madkiwi Posted November 19, 2025 Report Share Posted November 19, 2025 The top one is a Catco Sterling (built on Sten Mk II tube) and the one underneath is a Sterling Mk. 5 (DLO Sten tube, SRT suppressor,gun built by John Andrewski). I have a good pile of 34 round Sterling magazines, 26 I believe with some NIW and also three of the rare 45 round magazines (made by the Chilean national armory?). They are both so much fun to shoot! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted November 20, 2025 Report Share Posted November 20, 2025 Those guns are the pinnacle of open bolt SMG's. I own an Andrewski / DLO regular sterling and almost pulled the lever on his integral unit. Wish I had. And you are correct, they are a blast to shoot. I got lucky a few years back and have at least 15 magazines (10 still in wrappers) and two mag pouches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill in VA Posted November 30, 2025 Report Share Posted November 30, 2025 Beautiful pair! Out of all the machine guns I own and/or have shot, the Sterling is my favorite. I almost think that if I’d bought my Sterling first, I would have never bought my TSMG, Uzi, etc. Mine is a CPS gun built on a virgin DLO Sterling tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted November 30, 2025 Report Share Posted November 30, 2025 I finally found the holy grail of Sterling accessories... a front sight adjustment tool. It took me three years but I finally got one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted November 30, 2025 Report Share Posted November 30, 2025 On 11/19/2025 at 5:46 PM, madkiwi said: The top one is a Catco Sterling (built on Sten Mk II tube) and the one underneath is a Sterling Mk. 5 (DLO Sten tube, SRT suppressor,gun built by John Andrewski). I have a good pile of 34 round Sterling magazines, 26 I believe with some NIW and also three of the rare 45 round magazines (made by the Chilean national armory?). They are both so much fun to shoot! So mine is a DLO/Andrewski (non-integral) gun and it's a beauty. Can you see any difference in the CATCO vs DLO platform in terms of quality, fit & finish and mechanicals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 (edited) On 11/30/2025 at 1:14 PM, Bill in VA said: Beautiful pair! Out of all the machine guns I own and/or have shot, the Sterling is my favorite. I almost think that if I’d bought my Sterling first, I would have never bought my TSMG, Uzi, etc. Mine is a CPS gun built on a virgin DLO Sterling tube. Back in the early 1980's, I served in a British Army, as a radio operator in a forward observation post. My personal weapon, in that role, was a Sterling SMG. I recall, it was enjoyable emptying 34 rounds on full auto, on the ranges. We still wore DPM camouflage uniforms back then. Edited April 6 by rpbcps Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank I. Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 The Sterling is one of my favorite subguns, light, ergonomic, easy to control on FA. I am lucky enough to have an original PreMay dealer sample, its a late production model, the selector is marked 0-1-32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 I'm glad I found the sight adjustment tool... my gun was way off and the tool made it simple to move the front sight to a good zero. For those of you who wonder what it looks like, I'll post pics here later today. It's quite the tool.... not what you would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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