Sten MKV - WW2 or later ?

[Brit plumber]

Haven't seen one for a while, but I reckon that old spec may be around £1500 now !!

new spec seem to be 650-750 ish

Mine has no prefix, just 27766 & B&T (Broadhurst and Thompson ?)stamped on the mag housing. no signs of being fiddle with.

any thoughts sir ?

cheers

I'm glad I bought my old spec MkV in 2003 when it was only £250!!

Is the number 27766 stamped? I have a Faz MkII with the electro pencil markings and the original lightly etched number has been over stamped heavily with a completely new number series by the Fins. You can just see the faint outline of a few parts of the original number underneath. The new number on my gun is 77777 which was a nice touch, its also been cleaned up, removing all the weld marks and splatter and then reblued, all part of the Finnish rebuild. If you post a photo t should be pretty easy to confirm it as a ex-Finnish gun, it may even have a SA marking.

[lugerfan]

Thanks for all the comments, I know how you feel about peter's book, I have re read the no4 t book many times &wouldnt have dared buy one without it (and Roger Payne's) assistance. The fact that the scope was known to Peter as well was an added bonus :0)

Will get a picture posted up tomorrow if I get some time and a good light. From memory it's the only serial number on the gun.

Cheers all....

[lugerfan]

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one photo as promised, The serial number is is 27677 and there is a marking B&T

on the reverse side is simply a broad arrow.