Sten mk ii conversion
The Mark II version was the most widely used and produced variant of the STEN guns. After testing, the Patchett Mark I was considered suitable for service, but with plenty of Sten Mk II and Mk IV submachine guns still in service, there were no large orders for the Patchett forthcoming. Simple to make and cheap to construct, it was used extensively throughout World War II and the Korean War by insurgents. Also, please note that neither the author nor MILSURPS.COM recommends that any member of these forums, or a reader of this article, try this type of experimentation without the proper knowledge, equipment and training. The Mark I’s magazine housing was attached at a 90-degree angle to the receiver and fed from Sten or Lanchester magazines. Join Weaponsguild and look up 'Rcbifs Sten Build' in the sten section. Be aware that when pulling the charging handle, if you rotate. Pull back the charging handle located on top of the gun, and release. Insert a magazine into the magwell, located on the left side of the receiver. It is an ultra-compact version, with the barrel and stock sawn off, making it very unwieldy. MILSURPS.COM accepts no legal liability or responsibility for any claims made or opinions expressed herein, nor is this article published to encourage anyone to build, modify or alter any device or firearm mentioned that would be in violation of any local, regional, or other country laws. The kit comes with everything you need as far as the fire control & bolt setup goes. The Sten Mk 9 is a fictional version of the Sten Mk II. Note: The opinions expressed herein or statements made in this article are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Military Surplus Collectors Forums, or the ownership and moderation group of this site. Its weight was just over six pounds (2.7 kg) unloaded.ġ. The butt was a steel frame that, with the barrel, could be removed without difficulty so that the disassembled weapon could be easily hidden. It fired at a rate of 550 rounds per minute, and it had a 32-round box magazine that, however, tended to jam if more than 30 rounds were loaded. The most common version of the Sten gun was 30 inches (76.2 cm) long with a barrel of 7.5 inches (19 cm). Some Stens were converted by the communists to 7.62×25mm by using the magazine housing. Another country that produced a version of the Sten was Nationalist China. The Sten served as the basis for the Sterling submachine gun. The Sten gun remained in service until the late 1950s. number of these conversion kits produced is 200. The gun was so ubiquitous that its name became all but a generic term for submachine gun. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Sten guns were provided to underground movements everywhere in Europe during that war. This article contains a complete set of plans for machining a STEN SUBMACHINE GUN, 9-millimetre submachine gun that became the standard such weapon in the British Commonwealth armed forces during World War II. The 7.62mm Tokarev cartridge was popular both from Russian pistols and submachine guns and also from China’s long military use of the dimensionally-identical 7.63mm Mauser cartridge in C96 pistols.Copyright ©2006 - 2011 by bigduke6 and MILSURPS.COM In addition, some Sten guns were made domestically in China, both in 9mm and 7.62mm. The Mark II was the most common variant, with two million units produced.21 It was a much rougher weapon than the Mk I. Some were done by installed a magazine adapter into the original magazine well, and some (like this one) were done by cutting off the original magazine well and replacing it with a new one. The STEN served as the basis for the Sterling submachine gun, which replaced the STEN in British service until the 1990s. The 7.62mm barrels were typically longer than the original ones, and the magazine of choice was that of the PPS-43. The conversion involved a new barrel and new magazine and magazine well. However, many of these were eventually converted to 7.62mm Tokarev ammunition, especially after the victory of the Communist forces over the Nationalists. These Stens were standard MkII pattern guns, chambered for the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. (Out of Stock) This is a new 8' STEN MK2 barrel made in 9mm. During World War Two, Canada supplied some 73,000 Sten guns (made by the Long Branch arsenal) to Chinese Nationalist forces in an effort to help them fight the Japanese. STEN MK2 8' Barrel 7.62 x 25 TOK(Out of Stock) New made STEN MK2 (STEN MKII) 8' barrel made in 7.62 x 25 Tokarev.