Quality of Inland Arms Sten Tubes....

[Haenelistklasse]

I have seen an Inland Arms Sten gun listed on Gunstroker for like ever. I was just wondering what the quality of the tubes are? I think they are (were?) out of Austin Texas. Are these jamomatics like the horrible MK760? Just curious....

[BillyDixon]

if i rember correctly that inland arms was chuck hudak, r.i.p., back in the day he was the first guy to assemble 1919a4 s with new side plates, , a first class act, just sayn

[TSMGguy]

The only Inland Austin I ever owned or saw was a MP-38 tube gun. The parts kit was refinished and way past its prime, but the tube was beautifully made.

[Black River Militaria CII]

After Hudak passed, his estate was handled by a close friend, Bill Bassett, who was very protective of the value of the 100 or so MGs that he had to sell and a few years passed with few of the guns sold. Bill was a gun parts manufacturer and called me one day looking for some MG08 parts and one thing led to another. I visited him for a week or so and went through the guns, accessories and parts and we arranged for me to broker them. The MGs that Hudak built were first class quality with exceptional attention to detail.

Inland Arms is not well known so "brand name" buyers will overlook his products. His work was far superior to other builders of the day with many of whom I was acquainted. He was an early manufacturer of plates and various various remanufactured BMGs, but not the first. He also remanufactured quite a few other types of MGs. FWIW