Does anyone make accurate reproduction MkV Sten foregrips?

[philb]

are these grips pukka ?

[Peter Laidler]

Nope......, total crap!

[Flying10uk]

philb, are those grips attached to your Sten Mk5 the result of a recent purchase or the result of spending hours in your garden shed?

[Peter Laidler]

Be interested to know/learn what the stamped-in markings are on the rear right side of the butt are. We used to mark Sten butts there with our WRC (the workshop repair code).

Incidentally, once we'd zeroed Mk5 Stens we used to stamp the gun number on the foresight protectors so that in future the same barrel would go back on the same gun. It was a bit of a hit-and-miss method of keeping the same barrel with the same gun. Mind you, zeroing a Sten was a bit jit and miss!!!!! Better than the Owens we had. Zeroing that was '.......just aim up or down a bit' !We also numbered the butt socket to the Mk5 gun as the butt socket was hand fitted to the gun. I use the words 'hand fitted' pretty loosely in relation to the Sten guns

[browningautorifle]

I use the words 'hand fitted' pretty loosely in relation to the Sten guns

Perhaps "Loosely fitted?"

[Flying10uk]

Would it be acceptable to use the larger capacity Lanchester mag on a Sten which, in theory, should fit or is there some reason why this shouldn't be attempted?

[Peter Laidler]

Shaggy-dog story coming up....... I've never used a big capacity Lanchester mag in a Sten but tellingly, the R-Navy in Singapore where they still had them used both Lanchester and Sten magazines on the ships. Whether that was because they were running short of big mags or that the small Sten mag was more convenient is a matter of conjecture. And something that I never really thought about until one of my old QM's, a veteran of Suez '56 told me about using Lanchester mags in his Stens while there. Fortunately for him/them, it was after the action. I relate it in the Sten book

[philb]

not my grips , pic I used from a well know gun trader

haven't had time to even clean my mk5 yet

[Vincent]

Would it be acceptable to use the larger capacity Lanchester mag on a Sten which, in theory, should fit or is there some reason why this shouldn't be attempted?

Lanchester magazines do fit in the Sten and Sterling. Of the four I have, only one will take all 50 rounds and function as advertised. The other three are good for about 40 +/- rounds max. Above that number you never know when the floorplate is going to fly off.

The magazines that always work in the Sten are 19 round Indian conversion mags. I tried one right out of the box without cleaning it. It was absolutely filthy. cosmoline went flying and made big mess, but fired all 19.

[Flying10uk]

I have one of those Indian 19 rnd conversions of the Sten mag; it took me a long time before I found out why the mag had brass rods attached to the inside.