Australian Mk I with a previous life (0 replies)
MG42 units produced by each Manufacturer - help please! (0 replies)
Vickers MG Questions & Answers (10 replies)
Replacing a Vickers MG tripod pin ‘feather’ (0 replies)
Sterling number info? (7 replies)
Steyr-Hahn Model 1912 pistol converted to full auto (5 replies)
Vickers MG study: H 5529 (and the Vickers machine gun mechanism) (0 replies)
Owen Gun (23 replies)
Vickers MG videos and info (4 replies)
MG08/15 help with markings (13 replies)
MG08 help required (4 replies)
LOVE HURTS (13 replies)
Interesting manuals and catalogs (0 replies)
Owen smg variations between Mks (0 replies)
Browning 1919 Cutaway (25 replies)
Sten SOE/CISA Silencer Ratchet Plate Details (15 replies)
Specialized Sten Barrels (5 replies)
Mk 11 Sten general dimensions ? (1 replies)
Theoretical exercise (7 replies)
Opinions from Kahr arms semi-auto Thompson owners (25 replies)
Sten Mag Mandrel & Hammer Available At BRP (3 replies)
Help Needed On 1919A4 And A6 Barrel Prices?? (2 replies)
Firing the Nepalese Bira Gun (8 replies)
Help With Browning MG Parts (3 replies)
Easterly Lewis Gun book availability (7 replies)
Sten project (12 replies)
More MG links (6 replies)
Lanchaster Manuals (8 replies)
thompson cutts compensator FS (3 replies)
MG links, Samples? (11 replies)
WW II Sten Mag Problems? (History Question) (7 replies)
BIPOD (19 replies)
SA80 (23 replies)
Sten & B&T Suppressor? (0 replies)
Sten Magazine Gauge Markings (3 replies)
The first bipod issued with the Model 1918 BAR (5 replies)
Indianapolis Ordnance Sten Issue (12 replies)
Sten MK5 identification help please. (23 replies)
DP28 and PPSH41 Inert instructional cutaways (24 replies)
Dating Galil full auto ARM (2 replies)
PPsh41 proof stamp of some sort... (3 replies)
Sterling sling variation and origin? (5 replies)
Dating Fazakerley MkII Sten (6 replies)
Sten Magazine Mandrel (11 replies)
Ppsh 41 manufacturers? (16 replies)
Sten Mk V Foregrip (0 replies)
"Special Indian Sten Mag" (20 replies)
Carl Zeiss Jena Prismatic MG sight - Turkish markings? (11 replies)
pkt tripod mounts or adapator (0 replies)
Dummy Sten bolts (9 replies)
Reproduction Sten cocking handles (2 replies)
Canadian Sub Machine Gun C1 cleaning kit (13 replies)
Sterling Police Carbine (4 replies)
Sten 20-Round Magazines From Centerfire Systems (8 replies)
WWI Lewis Gun Canvas Cover Project (1 replies)
Madsen LMG in .303 (6 replies)
Webbing pouch ID, help, please? (3 replies)
The Guns of Degenham, Part 2 (39 replies)
Full Auto Star Z70b year of manufacture help (4 replies)
Unknown Enfield marked muzzle attachment (14 replies)
Thompson Butt Screw, NOS (1 replies)
Dolf Goldsmith’s new Vickers book (5 replies)
Show Off With Captured German Weapons (25 replies)
Question: Sterling Mk 4 SMG extractor spring plunger and the center spring plunger (2 replies)
Blacksmithing a Browning: Educational video (3 replies)
M3 Grease Gun magazines in the UK (26 replies)
New Patchett / Sterling book (5 replies)
MG42 (some assembly required) (16 replies)
sterling mag (13 replies)
Vcikers Parts availability (2 replies)
US GI full autos. (54 replies)
Owen gun parts value needed to settle estate. (13 replies)
Semi Auto Madsen LMGs (19 replies)
Vickers Belt Box repaint (4 replies)
Thompson magazine converted to 22 cal rim fire (2 replies)
