I have been looking for ways to make magazines for the AGM sten that are NOT mp40 style mags. Do any of you guys think you could help here 
I realised that the real mags had no grooves
GUNS: (ww2)
AGM sten mkII
Classic Army Colt 1911A1 GBB pistol
ARES PPSh-41
Deact Mosin M38
I have been looking for ways to make magazines for the AGM sten that are NOT mp40 style mags. Do any of you guys think you could help here
Get MP40 mags, fill in the grooves (and the holes in the collar) with epoxy putty, sand and paint!
Real STEN or MP40 mag bodies do not fit into the magwells.
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
I have been looking for ways to make magazines for the AGM sten that are NOT mp40 style mags. Do any of you guys think you could help here
Get MP40 mags, fill in the grooves (and the holes in the collar) with epoxy putty, sand and paint!
Real STEN or MP40 mag bodies do not fit into the magwells.
Thankyou for your help, I will give it a go when I have the time
GUNS: (ww2)
AGM sten mkII
Classic Army Colt 1911A1 GBB pistol
ARES PPSh-41
Deact Mosin M38
Interesting. I might have a go myself on a few.
I'm a hero with coward's legs.
Interesting. I might have a go myself on a few.
What gun do you have for your german kit (in your avatar picture). Just interested
GUNS: (ww2)
AGM sten mkII
Classic Army Colt 1911A1 GBB pistol
ARES PPSh-41
Deact Mosin M38
Interesting. I might have a go myself on a few.
What gun do you have for your german kit (in your avatar picture). Just interested
Umm, I may be wrong (and this IS the wrong place t discuss it), but isn't that Spike Milligan in his avatar?
Thankyou for your help, I will give it a go when I have the time
No problem 
I have tried to make some STEN mag' replicas, scaled down to fit the magwells out of steel box-section and sheet, but it was far too complicated and the results were only as good as the fillered plastic MP40 mags (plus, they were far too heavy, even if they were a realistic weight of a full real STEN mag).
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Thankyou for your help, I will give it a go when I have the time
No problem
I have tried to make some STEN mag' replicas, scaled down to fit the magwells out of steel box-section and sheet, but it was far too complicated and the results were only as good as the fillered plastic MP40 mags (plus, they were far too heavy, even if they were a realistic weight of a full real STEN mag).
Yeah, i'll just do it the easy way you suggested. BTW, were the mags the King Arms ones that you used. A picture of the final product would be most appreciated 
GUNS: (ww2)
AGM sten mkII
Classic Army Colt 1911A1 GBB pistol
ARES PPSh-41
Deact Mosin M38
Thankyou for your help, I will give it a go when I have the time
No problem
I have tried to make some STEN mag' replicas, scaled down to fit the magwells out of steel box-section and sheet, but it was far too complicated and the results were only as good as the fillered plastic MP40 mags (plus, they were far too heavy, even if they were a realistic weight of a full real STEN mag).Yeah, i'll just do it the easy way you suggested. BTW, were the mags the King Arms ones that you used. A picture of the final product would be most appreciated
Yes, I didn't want to ruin any of my nice metal MP40 mags (plus the filler/epoxy putty sticks to a well 'keyed' plastic surface better 
), and the plastic KA ones are cheap enough that I didn't mind experimenting with them. I'm off to Cambridge CAMRA beerfest tonight, but I'll try to put up pictures later on this week for you
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
im sure i read somewhere that the sten was designed so that it could run with mp 40 mags tho in the field
I think they used the same 9mm ammo, but I would be surprised if the mags fitted each other.
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im sure i read somewhere that the sten was designed so that it could run with mp 40 mags tho in the field
Yep, that was the good thing, they could capture the kraut's mags and use em! However, I still want that issued sten gun look
GUNS: (ww2)
AGM sten mkII
Classic Army Colt 1911A1 GBB pistol
ARES PPSh-41
Deact Mosin M38
Google brings up a few discussions:
To some degree, it would make sense if the Sten could use MP40 mags, but not the other way around - It'd be good planning for a weapon intended to be dropped to resistance units.
What I don't understand is the significant difference in what they call "length", considering both weapons used the same round. Maybe that's one of the faults which gave the Sten its reputation.
I think the "length" is the length of the mag from front to back... There's a photo in one of my links that clearly shows the sten mag is "longer".
After looking about, there seem to be comments that the problem with misfeeding is because Mp40 and sten mags are "single feed", whereas tommy mags are "double feed"...
That may be so, but I would think the extra distance the round has to go through the Sten feed would be a problem.
It's like the Sten mag was made for a longer round than the 9x19mm Parabellum.
related to Sten mags but not the same query, do KA mp40 mags work in the sten?
mine seem not to fit correctly
WW2 Weapons AGM Sten, AGM MP40
I use the KA mags in my AGM Sten - They need a bit of a slap to get them in.
It's odd, really - you'd think that they'd be done properly. If KA made an MP40 I'd understand a slight compatibility problem, but they don't.
Interesting. I might have a go myself on a few.
What gun do you have for your german kit (in your avatar picture). Just interested
Umm, I may be wrong (and this IS the wrong place t discuss it), but isn't that Spike Milligan in his avatar?
It is indeed his royal silliness Spoke Billycan. It's also one of his quotes. I only do the Brit impression myself - happy to shoot at the hun uniform, but not comfortable wearing it - a personal thing. I do believe they did win the fashion war though - that's Hugo Boss designs for you!
I'm a hero with coward's legs.
