[Machine Carbine, 9mm Sten, Mark I shown above Mark II]
Posted on 08/29/2006 1:33:29 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
KOMARNO, MAN. -- Fifty Second-World-War-era submachine guns seized since January were allegedly rebuilt in a clandestine gun shop in Komarno, Man. and then sold to gangs connected to the Hells Angels, police said Friday.
Sten submachine guns were decommissioned by the Canadian Forces in the 1970s, but are being reconditioned and sold to drug gangs, police said.
"They were actually trafficking in them," said Sergeant Rick Guyader of the Winnipeg Police Service's organized crime unit. "I'm sure if we could trace the whole system, we'd find them across the country."
RCMP and city police put 19 of the guns on display Friday along with rifles, shotguns and ammunition seized earlier this month in huge police raids at two properties in Komarno, about 70 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
Police also seized two working cannons, a homemade .50-calibre rifle and three solid-steel pen guns -- homemade guns disguised as ballpoint pens. The guns fire a single .22-calibre bullet for what one officer described as "up close and personal killing."
Elwyn Evans, 61, and Alvin Luprypra, 52, remain in custody charged with multiple firearm offences.
[Machine Carbine, 9mm Sten, Mark I shown above Mark II]
Well, it's not as if it's difficult to make a Sten gun. I believe it was the Dutch Resistance that made them from steel bed frames.
Yep, I could make one of those here in my shop with ease. The only thing I would have a problem with is the rifling, but I could even do that if I really wanted to.
I've heard of some boys in Saskatchewan and the prairies who have made sten guns, mind you, that's just rumour.
I know that as late as the end of the eighties the Sten was still being issued to SAS communications soldiers.
Well the critter was known more as a Bar, excuse me, close in fighting weapon. Not much need of rifling at parking lot ranges.
I don't know that rifling the barrel would be worth the trouble, honestly. A good smoothbore would accomplish the intended purpose.
With a "Good Machine Shop"? Try a dremmel tool and a friend with a welder.
Well, it's not as if it's difficult to make a Sten gun. I believe it was the Dutch Resistance that made them from steel bed frames.
That thing had to be even cheaper than the Sten,and the Sten cost what, $5.00 or less to make.
All I have to do is give it to my brother and tell him "Ream this out smooth and I want a REALLY good finish or its scrapped." Somehow he would end up with the rifling in there for me..... :)
If what I've read was correct they were first made by a lamp company in England and the contract price was $13 each...
Currently a NFA registered pre-86 transferable full auto sten is going for around $3500 to $5000 depending on wheither it is original or a rebuild...
My daddy was in WW2,he said German weapons looked meaner than ours
and they usually were. That MG 42 he said was terrifying to have ripping
in your direction.
He was correct.The MG-42 spit out a lot of ammo.at a very fast pace!
Sten was a very good SMG in WW-2. Chief of German Commando Operations Otto Skorzeny wanted an equivalent for German forces.
I have heard it referred to as hitlers buzz saw
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