belt fed semi info/help request (13 replies)
MG 42 Dewat - Market, Thoughts? (7 replies)
BAR oversized cutaway (12 replies)
Here is an interesting attachment (2 replies)
A question for UK/commonwealth sub-machine gun collectors (6 replies)
C1 SMG – Thank you for making this possible (22 replies)
Forming Sten mag lips (35 replies)
THOMPSON 22CAL CONVERSION KIT (5 replies)
Sten Gun Identification (4 replies)
Ingram MAC-10 (9 replies)
Lanchester barrel question (23 replies)
Lanchester Mk? Semi-auto Clone (9 replies)
Modifying Mk1 Sten barrel nut into Mk2 lookalike (18 replies)
Sten magazine markings decode site? (13 replies)
Marine Corps M27 (11 replies)
Help with Thompason Magazine (12 replies)
Repro Sten's, Opinions? (40 replies)
Sten build (27 replies)
David HOwroyd and the Sterling sub machine gun (47 replies)
Current project Savage M1928A1 (7 replies)
Anyone have Exeprience with STG44s MP43/44s? (16 replies)
Soviet Pribor Assault rifle (3 replies)
JUST A HEADS UP ON MP44 MAGS (2 replies)
Easy Quiz (8 replies)
Lanchester MK1 ejector question. (2 replies)
Trying to figure out stocks for SMG (7 replies)
Sterling SMG News video (5 replies)
Pachett v. Sterling Engineering Co. (13 replies)
Quiz (14 replies)
Current spec U.K./E.U. deactivated Thompson SMG's (39 replies)
American Military SMG Semi Auto Thoughts? (13 replies)
Dummy 50 cal round boxes (5 replies)
My Sten Gun MK2 - date and info? (13 replies)
Lewis Gun mag, ex Nepalese? (17 replies)
Israeli MG34/42 mg starter tabs/belts (3 replies)
Mystery magazine??? (10 replies)
Lets talk Lanchesters... (23 replies)
Israeli Galil Info (19 replies)
Sterling Contract info (32 replies)
.50 cal Booster?? (19 replies)
The French Hotchkiss SMG. (6 replies)
Suppressed OSS - SOE M3 Grease Gun and Bushmaster Booby Trap Trigger (4 replies)
Hotchkiss SMG Mags (The Folding Up SMG) (6 replies)
Stoners in Viet Nam (6 replies)
Early Sten MK II, Wrapped body (21 replies)
Strange ZB 26 bipod (20 replies)
Id LMG in Vietnam War (5 replies)
Sterling L2A3 New Zealand Contract Serial Numbers (17 replies)
Help in Identifying Canadian C1 SMG Tools? (3 replies)
Sten Mags in storage.... (13 replies)
Sterling L2A3 NZ contract (29 replies)
Video - STEN Suppressed Sub Machine Gun (11 replies)
Getting dents out of Sterling magazines (6 replies)
ZB26 in Vietnam War (14 replies)
Lanchester SMG HELP Please (19 replies)
Bren Gun Mag. Loader ? (49 replies)
Name this HMG, please. (22 replies)
Six pointed Star marking on Sten mag. (38 replies)
1953 M3 AC .50 Caliber MG - Canadian Issue (29 replies)
German Maxim MG Nr.165 (15 replies)
Lightweight MG34 Ammo Tin for airborne use (5 replies)
Bren gun History and development (22 replies)
Interesting Lanchester Mk.I* Trigger Housing (3 replies)
This is my new Sten. There are many other like it, but this one is now mine... (65 replies)
Soviet Maxim 1910 ammo can, repair? (0 replies)
MG34/42- 250 round belt storage in Ammon tins? (1 replies)
Royal Australian Regiment M60 (35 replies)
Help zeroing my Sten (31 replies)
Johnson LMG (4 replies)
Mr. Laidler - your single-shot SA80 experience in 1993 (16 replies)
MG42 Spare Barrel Case (5 replies)
Lehky kulomet Vzor 30 (53 replies)
$40,000 Assault rifle handed into Police! (16 replies)
Finnish KP M-44 (2 replies)
