STEN Vs 55 Gallon Drum Full Of Water

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@smithwesson7765 Месяц назад

My grandfather said the Sten was used to great effect during house to house fighting in Holland.

@Rob-Benny-Hill Месяц назад

My Parents orginate from Holland. We thank your grandfather for helping liberate Holland from the Germans.

@Philliben1991 Месяц назад

@@Rob-Benny-Hill My grandfather was an airman who was hit by AA and crash landed near Venlo and was picked up by Dutch resistance. Those resistance fighters were the bravest people of the war.

@Rob-Benny-Hill 29 дней назад

@@Philliben1991 I read stories and went to their strong hold. In the forest near the Beebos river. My Uncle lives there and they are well commemorated. There is so much history of their exploits and what the germans did try to do to them, and how they fought back and won battles, and what they did the to the dutch people (germans). To read what you have printed makes me extermely proud of my heritage. Thank you for sharing, and I thank your grand father for his service and help, to eradicate the germans from my parents country of birth. I have been to Venlo, and thanks to your grandfather and men like him, it is free from tyranny.

@daviddixon9458 28 дней назад

The sten gu had a reputation for jamming when hot. If you can find one try the Australian Owen gun.

@stankygeorge 28 дней назад

They were designed for close quarter engagements!

@Ron-uq2hg Месяц назад

If you keep holding the Sten by the magazine you will quite quickly start having misfires. The magazine is quite fragile. The Sten is designed to be held by the shroud surrounding the barrel.

@NewFurCat Месяц назад

Correct!

@clay1883 Месяц назад

While I agree that the proper way to hold the Sten is by the shroud, I strongly disagree that the Sten mag is fragile, Far from it. They are steel, and heavily built. Much stronger than a Thompson mag. Others could take a lesson on this design.

@Otacatapetl Месяц назад

The main reason we were told was that there was a strong possibility of it coming off in your hand, which could be embarrassing.

@peterrobbins2862 Месяц назад

@@Otacatapetlfatally embarrassing

@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 28 дней назад

Holding the magazine pulls the round off centre and prevents the bolt picking up the round correctly , the mags are pretty loose fitting on these Triang manufactured 2 quid stens .Always hold the shroud

@alanmacpherson3225 Месяц назад

The STEN gets its name from Shepherd and Turpin the designer's plus Enfield where it was manufactured. ST EN.

@garryrice1954 29 дней назад

What caliber is it?

@alanmacpherson3225 29 дней назад

@@garryrice1954 9mm.

@SeanieVoiceOver 27 дней назад

STerling ENfield

@alanmacpherson3225 27 дней назад

@@SeanieVoiceOver Major Reginald Shepherd and Howard Turpin were the designer's. Sterling had nothing to do with it. There were early examples of the Sterling known as the Patchett at Arnhem in 1944.

@alanramsey2761 24 дня назад

@@garryrice1954 I always thought the STEN was .45

@Ron-uq2hg Месяц назад

My apologies to everyone. I did my National Service in 1957 as a mechanic in the armoured corp. we were issued Sten guns for training in self defence for I think two days and never saw them again. I remember now you didn’t hold them by the barrel shroud. There were so many changes at that time. Started off with SMLE 303 and then transitioned to the. FN.. did basic training on WWII Sherman’s and after a month or so transitioned to Centurions. I really liked working on both tanks.

@brustar5152 Месяц назад

Sorry to disagree Ron but the barrel shroud is there specifically for you to grip with your left hand while your wrist is underneath the magazine. This was to give you control over barrel rise up and leftwards on full auto and also to prevent misfires from magazine being "wrenched" into misalignment while too aggressively gripping it. The Sten can fire single shot just by releasing the trigger after each pull. There is a cross bolt bar full/semi-auto selector button in the trigger assy. Should have an "A" stamped in right hand end of the button.

@Trellous Месяц назад

….and when I joined the army a Centurion was a rank not a tank!

@Tommy-Atkins Месяц назад

Hmm unusual as the Sterling SMG replaced the Sten gun in the British Army in 1953…🤷‍♂️

@s_vb2220 29 дней назад

@@Tommy-Atkins replacing takes time, sighing a contract doesnt magically turn all the STENs into Sterlings over night. cant speak for the brits but i spoke with a Belgian gentleman who still used sten mk II in the 80s, even though officially the sten was replaced by the M2 Vigneron in 1953.

@Ron-uq2hg 28 дней назад

@@Tommy-Atkins not in the New Zealand army it didn’t. I’m not sure but I don’t think New Zealand ever changed to Sterlings but I’m ready to be corrected.

@TeachaMantoFish Месяц назад

Metal stamped gun, epitome of efficiency in manufacturing.

@michaeltaylor4984 Месяц назад

It's a Toob!

@NINacide Месяц назад

The death of art and masterpieces

@redtobertshateshandles Месяц назад

Not enough profit for the investors of the military industrial complex.

