A NEW Butt for your Mk5 Sten

[philb]

out of interest, where the T stock fits on the sten gun, is that rear part made from 2 sections or 1 machined section ?

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[tankhunter]

[QUOTE=Peter Laidler;358532]Definately NOT the place to insert a thumb! I think it was called a hand plate on the drawing. Can you imagine tripping up with your thumb in the hole? Ouch......... This punched out circular part was that size so that it could be used in another application somewhere, perhaps as a large thick cylinder head(?) washer. Rather like the lock washer punched from the retaining caps used on churchill tank cooling system.[/QUOTE ]

And also to 'Lighten' the Gun a little. Yes, I know it seems pointless. But the No.4 Rifle Bolt knob was drilled out on some variants also. For the same reason. Not a lot of weight saved, but with other machining Lightening features. All the little bits add up in the end.

I carried a Bren by the carrying handle for 200 Yds on Saturday, to my Patch at the War & Peace show. It needed a Repair, which I effected on site. (I will write about this in the Bren section) & I can tell you, I had forgotten that even that short distance, it became VERY heavy till I put it on my 6ft GS Table!........

Anything metal punched out, was saved during the war. & recycled/ smelted down. To be remanufactured as steel stock, for even more Essential War Material manufacture. In quantity (Like the Sten butt circles) it all added up very quickly. To reasonable quantities for recycling.

Oh, I nearly forgot! The 'T' Butt with the sling loop halfway down the stem. This loop is a Post war Finnish Modification. They also added one to the Barrel nut as well. A Turned stud fitted through one of the cooling/ lightening holes. Drilled transversely & a loop fitted to this stud.
They also fitted a new style cocking handle, that was 'Ball Shaped' & larger. So cocking was easier with gloved/ mittened hands.

[Peter Laidler]

It's nice to read this old thread again and chuckle at the pencil case comments. But, to the point....... Did anyone make a new butt for their Mk5 Sten using the guidance I gave.

Peter

[Peter Laidler]

Two sections. The top half round section is sleeved onto the main tube and the bottom slotted bit is part of the trigger mech housing

[Peter Laidler]

Just as a matter of interest and getting this back on track, did anyone out there in forumland convert an old rifle butt into a Mk5 Sten butt for their needy Mk5? Anyone going to do it in the future?

[browningautorifle]

I was going to go the other way Peter, convert a #4 to take a Sten butt...for easier concealment.

[Flying10uk]

No, but I have asked a few dealers if they have any bantam size No4 butts available for sale but, so far, none that I've spoken to do. It's been suggested on another thread that only Long-branch produced the bantam butt?

[Brian Dick]

They were a Long Branch only item and made of gorgeous black walnut. How many do you want? $10 each new in the wrapper plus post.

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I have a couple of new manufacture beech Mk.5 butts available too @ $59 plus post.

[Vincent]

It would be a very cool project. Alas, I have no woodworking skills.

[Flying10uk]

Why not have a go, Vincent? Brunel didn't get everything right first time and I'm sure he produced a few things that he would rather forget like all of us. You learn from your mistakes.