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I have this incoming. (Seller's pictures) The thing it seems to most resemble is the spring retainer plate fitted for parachute jumps, but the bits sticking out are rather odd and it also looks thicker than normal. The seller seems to be selling off relic gun parts dug out of a dump pit.
All suggestions gratefully accepted.
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No "reference" object or "scale" shown, but my WAG is that this looks like the plate normally seen welded to the butt tubes.
Any advances?
Agreed, they don't match with any of the rest of the butt though.Quote:
Originally Posted by peregrinvs
The appearance may have changed a little during an extended "dirt-nap".
Un-assembled parts sold off as scrap post-war? With the Patchett / Sterling coming on-line, all manner of odd bits were probably sent to an ignominious fate; dumped at sea, melted down, etc.
Sure, all of that...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce_in_Oz
Could it be the attachment plate for a MK5 Sten, to attach the wood stock to the receiver but with part of the metalwork (ferrule) missing?
That was what the seller described it as, but I’m pretty certain it isn’t as it lacks the threaded hole in the middle for the stock bolt:Quote:
Originally Posted by Flying10uk
https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=55876
It's arrived and as I had a hunch, the bit sticking out at the top appears to be a sling attachment loop. It's gone off for a bath in Evaporust and when it's clean I'll see how well it fits to a gun.
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The other brew that removes rust "passively" is a 50 / 50 mix of distilled water and Molasses. The latter can be found found at all good farm supply shops.
My late Dad used it for years to clean up bits of the various "vintage" vehicles he worked on.
ONLY for ferrous material; that brew does nasty things to Zinc or Aluminium alloys. Not much remains of a die-cast carburetor body after a few weeks in that stuff.
You can use the "exhausted" bath on your garden, too, unlike more "industrial" concoctions.
I saw that mixture being used to de-rust the inside of a motorcycle fuel tank on a TV program recently. They reckoned that it worked well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce_in_Oz
The product that I normally use for chemical rust removal is phosphoric acid based. It does the job well but one has to follow the recommended safety precautions because it is an acid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce_in_Oz
Simple...... It's the retainer for the return spring cup on the Mk5 or 6 (silenced) Sten. So the gun can be used without a butt. It doesn't have a pistol grip because you've already got one on the Mk5 and 6 guns. The little loop shown is used to attach the hook of the sten sling when used back to front - as you do on the silenced guns. Quite unusual. Didn't see many at all
All should buy a good little book called The Sten Machine Carbine..........
Well, well. Now that is interesting.
I have a copy of said book (purchased for £39.95 from Foyles bookshop in London on 14 September 2000 - still have the receipt) and on page 265 it states:
“The second type, known as the “plate, cover, 9mm Sten machine carbine, MK2”, part no B3/CR 152, was similar to the Mk1 pattern and was also fixed by means of a hole in abutment face and an under-hung lug. The MK2 plate was fitted with a small loop to which one could anchor the hook of the Mk3 Sten sling”.
Is it the same thing?