@NINacide Месяц назад

@@redtobertshateshandles don't forget, one of hitler's complaints about the great war was that a bank loaned money to both sides

@FlashyVic Месяц назад

@@redtobertshateshandles At the time we (Britain) had left most of our armaments on the beaches of Dunkirk so needed a quick and very cheap weapon to help re-arm what was left of our forces to face what was thought to be a very imminent invasion. The Sten gun was the perfect remedy at the time. So much so that it was used in various forms for decades.

@benzonlidi4099 Месяц назад

I told you, never mess with Hickok 45 .

@brustar5152 Месяц назад

He's had enough full auto experience to instinctively compensate for barrel rise and he controlled those shots perfectly. Left hand grip of the magazine is verbotten though.

@chrisrush5166 Месяц назад

About 20 years ago, I rented one at a special gun shop in Las Vegas with my son who lived there. The thing I liked about it was that the rate of fire was pretty slow for a full auto. I noticed also by researching the gun that back In The past, a person could buy a kit with the essential original parts to make your own. When I got back to the little mountain community where I lived, I found out that a neighbor of mine who has since passed, actually had one. Turns out that with some fine tuning, the kit along with some metal pipe that he bought from another source, listed in the kit directions, WORKED. I take it that those kits have long been illegal now. 😞

@floridagunrat1625 Месяц назад

They were illegal twenty years ago too! Lol!

@reahuntley507 Месяц назад

This is the gun that Stan Hollis used to win the only Victoria Cross on D-Day, imagine running up a beach in Normandy armed with this gun and a few grenades. Enjoyed the video

@dans.98 Месяц назад

Awesome display of the Sten gun I would like to see more old guns . Thanks Hickok

@DesertHusker Месяц назад

Agreed, the more older guns, the better.

@Chris_M1_Garand Месяц назад

British ingenuity during very hard times

@robertarthurs328 Месяц назад

A trigger and a spring lol

@snowflakemelter1172 Месяц назад

@@robertarthurs328don't be daft

@robertarthurs328 Месяц назад

@@snowflakemelter1172What's the matter sweetie, it's a chunk of metal under spring pressure and released. It borders on throwing a rock technically.

@stephensmith4480 Месяц назад

@@robertarthurs328 There's always one isn't there pal and you're it.

@snowflakemelter1172 Месяц назад

@@robertarthurs328 back to your gaming now

@Grarder Месяц назад

The laugh at the end is so perfect! I love the STEN! Such a wonderful assembly of pipe fittings. :)

@kevinfelton689 Месяц назад

Somebody call Ian McCullough and see if we can get that gun off full auto before Hickok has to take out a loan for more ammo.

@brustar5152 Месяц назад

just releasing the trigger stops it auto cylce firing. It's an open bolt design so trigger sear impedes bolt upon recoil return.

@chriserickson6081 Месяц назад

There is a push through button type fire selector marked A (automatic) on one side and S (single) on the other; there is no safety other than a notch in the receiver tube for the charging handle to go (not a very good or trustworthy safety). If these guys couldn’t get it to semiautomatic, either there’s something wrong with the selector switch or they mistook the S for safety and didn’t try it properly.

@MarsFKA 17 дней назад

@@chriserickson6081 Either way, they are firing a weapon that they don't completely understand. Not good.

@dmac300 Месяц назад

Never apologize for full auto!!

@helbent4 Месяц назад

Full-auto means never having to say "sorry"!

@shootingsportstransparency7461 Месяц назад

Ingenious design in so many different variants that any English bicycle maker could produce them with the tools he had in his workshop

@brustar5152 Месяц назад

They were a Partisan's wet dream.

@andysavill8580 Месяц назад

There's a common myth that Stens were made in Britain by "backstreet" workshops etc. ALL British military Stens were made at Royal Ordnance Factories or by BSA, the MK3 by Lines Brothers. Small parts were contracted out to industry as they are today, but no parts were made by "some bloke in a shed!!" - but that would be the case for resistance groups in occupied Europe!

@jasonhiggins6431 29 дней назад

Some still do 😂

@sandemike 27 дней назад

@@andysavill8580 I know sten barrels where rifled in a factory in Cowes on The Isle of Wight.

@binderfan436 Месяц назад

The rate of fire seems to be just right.

@williamkennedy5492 Месяц назад

I talked with an armourer about this gun, he said if anything it was too accurate a weapon , its cheap and cheerful, thats why the Germans copied it in late 1944. they simplified it even more.

@peterrobbins2862 Месяц назад

To accurate? The Germans must be absolute masters of innovative engineering to have simplified it more than the British

@stuartpowell449 Месяц назад

Thats a nice sprinkler. 👌

@Maurice895 Месяц назад

The Sten is such a cool looking weapon, I love the side mag. I have them in old WW2 movies. Youi're a lucky guy Hickok, so many awesome guns to shoot.

