Fun with a 1943 Longbranch Sten MkII Sub-Machine gun

[burner208]

Are you running a modified bronze bolt with weight removed? If so any problems with the cocking handle striking the back of the reciever? Are you running a stronger spring or buffer?

[Elkabong53708]

@burner208 Its a Navy Bronze Bolt, thats not modified. I've had no problems with the cocking handling striking the receiver.

Basic spring installed. Plus it kicked up the rate from 550 to 650 RPM.

[XxpoooooofxX]

yeah that was fun....

[CallumN02]

What, some-one holding the Sten correctly!? that impossible.

but no.. really. you might be the only one.

[HektorPedo]

OMG a 2 second clip .... :-(

[busterpiggle]

My "Small Arms of the 20th Century" lists the cyclic rate of the Mark II at 550 RPM. That's about 9 rounds a second. I guess that's not carved in stone but I would have thought 2 seconds of shooting would not empty the magazine.

[Elkabong53708]

@busterpiggle Ah, but that also has the lighter navy bronze bolt, kicking up the rate by 100 RPM.

[NormanMatchem]

Longbranch is Canadian, isn't it?

[Elkabong53708]

@NormanMatchem  Yes it is.

[11251309]

Finally someone know how to hold a Sten Mk.2

[Elkabong53708]

@11251309 Thats cause Hollywood shows everybody holding it by the magazine, which puts the magazine feed at a problem.

Thank you for noticing.

[MegaMrDamo]

@Elkabong53708 not true british troops held it by the magazine, it can be

[tonee127]

@MegaMrDamo Only if your firing from the hip, like when your rushing an enemy position. British troops were taught both methods but for any kind of accuracy you can't be holding the mag.

[thingy186]

Stens are bad ass!!!

[wind4watts]

I fired a mk5 sten (the final version with wooden pistol grip), seemed damn effective for such a simple weapon, knocked out in millions at time of great emergency,my Father carried a thompson in italy and N africa, but preffered an mp40, easier climbing in/outa Shermans he said.

[trigga1uk]

my grandfather was issued with a sten during the second world war but soon realised it was a mass produced piece of c**p lashed together from old knackered metal. But he ended up winning a thompson to a yank GI in a card game, which was a s**t load better.

[RebelSince1776]

WOW, who would bet their gun in a card game during a war?

[trigga1uk]

well i think it was a swap, those guys used to play for pretty high stakes. Its one of those crazy grandfather stories that was probably slightly exagerated, but i like it. But i never found out what happened to the american who ended up with the sten.

[RebelSince1776]

Ya, I can see swapping a luger, or captured stuff like stag horn grip knives, but a gun? That's pushing it, nice story though

[wind4watts]

yep RebelSince1776 My Dad swapped an MP40 and brought home a Walther P38 pistol from Italy (no metal detectors then) and 3 boxes of ammo , had to get rid when eldest Son found it & took it to the local woods and practised, left one up the spout aswell!.

[No1118117]

It was more common than you'd think. The sten wasn't very well liked and commonwealth troops did almost anything they could to get ahold of something better.

[RebelSince1776]

Yes I know they're were tons of them, but no1 wanted 1, some were made by boys in metal shop

[ottovw]

LOL! One of my uncles fought in the mountains (the philippines) against the japanese. They hated the Tommy guns, too noisy, too inaccurate. They loved their Garands though. They gave the Tommy guns to the officers who 'couldn't hit anything anyway'.

[banoffee2001]

ottovw..was your uncle Igorot? Heard about them fighting the Japanese. Japs didnt fair too well against them

[ottovw]

No, he is Sambal (zambales).

[11251309]

@ottovw

the thompson was accurate but the recoil make it bad for the user to use it with precision, short burst were reccomend, also the M1928 was much less recoil ( recoil compensator and grip)

[wind4watts]

Yes Sten's were 'knocked out' for shillings, they reckoned 2 mags of ammo were worth more than the gun!, but made them so cheap they could drop them to partisans & gave em away to anybody that needed em. Late models were much better. The Thompson receiver / frame was milled from a solid piece of steel fine quality, Dad had a mk2 with side bolt handle in Italy.

[hot318]

i have seen archival footage of australian WW2 soldiers show how reliable these are, one soldier shooting while another pours handfull after handfull of dirt and sand over the breach and mechanisms, and it did not miss a beat or jam or malfunction in any way. its true, the simplest thins are often the best

[Wiier]

Those are awesome ...

[mikkalee]

not if you get a parts kit. then its around 90-130 dollars

[Elkabong53708]

Still needs to have a registered receiver.

[RedHammerSAA]

15 grand for a weapon that originally costed 10 quids :P

[Model1862Henry]

that will be around.... 15 grand if you really want one.

[hellspark]

woah, its my favorite call of duty weapon! i want one...