How much have you spent so far on your project? Just out of intrest 
probably around the £250 mark but that does not take into account time ,raw steel is cheep ,so a few original parts ,gearbox ,hop ,barrel , mags ,consumables (abraisives etc) and stuff.wouldent even consider makeing another for less than £1500 if that gives a time cost into the equasion.and ive got a family to get to know again, and after that 3 sterling's to make before i even consider anything else .... except maybe a lewis gun.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
dont suppose anybody could post pic's of marking's on their de-ac ,i cant get decent pic's online
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
cheep crappy letter stemps were cut out of true ,i had to turn them to try and get them straight ,that will taech me to go cheep.
really changes the appearance though ,strange but it makes a huge difference
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Stunning job mate 
Free speech is expensive these days!
Fantastic job there 
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Brinn Mk2 is teh awesome.
dadio is teh awesome.
innit
Absolutely great work!
Fabbo quality mate. MMMMMMM Sterlings will be splendido.
I'm a hero with coward's legs.
i really need a rifle
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
I spy a spring in that sten 
Free speech is expensive these days!
Yes, very good! How did you do that?
BTW, have you considered stripping and re-dyeing/oiling the thompson stock to make it look more real? I've just done my Marushin M1 carbine and I'm hugely happy with the result!
the sten is of my own creation from scratch,pre dates the agm and viva by about a year .the spring is made of radioused wire segments welded to a rod connected to the cocking handle at one end and to a fire selector ot the rear ,this gives safe ,single and full auto selection by moveing the cocking handle forward or backward.the bolt also moves in the ejection port at the same time.it uses an m14 box with the standard trigger sawn of and remotley activated by a rod to the sten trigger.this allows you to use the standard m14 selector bar at the back of the gearbox to be actioned by the aforementioned selecta mechanism.can post some pics if your interested but im going to werk soon so it will have to wait till tomorrow.was going to do a run of them but when agm made them for £150 there was no way i could compete so i shelved the idear.the thompson is a marui and yes the stock is on the list of thigs to do urgent.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
That sounds very cool!
I guess as a result the receiver is slightly wider than the one in the AGM and VIVA sten as I doubt there'd be room for the semi auto mech in there?
41.5 mm wide on the main tube ,the real compromise is the trigger housing under the main tube is longer and wider to accomadate the standard motor layout ,ive got a full set of instructions somewhere ,it gives a full stip down,as i said i was going to start production ,the pictured sten is the second prototype ,the first production model is shelved in my shed not fully finished as i was aiming at £350 and when agm came out it sort of all got cancelled.its full steel construction stick bat in the stock adjustable hop etc.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Well there's a guy in NZ looking for a semi-auto only sten and the AGM one may not be around forever... so you may not have to keep it shelved forever!
those with eagle eyes will note that it uses thompson mags ,the agm mp40 was relatively new when i made this one and i was unaware that the mags were a better match ,plus i had thompson mags kicking about to play with.the king arms 110 round thompson mags make it a verry playable gun even on open days.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
hi mate
ive been hopeing you would say hello as i lost your email adress and hence phone number when i did a mass email clear out.it would be good to put the two together and to say hello and let you have a go with what you helped created.ill pm you my phone number ,give me a call so we can arange it.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
What a beautiful job you have done with the Bren!
I hope one day I can do the same job that you made​​!
Thanks for sharing!
