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STEN MKII
Complete machine plans
STEN SUBMACHINE GUN, 9-millimetre submachine gun that became the standard such weapon in the British Commonwealth armed forces during World War II. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Sten guns were provided to underground movements everywhere in Europe during that war. The gun was so ubiquitous that its name became all but a generic term for submachine gun. The Sten gun remained in service until the late 1950s. The most common version of the Sten gun was 30 inches (76.2 cm) long with a barrel of 7.5 inches (19 cm). 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 butt was a steel frame that, with the barrel, could be removed without difficulty so that the disassembled weapon could be easily hidden. Its weight was just over six pounds (2.7 kg) unloaded. Please set up Acrobat to View - Bookmarks and Page
Sten Mk II
PARTS LIST
1. 2. Barre I 24. Sear 25. Sear
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syring
26. Sear 27. Bolt Firing pin 29. Extractor 30. Extractor spring 31. Extractor p i n 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41.
Closing spring
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11. Magazine 12. Magazine 13. Magazine 14. Magazine 15. Magazine
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.
housing
Closing spring cup Trigger housing cover TrigF: housing cover screw (2)
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Magazine follower Magazine spring Magazine spring latch Magazine botiom sight
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STEN Mk II SPECIFICA-TIONS 1. Cartridge: 9mm Parabellum Bullet weight Powder weight Muzzle veiocity W ire diameter Spring OD Active coils Free length Initial length Finai length Work stroke Weight (including extractor) Cocking handle Total recoiling w e i g h t :
116 grains 6 grains 1400 ft./set. 0.067 in, 1.00 in. 15 9.40 in. 6.80 in. 3.20 in. 3.60 in. 1.327 ib. (9290 grains) 0.077 lb. (540 grains) 1.404 lb. (9830 grains) 1.381 in. 5.75 in. 4.21 in.
2. Recoil Spring:
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S U G G E S T E D S T E N M A N U F A C T U R I N G NiODIFiCATIONS
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Select suitable lightwall steel tubing which is commercially available. For example, a -fence p o s t p i p e ( g a l v a n i z e d ) is 38.5mm O D a n d 35.0mm ID, most suitable for use as a receive:. Eliminate barrei sleeve.
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Ati pins can be roll pins of standard commerciai size, or pieces of drill rod.
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Turn barrel blank OD (outside diameter) without any shoulder, fit the barrel in the bushing by sliding fit. Fasten the barrel in the bushing
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by two roll
The external portion of the c o c k i n g h a n d l e (sticking out of the receiver) may be a straight 8.8mm OD, the same as the inside.
A 1 galvanized pipe fits loosely inside a l-1/4 pipe and can be welded as a filler-spacer where needed,
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The *magazine follower is a compks stamping made on a progressive die. To make a follower in a simpler way is to follow the Degtyarev DP LAIG approach - using a dummy round as the last one in the magazine. Thus a simple, flat follower with a dummy round soldered and/or screwed to it will replace a complicated stamping.
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