BASS6621 Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Looking to buy a Taylor Mfg tube gun Sten MkII. It's a nice looking piece of work; haven't shot it yet, but at least it looks good. One question is the housing seems to rotate around the circumference of the tube a fair amount even with mag in. I know there needs to be some rotation to facilitate field stripping, etc. All seems seated (the spring loaded rod does go into the hole on the barrel jacket). Just seems though that there is a fair amount of movement, even with a mag in the mag well. Is this normal? Thanks, BASS6621 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21 smoker Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Bass6621,... a fair amount of rotating movement is the norm on the few I`ve owned or handled...one of the good things about STens is that they are easy to work on and fix...the mag lock can be removed and enlarged to better fit the hole in the barrel jacket...bottom line...the STen can always be fixed...hth... http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASS6621 Posted January 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 21 smoker, Thanks for the response. Always good to have someone else confirm something like that as being within the norm. Best Regards, BASS6621 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froster Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 I just wanted to add that speaking of loose parts, I was told long ago that if one wants to try to improve the accuracy of the Stens and finds the buttstock to be loose, he can bend backwards the top ring part of the stock mount to eliminate the play in it's slot in the receiver. I think you will find that it feels better when it's tight and may perform better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21 smoker Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 froster,..that`s exactly what I did with a MK5 wood stock on a MKII and boy did that wake up the STen...it made it easier to aim,control and shoot...good tip... http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASS6621 Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Had a chance to shoot that Sten the other day and all was well until the stock separated from the tube while it was on full in the middle of a burst!!! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/blink.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/unsure.gif So much for that firing session. Stock (skeleton model) appeared to have too much slack which allowed it to pivot against the recoil spring cap, allowing it to disengage from the receiver. Tapped the little tab on the stock (that goes up into the trigger guard) with a hammer and that seem to tighten things up considerably. Also swapped out the safety as it kept falling out of the "A" setting back to "R". It was missing one of the spring loaded balls. Anyway, interesting gun. We shall see how things go at a subsequent session. BASS6621 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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