are these grips pukka or fake ?Attachment 73143Attachment 73144Attachment 73145
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mk5 sten at the IWM
are these grips correct ?
philb, are you able to tell us where you saw the grips in post 41, please? Sometimes, it helps to know who is selling an item if its a fake or not.
Northridge International sells them Northridge International Inc. / STEN SUB MACHINE GUN PARTS
I have a box of them somewhere. They are all clearly used, some more than others. My guess is they are from another SMG, not a Sten
Answer to thread 41. They are about as straight as a corkscrew. Another frustrating going-bloody-nowhere thread.......... 44 answer to a simple question must be simply, NO, nobody does. End of story!!!!!!!!!
And yes, the grip in thread 42 is correct. Please, please Badger..........., end this farcical situation soon......
Listen Phil and any others. It is a duffer, fake, not real, not even remotely like the real McCoy, you are being conned. The real McCoy cups the barrel nut from below and is screwed into the band from underneath where a lug on the band seats into the top hidden part of the grip. It works loose after 20 minutes so you tighten the screw which splits the grip.
Lord............, hear my prayers............
:rofl::sos::banghead:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
To be honest, that doesn't look real either BP, - but I could be wrong as I haven't seen one for an hour or so. The rake angle rearwards looks too great........ they are from memory, more square to the main axis of the gun. But it does show the top of the grip radially cupping the barrel nut above the actual 'grip' part. It's this extended section that splits, front and rear weakest points, just like that example when it's tightened up. A front-end elevation photo will illustrate it, as will an under plan view showing the screw that is fairly central in the grip.
Just me thinking/remembering out aloud.......