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I'm interested to know if a gunsmith could turn this blank firing sten gun into a .22lr obviously legally with a barrel change and modified bolt ect what do you guys think?

I have looked at the Sten and Stirling in the past with a view to building one in .22lr one day and my view is it can certainly be done however it would need a new sub receiver, barrel, magazine internals, bolt and trigger, certainly not an evenings work :)

It would make more sense as a scratch build - it's only a few tubes after all... The proportions would be a little weird given that you need 12" of barrel forward of the magazine.

Would be cool though :)

Isn't there a problem with open bolt and potential for burst fire as well?

I always liked the idea of using a GSG MP40s trigger and bolt in a sten body with a faux suppressor to make it look like either a MK.II(S) or a Mk.6

The IRA used to turn out Sten guns of considerably better quality than war production originals...

Loyalist paramilitaries were able to turn out sub machine guns of superior quality. In 1988 an ex soldier was found in possession of over 1000 Uzi and a number of Sterling type submachine guns that had been made in a small engineering setting in Ballynahinch.

I fired one of the "Uzi". They were brilliant. Allegedly the lead scientist at WERC sent a copy to IMI to show them what could be done with their design and quality manufacturing!

Sim G wrote:Loyalist paramilitaries were able to turn out sub machine guns of superior quality. In 1988 an ex soldier was found in possession of over 1000 Uzi and a number of Sterling type submachine guns that had been made in a small engineering setting in Ballynahinch.

I fired one of the "Uzi". They were brilliant. Allegedly the lead scientist at WERC sent a copy to IMI to show them what could be done with their design and quality manufacturing!

Question Sim, do you think the open bolt nature of a Sten makes it a poor candidate for a 22lr semi without work done? I only ask as no one seems to be asking the question on ease of conversion to full auto?

Sixshot6 wrote:Question Sim, do you think the open bolt nature of a Sten makes it a poor candidate for a 22lr semi without work done? I only ask as no one seems to be asking the question on ease of conversion to full auto?

Realistically the only way anyone will make a 22lr semi is a conventional straight blowback a là 10/22 or any one of the GSG lookylikeys.