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    Just can't imagine why the Sten mags didn't fit the Sterling...

    Jim, I explained why in my Earlier post Buddy.

    without a special adaptor, the Sterling mags will NOT fit directly into a Sten!..
    This was a cunning built in design by Sterling when Marketing these SMGs. As if you had an Army that used the Sten, you would have to replace the entire 'Fleet' to use the VERY reliable Sterling Magazines! That meant, you could NOT get away with the cheaper expedient of purchasing just Magazines. To upgrade the reliability factor of your Sten 'Fleet'!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tankhunter View Post
    Jim, I explained why in my Earlier post Buddy.
    Yes, I understand that...what I sort of eluded to was that they did fit the SMG C1 9mm...as I recall. Unless I'm just remembering it wrong. Anyway it makes no matter...
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