Starting a STEN Mk V SBR in the US

[17thairborne]

Thanks...still waiting on my barrel!

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[Vincent]

Let’s say it’s a good start. Something they can build on and improve over time. It’s not all intuitive. Scrolling is a bit of a pain. But it’s an online process and that’s a huge improvement. Gave my credit card info and got an email back, just like buying anything online. It was so easy, now I am tempted to buy more stamps and build more NAF stuff.

I have a NAF trust. Didn’t see a fingerprinting system.

On another topic… how do you post your pictures on the site? I always get the thumbnails.



And what’s this guy holding? Is it a “brick” explosive charge? The kind used in WWII?

[17thairborne]

I don't have a bayonet yet! Am working on accessories. Will test fire without the front sight to get the spring tension/length correct.

Spike or blade bayonet?

[17thairborne]

Gents thanks for the safety comments. I will heed them. Here was my concern since my muscle memory of gripping a STEN consistently does not exist, I did not want to chance sticking the pinky in the ejection port. THis is what I was concerned about:



Instead I elected to grab the mag well, not the magazine itself as I did not want to impart any torque on the mag and cause a misfeed. (video looks like I'm gripping the mag). Although this prevents lost pinky, it would not prevent burned hand as mentioned earlier. It did seem much more comfortable when firing in this manner.



Peter your going to have to give these boys in Arnhem some grief for their improper weapons handling!



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When I built my IO Mk3 Sten I tried using the original extractor. The hole in the bolt for the extractor pin was in a different location, so the extractor wasn’t in the same geometry as on the original bolt. The casings were getting beaten up. I removed the extractor and test fired a few rounds. They looked good and I made a new extractor with the correct geometry. Case hardened it with Cherry Red.

Where did you get the barrel?

Barrel is from Indianapolis Ordnance as are the guts, tube and misc parts. I will take a close look at the bolt and extractor and see what it looks like.

[Vincent]

I drew up the NAF trust and paid a local attorney to check it. It’s basically a revocable living trust. There’s not much to it. This was many years ago and NAF trusts were not as common as they are now. Today you can get one done for around $100.

I live a half mile from the county line. Our Sheriff (CLEO) would sign the form, but the Sheriff in the next county wouldn’t. Those folks had to get a trust if they wanted any NAF items. That told me I should get a trust. Because you never know when the good folks of your county might elect a democrat as Sheriff… and then you’re ....’d and you will have to get one anyway. So, yes… a trust is the way to go.

That’s a very nice display you have there. Many years of collecting I’ll bet. And thanks for the info on the demo charge. It has been 55 years since I have seen one. My father called them bricks. Four or five together was extremely impressive to a young lad.

[Peter Laidler]

Off track a bit but I am about to have 30 Mk5 Sten gun butts machined up. A simple job in itself. Has anyone out there in forumland got one with a flat steel butt plate? Can anyone send me detailed dimensions. Easy to have water jet cut and together, make the butts simpler to machine than the brass butt plate version

[17thairborne]

Off track a bit but I am about to have 30 Mk5 Sten gun butts machined up. A simple job in itself. Has anyone out there in forumland got one with a flat steel butt plate? Can anyone send me detailed dimensions. Easy to have water jet cut and together, make the butts simpler to machine than the brass butt plate version

Peter....wish I had one, as you see mine is brass. I mean the butt plate

Update from ATF...Jan 15 for the approval. I was planning on doing all the sand blasting and finishing together with the barrel when I buy it so the finish matches. FO now the project is pending....like my ATF FOrm 1!

[17thairborne]

Gents,
Thanks for the recommendations on the bayonet.

Brian,
Thanks for the update on the sights. I'm good on the mags, have 5 of them various makers, and will probably catch a spike from you. Will keep looking for the A/B bayonet web holder with the small side pouch!!

oz

[Peter Laidler]

Phew........ How DO the BATF want the main body cut?

I have to say that I admire your tenacity with this project - much the same goes for Vincent with his pheonix patchett rebuild too.

Back to the first 'cut body' photos again, I liked the wood patch on the pistol grip. That's how we used to repair the sides when the thinner top-rear end collapsed or broke away. Later there was an instruction that when it did break away, we could just make-good. There weren't many Mk2 and 5 Stens still sloshing around by the late 60's but there were always plenty of mechanical parts - but not the woodwork so we had to patch. What a chore, knowing that within a couple of years they'd all be gone except the silenced Mk6's. But like they always say. Looking back, it didn't do us any harm and was 'character building'

[17thairborne]

Brian's sight dry fitted!