Sterling Contract info

[Lee Enfield]

That one rates in the top ten of nasty. On the bright side, it’s a peach compared to the rental at our local indoor range. It’s a testament to the design that they actually run.

Speaking of rentals, there’s one that has been averaging about 2,500 rounds a week (double on a holiday weekend) for over ten years now. They keep it on the wall behind a glass counter that contains the carcasses of worn out MP5’s. The old Sterling outlasted all them and still runs like a top.

One of my buddy's used to call the MP5 "a policeman's gun" only works when it's kept clean, and rather too delicate for real world military operations.

He direct ordered & imported a Police Carbine from Sterling c.1969-70.

over his time he owned more uncommon MGs, Owen Gun, Star Z.45, all the Thompsons, all the Stens, Sterling L2A3's & Police Carbines. I thought the Hotchkiss Universal just too weird, and the MAS-38 just underpowered.

His last remaining MGs were a Lines Brothers Sten Mk3 (the last MG he bought), Long Branch Sten Mk2, M.21A Thompson & a MAT49.


When we cleaned out his gun room, I pulled a mini Uzi & 6 stick mags out of a "go bag".... it was the mags that gave away that it was a (really good copy) Full Auto co2 BB gun.