Dating Fazakerley MkII Sten

[peregrinvs]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could give me an approx date of manufacture for a Fazakerley made MKII Sten: serial number F011055

Thanks
Mark

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[mrclark303]

Hi Mark, ping a few pictures, screws in the trigger mech cover, or friction fit?

[Peter Laidler]

Dating one to within a few years is very fraught because some early features such as the cocking handle were upgraded - as were the screws v dimples, solid v fabricated sears etc

[peregrinvs]

Hi Peter,

For some reason I can’t upload them from my iPad. It has a screw on MkI trigger mechanism cover, but also holes for a MK2 cover. It came with a Mk5 cocking handle.

Cheers,
Mark

[Galilman]

My Sten is a Fazakerley Mk2.
Dated Feb 1942
Serial number is: FN25223
Picture attached.

[Peter Laidler]

The later guns had the facility for the screw-on or dimpled triggermech cover which made the trigger mech covers interchangeable between Mk2 and 3 guns. If a Mk2 had screws and dimpled recesses then it is a gun made after the start of Mk3 production.

[peregrinvs]

At last some pictures. The Mk2 cocking handle is a repro I added.
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