MG42 use during the Soviet era of the 1980s in Afghanistan. (24 replies)
Aircraft gun sight? (14 replies)
Today's MG question (18 replies)
1921 Thompson, MP 40 (46 replies)
Browning 30 cal pistol grip (11 replies)
L1A1/L2A1 (29 replies)
Nine hole Mk5 Sten barrel nuts (13 replies)
Sterling Mk4/L2A3 trigger en bloc (27 replies)
Pakistani made Sten Mk. V (4 replies)
Mystery part sort of quiz to identify this part (14 replies)
Vickers Turkish Contract MG (4 replies)
Polish PM-63 RAK: Help Please! (5 replies)
Any Rich Benifactors feeling generous?? (30 replies)
tripping lever - sten (15 replies)
"French"-"Broken" Sten Stocks (41 replies)
Converted Sterling Mk7 pistol (4 replies)
8mm vickers (9 replies)
Early Manufactured (pre-war) MG34 Ammunition Tin (14 replies)
A question for Capt Laidler on the Sten (39 replies)
Austin manufactured MK1 Sten mag (10 replies)
Silenced MK5 Sten (13 replies)
L2A4 sterling (28 replies)
Mk4 Sterling nose cap for suppressor (3 replies)
STEN and mag go gauge (11 replies)
Sten mags with mystery numbering (7 replies)
Austrian AM180 22 FA (14 replies)
m1928 tsmg (30 replies)
Brazilian State Police tsmg (22 replies)
sten pawl spring (12 replies)
RPD belt loading (3 replies)
Accuracy of 9 Para ammunition? (26 replies)
sten sight (30 replies)
sten (4 replies)
Post War use of MG42/MG3 by West German Army (48 replies)
wiselight sterlings semi autos in canada? (1 replies)
L2a3 Mk4 (9 replies)
Thompson 20 rnd mag pouch, Fake or Genuine (8 replies)
Canadian Manufactured Sten sling? (12 replies)
Mk3 Sterling Video (16 replies)
Tommy Gun (22 replies)
Vickers Transit Chest Picture Study (10 replies)
Land Mount for Aircraft Machinegun (10 replies)
Big Sten guns (30 replies)
Sten Pistol Grip stock Currently for sale on eBay U.K. (20 replies)
Sten "T" stock repair (13 replies)
deactivated L85A2 ?? (13 replies)
Mk5 Sten Fore Grip Saga (6 replies)
German MG 42 Shoulder Pod (28 replies)
The Sad Story of Singer and the Sten (17 replies)
Interesting Browning AN M2 30 cal (10 replies)
Cut-away Browning 50 cal? (67 replies)
Milled Sten sears (12 replies)
Sten jig (10 replies)
Mk1 Sten pic (9 replies)
E.U. Spec. deactivated MK2 Sten (10 replies)
MK3 STEN Photographic Profile (69 replies)
Mukti Bahini Sterlings? (17 replies)
Highest known Sterling L34A1 - Mk5 ? (91 replies)
EM2 production (23 replies)
Sterling Mk4 L2A3 (132 replies)
Any information on British modifed US M3 SMG magazine catch (7 replies)
SA80 (30 replies)
L85 rifle new manufacture receivers? (67 replies)
Need help identifying this Sten (48 replies)
Greetings (6 replies)
Couple nice guns (3 replies)
Tidbit of Sten Information (16 replies)
Interesting LMG barrel (2 replies)
1919a4 Information needed (48 replies)
very rare variation of a US Army bipod (3 replies)
MP40 or Vigneron magazines in a Lanchester (42 replies)
sten video (8 replies)
Identification of Browning barrel in 303 cal (12 replies)
sten gun (90 replies)
Lewis gun receiver lettering (0 replies)
Lewis gun reciver lettering (6 replies)
Sten barrel nut ? (14 replies)
Vickers Chest Markings (9 replies)
Unknown mag loader? (4 replies)
Sten Gun Sling (13 replies)
Does anyone make accurate reproduction MkV Sten foregrips? (71 replies)
Lithgow F1 (19 replies)
British Thompson Transit Chest recreation (12 replies)
MkVI Sten Gun Silencer Length (24 replies)
