Building the Canadian Semi-Auto STEN

[Mick]

Modifying the stens I have built is not really that big a deal in the scheme of things, the mods are nothing I would describe as major. I am just happy that I will be able to get up and running at last.

The Suomi is toast, but it will rise from the ashes

I have two designs for the suomi both of which I will build. One will look like a suomi but will have different trigger mechanism and a cocking handle like this

Just for the hell of it, the other one will be a hybrid between a sten and a suomi and will look like this

[Mick]

I have decided to name the above guns the Murray Smith MkI and Murray Smith MkII, as it was he who gave me the inspiration to build them.

[Mick]

My open-bolt design is actually with the CFC and RCMP labs right now for approval. It's actually been with them for almost 2 months now.

No news yet ?

Some key points are that in my version the sear pin and trigger pins are welded in so that the internals can no longer be removed for modification.

More to follow.

Don't worry about welding the pins, it's not necessary.

I have a new sear disconnect design which I think will work well. Using this design it should also be possible to use the selector switch to keep the trip lever disconnected at will. The trip lever slot in the tube will not be needed. I will submit this design with the sten suomi hybrid, and if successful I will also use it on my stens.

[tony]

Hey Mick ,now that you won the good fight how about building a nice semi auto Thompson M1928?

[J. Savoie]

Too bad, it is already prohibited by name. I have a semiauto 1927 A1 DeLuxe and it is still prohibited.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Canadian Firearms Program | Gendarmerie royale du Canada - Programme canadien des armes à feu

These are all prohited by name:

a. Thompson Model 1921;
b. Thompson Model 1927;
c. Thompson Model 1928;
d. Thompson Model M1;
e. Auto-Ordnance M27A-1;
f. Auto-Ordnance M27A-1 Deluxe;
g. Auto-Ordnance M1927A-3;
h. Auto-Ordnance M1927A-5;
i. Auto-Ordnance Thompson M1;
j. Commando Arms Mk I;
k. Commando Arms Mk II;
l. Commando Arms Mk III;
m. Commando Arms Mk 9;
n. Commando Arms Mk 45.

[tony]

Boy J. Savoie,you're one of the lucky Canadians who can own one.That things like gold.Maybe if they use it's nick name Thommy gun it wouldn't sound so bad and they'll make it non-restricted.Just my sarcastic way of showing what I think of our gun laws.

[Mick]

Too bad, it is already prohibited by name.

That's an easy problem to solve, call it something else. How about calling it a Tonygun


I just this minute came in from testing firing a gun that's been bought by someone called Tony, but it's a MkII sten.

[tony]

Hope it went O.K. Can't wait to get it !!!

[J. Savoie]

Mick even calling it differently, they say:

•The firearm of the design commonly known as the Thompson submachine gun, and any variant or modified version of it, including the:

So I guess that we could not make a copy or a variant either.

[Mick]

I think they got us on the design.