Converted Sterling Mk7 pistol

[Vincent]

Looks like it was a semi--auto that has been converted to a full-auto post dealer sample.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/609367080

Interesting that it doesn't have the studs for a rail. I wonder how that happened.

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[Lee Enfield]

Looks like it was a semi--auto that has been converted to a full-auto post dealer sample.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/609367080

Interesting that it doesn't have the studs for a rail. I wonder how that happened.

Many of the Mk7s illustrated in the GoD book don't have optic studs.

I seem to recall that in the 80s there weren't many optics choices for pistols anyways...

[Vincent]

I wonder if the studs might have been an importer option? This one was imported by Cassi Inc. The Armscorp ones I have seen all have the studs. I am not sure about Lanchester USA. Romar had some very early guns and a few Mk5 dealer samples.

[Brian Dick]

The same holds true for the Mk.6. I have one with and one without the studs for the scope base. The one less the studs is a Lanchester import, the other with the studs was imported by Cassi.

[Vincent]

Thanks, Brian. Probably an option then.

My Lanchester imported Mk6 has a single shot trigger but it doesn't have the positive disconnect dogleg thing and there's no hole in the receiver for one.

Going back to the converted post dealer sample pistol, would the original semi-auto barrel work in full-auto? Or would it need a shorter chambered barrel?