MkV Sten Gun - Another... (46 replies)
My Mk2 Sten (4 replies)
Lanchester (23 replies)
Enfield made SMG (11 replies)
my L2A3 (13 replies)
Sterling Mk4 / L2A3 Return Springs (0 replies)
Uzi - Model B – 9mm semi-auto (6 replies)
Mk V Sten Gun (46 replies)
PPS-43-C Semi-auto Pistol (5 replies)
Training with the Mk4 Sterling (17 replies)
Lewis Gun Love Affair (22 replies)
Colt Vickers (7 replies)
Chinese Aid MK2 Long Branch Sten (13 replies)
Green 20 Rnd Thompson Mags. (11 replies)
Who assembled My Nk2 Sten ??? (38 replies)
What calibre is my Browning M1919? (7 replies)
A NEW Butt for your Mk5 Sten (28 replies)
Pachett / Sterling tool (4 replies)
MG34-42 Spare Barrel Case Differences? (2 replies)
Haganah - TMT IV Sten markings (94 replies)
Sterling Mk7 pistol Black and Decker vertical grip (2 replies)
British army dump site - Superb Lewis MG relic (6 replies)
MG42 Receiver markings? (3 replies)
Loading Sterling magazine with charger/stripper clips (18 replies)
Thompson SMG Tools/Acessories (11 replies)
LRRP with Silenced Sten???? (21 replies)
Maschinengewehr MG34 (6 replies)
Dating A Sterling SMG (3 replies)
Sterling MK III Manual (0 replies)
Sten mkV identification : weird or not ? (6 replies)
Sterling Mk4 "Mystery Housing" (5 replies)
vickers tripod dimensions/drawings (32 replies)
Sterling Mk5 (35 replies)
MG42/53 spotting fakes/originals (3 replies)
Thompson Transit Chest (14 replies)
1968 MP5 with no serial number (55 replies)
Unusual Sten Mk5 serial number - ? (7 replies)
Sten Sling U.K. manufacturers (4 replies)
Possible Lewis aerial sight? (2 replies)
Cypriot rebel improvised Sterling/Sten (3 replies)
Adapting a vickers barrel to a SMLE (32 replies)
Pre 1995 Uk De-acc Regulations For Mk2 Sten (14 replies)
Sten MkV pistol grip modification (21 replies)
Thompson 50 rd drum magazines (32 replies)
Sterling pistol with “Black Crinkle Finish” (3 replies)
Lewis Gun Transit Chest (10 replies)
Vickers Mk1 Machine Gun (Pattern Room Drawing) (9 replies)
Lewis Gun (21 replies)
Sten Cocking Handle Jig (0 replies)
Sten Mk3 magazine well question (2 replies)
USMC markings on Thompson magazine pouches (14 replies)
STEN gun identification please (17 replies)
Sten Mk V Foregrip (7 replies)
STEN Mk II - welded fire selector (9 replies)
L3A3 / L3A4 Browning MG; Tripod, M2 & L2A1 in British Service (10 replies)
British modified Thompson bolt ? (2 replies)
Sten Mk V Case (2 replies)
we really need a vickers forum (13 replies)
Sten (5 replies)
Sterling smg manufacture 1955 footage (6 replies)
MG42/59 Identification please! (5 replies)
Sten gun marking (22 replies)
Sterling (7 replies)
Where can we Shoot Brens and Hopefully a Vickers? (36 replies)
Mk 2 Sten gun manufacture differences. (11 replies)
Sten gun Mk2 cocking handle (18 replies)
The Old and the Bold: The Sten gun and the Burp Gun (0 replies)
Vickers MG & Lewis MG (21 replies)
Bren & Vickers 100 round drum mags (6 replies)
Lanchester SMG Stripping Tool? (4 replies)
Off topic - Sourcing a Sterling Stock in UK and shipping to Germany? (4 replies)
A few interesting things BREN and STEN (6 replies)
Lanchester SMG info wanted (10 replies)
Came across an interesting STEN Mk5. (3 replies)
vickers? (2 replies)
Sterling Mk6/No SA - one for Captain Laidler (7 replies)
Sten MKV - WW2 or later ? (12 replies)
Sten Bayonet (14 replies)
