MkV Sten Gun - Another...

[Peter Laidler]

R to L in small arms is rifle facing the enemy, looking down on it. Just drive it out with a drift, Armourers No2 - or a little drift. The technical phrase, used on the shop floor would be something like '....knock the crap out of it.....'. I think that there is something in the way, possibly the foresight block dinged over the hole.

Put that into perspective. Here's me just trying to drill out a couple of sheared off 10BA grub screws. Then insert brass plugs, solder in place, then drill and tap for new 10BA grub screws to rectify a bubba attempt to strip something without asking why he couldn't unscrew something else!

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[peregrinvs]

R to L in small arms is rifle facing the enemy, looking down on it. Just drive it out with a drift, Armourers No2 - or a little drift. The technical phrase, used on the shop floor would be something like '....knock the crap out of it.....'. I think that there is something in the way, possibly the foresight block dinged over the hole.

Thanks. After putting the brutal into brute force, I finally got the little bas... erm... blighter out. The pin was bent - possibly from the same blow that bent the foresight protector. The gun is now as stripped as I can get it, so onto the refurbishment stage.

[bigduke6]

Thanks. After putting the brutal into brute force, I finally got the little bas... erm... blighter out. The pin was bent - possibly from the same blow that bent the foresight protector. The gun is now as stripped as I can get it, so onto the refurbishment stage.

Mark,

After another degrease etc, I put mine through the electrolysis bath, after removing some major rust you can see what was hiding in the nooks and crannies, just saves time when bead blasting, the bad area was where the pistol grip fitted and rear of trigger guard.