Building the Canadian Semi-Auto STEN

[Claven2]

ok, here are the much-anticipated (yeah, right...) videos of yesterday's testing of the Sten.

Video one started out with so much promise, only to end in disapointment. This is when we discovered the extractor wasn't snapping over the rim:




Next, we had our first sucess. By manually pressing the extractor over the rim and shoving the bolt forward, we got the first round to fire:




And in this final video, we checked to se if we could do a string. Alas we couldn't. Again, the extractor was the issue. Interestingly though, a sten does not need an extractor as it's a blowback design with fixed ejector. If I had brought a set of punches with me, we could have removd it and been in business. Ah well.





In the end, we fired around 10 rounds between Brewster and I. Next weekend I hope to shoot some strings, IF my extractor fix worked and IF no other build quirks pop up to defeat me!