Forum for discussion of SMG’s (Sten, Sterling, Lanchester, Thompson etc.) and LMG/HMG's (MG08/15, Vickers, Lewis, MG34/42, Browning etc.), accessories, ammunition, and accoutrements.
With the success of the lewis the Imperial German Army needed an equivalent, and as efficient as ever why not take advantage of existing parts and...
In Europe and Canada there are several fine collections of WWI German MG (with the USA maintaining their live MG shoot capability) so in some...
:beerchug: With thanks to member Graeme "broadarrow303" Barber, an excellent new research article about the Lewis Gun has been added to the...
By Peter Laidler With thanks to Vincent from the forum and Brian (at BDL Ltd) So you want or need a new butt for your Mk5 Sten gun do you? ...
Here's a very large pattern room drawing for the the Vickers Mk1 machine gun, which I thought they might be of some interest to members here. :thup:...
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Anyone know why she’s hitting the sears with a hammer?
Does anyone know who supplied the Mukti Bahini with Mk4 Sterlings? William A. S. Ouderland with a Mk4 Sterling.
Thanks to Tom in NJ for sending me this photo, can anyone provide any information
Is it a jig for welding the trigger mechanism housing to the casing? It looks like there’s also a backer/heatsink inside the casing...
Anyone know what a couple of old blokes are doing with Mk1 Stens and a happy German Shepard?
I thought that U.K. members would be interested in a few pictures of a MK2 STEN which has been deactivated to the new spec. There are, somewhat...
hi all anyone know who is making the repro loop butts for sten guns I keep seeing on the web ?
I recently got a 1919a4 demilled display gun. It says IMA on the sideplate so I assume it came from them. Most internals are missing and the barrel...
Evening all, I was chatting to someone today who said that HK had manufactured a batch of new replacement receivers for the L85A2. I would have...
While looking at a website about the US M3 SMG, it showed a bar tack welded across the mag catch, also stated to be a British medication. Any...
Hello all. I'm in the throes of negotiating this Sten as newest addition to my collection. I only have these pictures to go on, and would sincerely...
I found some TMT IV marked Sten parts at a local gun show. There’s a small Star of David below the second T.
Hello everyone. By way of introduction... what am I? The wife says I'm a gun nut, and she's probably right. I am intrigued by firearms and have been...
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I'd ideally like to return my recently purchased MkV Sten to it's more-or-less 1944 appearance. This being the case I've purchased one of those...
This has come to light in connection with making semi auto Stens in Canada. According to Daniel Guay, Senior Technologist at the RCMP's SFSS (Bill...
Will MP40 or Vigneron magazines work in a Lanchester? The reason I ask is here Lanchester C and R transferable machine gun : Machine Guns at...
Seldom seen and very expensive, note the off-set sight because of the magazine on top like the BREN
Sten Gun Production - 1942 (1942) - YouTube on the above video, what is the lady doing at the start of the film, its clearly a mk2 sten ?? ...
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