Hi
What Mk of barrel nut is this, I have had a quick look in The Sten Machine Carbine book but din`t see this exact one. If it is in there if someone could tell me which page, it looks similar to the Mk2.
Thanks
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Hi
What Mk of barrel nut is this, I have had a quick look in The Sten Machine Carbine book but din`t see this exact one. If it is in there if someone could tell me which page, it looks similar to the Mk2.
Thanks
A Mk1 barrel nut missing the middle row of holes! These do crop up occasionally on Mk2's and 5's, they're not listed/illustrated as such in any of the parts lists. I would imagine that they are a bit of a hybrid in a concession granted to a manufacturer '.....in order to make the best use of his existing facilities or materials' as the wording used to go. They're all made in two parts and that manufacturer might have had a stock of wrongly pre-punched sleeve parts. So he puts in a request for a concession. The Ordnance Board 'small claims committee' (don't ask why it was called that.....) investigate and come up with a quick yes or no.
Thanks Peter
I might buy it as a manufacturing concession oddity! so it is a Mk1 I did think it might have been a MK2 type as it has 6 holes around the front and not 3 ?
If you buy one of every manufacturing concession for Stens, you'd probably have a warehouse full of bits! I seem to remember that there was a whole page of agreed manufacturing acceptances or allowances for the trigger mech cover alone!
If you succeed in getting BRP Guns to ship one to the UK, please let me know as I'd like one as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by boristhepig
get someone in the usa to buy it for you and post it on
You would be asking someone to violate US federal law...Quote:
Originally Posted by philb
Agreed unfortunately, this would need I think (rather ridiculously) to be shipped via an FFD ... Or is shipping of this class of component just prohibited completely now from a civilian perspective??
Forum rules preclude a long rant about US federal firearm paranoia!
Marstar in Canada - who will ship to the UK - have some Sten parts:
Marstar Canada - Parts
If your country requires an import permit, Marstar Canada will only send the parts after they receive a copy of the permit.
Update: It looks like BRP Guns will now ship to the UK if it doesn't infringe the HMRC definition of a 'component part':Quote:
Originally Posted by peregrinvs
Shipping & Returns
Actual HMRC doc here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...ition-2016.pdf
I don't *think* a Sten barrel nut would be covered by this, but could anyone give me a more informed opinion?
Although what the total cost would be including shipping and import duties would be another matter...
Cheers,
Mark
Haven't read that document but it seems that the general rule is that anything that is not a load or pressure bearing part or supporting part is deemed OK
If it's under $100 value, it only needs to be lodged with Customs and Border Protection by the exporter in the ACES electronic system before shipment. The AES ITN has to be recorded on the Post Office export declaration along with the exemption number and Bob's your Uncle.
When the package arrives in the U.K. you may find that it gets opened on entering, as I found out when I purchased a couple of bayonets from Brian a few months ago. There wasn't a problem because Brian had done all the paperwork correctly with everything as it should be, and the package was resealed, to continue it's journey to me.
A common thing, sometimes I think they just want to see the thing up close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flying10uk