sten sight

[Peter Laidler]

Picture in thread 6 is just a perfect example of the saying '....give a man a hacksaw, a hammer and a chisel and anything is possible'. They might just as well cut the butt off rear of the hand plate part. It is just a Mk2 made into a squirt/spray gun

[Vincent]

The front sight has also been removed and the sling attachments would make it easy to hide under a raincoat.

[browningautorifle]

The grips can be made by amateur professionals with just pictures to work from. They look close but aren't factory identical. They aren't magic.

[Flying10uk]

philb, are you able to post some more close up pictures of the wood handled pistol grip in post 6 off the the gun, please? I was wondering if it was something that the Finns produced as an alternative to the skeleton type pistol grip?

[tankhunter]

On Mine, it had the original backplate. That had had the Butt Stock Tubing, with the flat shoulder plate. Cut Off. I simply removed the grips, Cut off the grip retaining plate.
Made up an original profile 'T' stock assembley, & welded it onto the back plate.

It now looks as it should, a MK.II Wartime 'Pattern Sten'!

The only thing left to do (WHEN I have the time!) is to remove the finnish 'Ball' Cocking handle. & turn to profile, similar to a Wartime version cocking handle again.

Unless of course, anyone on here actually WANTS a Finnish Pattern cocking handle. & would do me a straight swap for any British Wartime Variant?.....

[philb]

philb, are you able to post some more close up pictures of the wood handled pistol grip in post 6 off the the gun, please? I was wondering if it was something that the Finns produced as an alternative to the skeleton type pistol grip?

heres the link mate

My Sten gun

[browningautorifle]

The grip certainly put the gun into perspective though. That grip was a simple local produced item.

[Peter Laidler]

A butt tucked under your arm makes a SMG far more stable, aimable and shoot-from-the-hipable.

[Flying10uk]

One U.K. dealer was selling deactivated MK2 Stens of which some had reproduction stocks fitted and I also suspected at least some of these were ex Finn. I wonder if the reason they had repro stocks is that they came to the dealer with pistol grips similar to the example philb had.

[browningautorifle]

A butt tucked under your arm

As with all weapons. Shotgun, SMG...