Thompson Center Side locks (0 replies)
Thompson Cenetr rifles (3 replies)
Lewis Gun Parts Kit (1 replies)
Thompson Center rifles (8 replies)
Thompson Center BP firearms (0 replies)
Semi Sterling parts (1 replies)
No 32 Mk 2/1 Vickers #347 (6 replies)
Sterling MK 4 with S Serial number (37 replies)
Rack markings on Sterling magazines (9 replies)
An interesting Sten mag variation: Anyone else ever seen one? (3 replies)
The MG08 - Inter war version (32 replies)
The German MG Capture & Trophy (50 replies)
The MG08/15 (151 replies)
The MG08 (126 replies)
Lewis Gun Love Affair (by Graeme "broadarrow303" Barber) (3 replies)
Chinese 7.62mm Tok STEN MK2 (6 replies)
Peter, OT question on odd STEN bayonet w/pics (10 replies)
NIB Sterling L2A2's released to the US market (16 replies)
Need help finding AFV Vickers kit......HELP!!! (0 replies)
Unknown Sten Manufacturer Codes... (1 replies)
Sten Magazine (2 replies)
Semi-Automatic Sterling questions (2 replies)
Vickers MMG answer to lost question! (0 replies)
lewis in Canada (1 replies)
Vickers tripod transit chest (0 replies)
Sterling SMG (7 replies)
Sten Mk II (15 replies)
Two Sterling converted rifles (10 replies)
Photo of a Lanchester smg from a museum in London relating to the original finish. (11 replies)
How to repair bad STEN magazines (4 replies)
Sterling conversion kit from AJ Parker (4 replies)
Canadian Captured MG 08/15 (2 replies)
STEN Gun Mk1* (15 replies)
Peter Laidler---more about the Lanchester SMG story. (4 replies)
vickers transit box (5 replies)
Peter Laidler where do I find period photos of the Lanchester smg. (9 replies)
Sterling Police carbine (17 replies)
difference in boxes, sniper/vickers (13 replies)
The very last vestiges of the Vickers and .303" Bren (6 replies)
Sterling Mk 4 (L2A3) Bayonet advice (9 replies)
Lewis Gun List of Changes Book - with some Bren and Hotchkiss stuff (0 replies)
Sterling semi auto (9 replies)
Thompson SMG mags and pouch value (23 replies)
Sterling L2A3 Wrinkle Finish Paint (24 replies)
Sten bfa? (15 replies)
New (to me) STEN (8 replies)
A Sterling video (0 replies)
Sten gun jamming (5 replies)
Sten Gun Use (61 replies)
Group photos of German WWII guns-MP44, MP40, P.08s, K.98. Mg34, Mg42 (17 replies)
Blueprints for The STEN MKII (complete machine plans) (0 replies)
1st Pattern Bren Cover or Lewis Cover? (9 replies)
Can anyone identify this STEN magazine housing? (4 replies)
lee enfield #4 mk1 number and sten mk3 (10 replies)
Thompson Display Stand (9 replies)
Lanchester Mk1 SMG (125 replies)
Sten Machine Carbine Mk II (Mfg by Royal Ordnance Factory, Fazakerley in 1942) (21 replies)
Lewis gun gurus, a question... (1 replies)
"The Vickers-Pedersen" MKL Entry Updated (0 replies)
Churchill + Sten (19 replies)
thompson (1 replies)
Sten Bayonet - real or repro? (0 replies)
The Vickers-Pedersen (Part Two) (0 replies)
SOG has Sterling pistol in 7.62x25 (0 replies)
Sterling questions (1 replies)
Question on Sten identification for Mr. Laidler. (1 replies)
Anyone had any experience with a Browning BAR Shorttrac? (0 replies)
OT-9mm proj in the works, need Sten mags (4 replies)
1942 British Lanchester Mk1 Submachinegun (0 replies)
Extra marks on LB Enfield receiver/Sten receivers. (2 replies)
Pedersen "Selfloader" Rifle (Mfg by Vickers) (4 replies)
Dewat sten (30 replies)