Building the Canadian Semi-Auto STEN

[tiriaq]

How can that be done? With an 18 1/2"+ barrel, Stens get really long. Bad enough with the US mandated 16" barrels. With the 8" barrel a Sten is about 30" long. Add 10 1/2", its up over 40". The handling is really affected as well. If a non-restricted version were made, perhaps a dummy barrel unit could be used for display.


Adding a Mk. IIS style canvas wrap might make the barrel assembly look shorter, but the gun is still pretty ungainly.
I suppose it depends on how important non-restricted status is.
I am not aware of any non-restricted Sten FRT numbers.

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[J. Savoie]

How can that be done? With an 18 1/2"+ barrel, Stens get really long. Bad enough with the US mandated 16" barrels. With the 8" barrel a Sten is about 30" long. Add 10 1/2", its up over 40". The handling is really affected as well. If a non-restricted version were made, perhaps a dummy barrel unit could be used for display.

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Adding a Mk. IIS style canvas wrap might make the barrel assembly look shorter, but the gun is still pretty ungainly.
I suppose it depends on how important non-restricted status is.
I am not aware of any non-restricted Sten FRT numbers.

I know that there were no MkIII with silencers but as long as a fake silencer (very thin, to keep the weight as light as possible) would allow one to use his semi Sten wherever long guns can be legally used. No permit to transport would be worth the inconvenients that go with such a long barrel.

At least that's how I see it.