@tompickering Месяц назад

My grandad did the production line layout and tool set up for these at Birmingham Small Arms. They were nicknamed "the Plumbers Nightmare" because they looked (and shot) like a set of household plumbers tubes soldered together. Cheap though - they turned them out by the tens of thousand. It's the gun I would most like to own - but alas Canadian Gun Laws = no full auto up here.

@FrankJmClarke Месяц назад

BSA, by the hundreds of thousands.

@brustar5152 Месяц назад

Tom, Your grandad was doing the same job I held after leaving the RCN as a newly minted ERA using my machinist ticket to gain work at Canadian Arsenals Ltd in Longbranch, Ontario. I loved that place as a very young bachelor. The ratio of female machine operators to male employees was probably 4 - 1. Good times indeed.

@rogerhall6021 Месяц назад

Once saw one that was actually made by folk in a Jewish ghetto during a crack down It was just folded metal .was told British dropped plans and ammo

@mfgproguru Месяц назад

There are still a few hundred grandfathered collectors that can legally own registered full auto STEN guns in Canada. The guns need to have been registered before or by January 1st, 1978 and the owners have to have been in continuous possession of at least one such registered full auto as of that date. They can buy and sell these firearms between themselves but they generally keep a very low profile so as not to attract attention to themselves. Check section 12.2 of the Criminal Code of Canada for additional information.

@rawschri 24 дня назад

It's estimated that between 3.7 & 4.6m Sten Guns were manufactured between 1941-45, according to various sources ...

@josephmorgan3715 Месяц назад

Full automatic goodness in the morning puts a spring in our step throughout the day!

@dp-sr1fd Месяц назад

Notice on a Sten how easy it is to keep the muzzle down. The bolt fires the cartridge as it chambers the round and on recoil it doesn't hit a hard stop.

@brustar5152 Месяц назад

That's the function of the bolt spring kicking in to cushion the bolt recoil.

@creekjonsun 28 дней назад

Just ahead of the trigger loop, an one inch above is the select fire push through button.The right side is stamped "A" for auto, and the left side is stamped "R" for repetition. It has been over 40 years since i fired some MK 2's . that should be the selector button.

@gregbrown5129 Месяц назад

Every time I see STEN's I think about how easy they would be to make in this day and age.

@michaelgibson4705 Месяц назад

The STEN gun cost approximately £2-10shillings around $10 to make not bad value in the 1940s😂

@alexlanning712 Месяц назад

If I remember right,in comparison the Thompson mg cost 45+ Australian Pounds during WWII

@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq 25 дней назад

The Sten cost 7 shillings + 5 pennys to produce.

@PeterC245 Месяц назад

You’ll will probably never come across one , But WW11, Owen gun , 9mm made in Australia would be very interesting to see in action

@eightlivesdownmtb Месяц назад

The Owen was similar to the Sten but better in every way. The Owen was a hugely successful jungle gun, too.

@rayatkin3913 Месяц назад

My father in law used OMC in the Kokoda campaign, murderous at close range.

@peterrobbins2862 Месяц назад

@@rayatkin3913likewise my grandfather in new guinea

@bestestusername 29 дней назад

@@eightlivesdownmtb We still used it in vietnam

@rgwholt 28 дней назад

@@eightlivesdownmtb yea of course it was ..... every time the Aussies copy something its better, bit like the Chinese

@al6347 Месяц назад

That's how they beat the drums in Tennessee. Life is Good. 😂

@JamesLeigh-jl9iv Месяц назад

Such a simple gun and so easily made.

@s.a.3882 29 дней назад

I've seen many comments and this video puts them all to bed. Cheaply built as it was, the Sten is lethal in close combat situations.

@alastairward2774 23 дня назад

Swap the blue barrel for a Nazi and this video could be in war time France.

@Mike80528 Месяц назад

That a Barrel to Colander conversion kit!

@patrickbodine1300 Месяц назад

Thank you IKEA.

@geckoproductions4128 Месяц назад

Back in the mid eighties, I taught my 8 & 12 year old girls to shoot with a sten on a 55gal drum, but ours has a Ceiner can on it. Both girls would do a mag dump, jump up and down squealing a giggling, and say "lets do it again daddy!"

@davidwelch6796 28 дней назад

I bet your neighbours were terrified of your girls.

@SirAntoniousBlock 26 дней назад

You must be a wonderful father.

@NWales45Kilo Месяц назад

My Grandad was in France and was straffed by P51s while crossing a field. "He hid behind a tree with his sten" my Nan told me. She called the planes " Moostangs"

@lindsayheyes925 Месяц назад

Don't leave it your workshop, or next time you reach for your grease-gun...

@jerex112 Месяц назад

the pistol at the end hahahha niceee

@johnklein233 Месяц назад

What a fun video. I will be posting a link to it every time someone makes the comment that WWII Stens were lousy guns and didn't shoot straight.

@deadskunk8733 Месяц назад

You can write a letter home with that damn thing !!!

@brucebell1809 Месяц назад

Back in 1960s as a 15 y.o. air cadet in the UK we shot .22rf and .303 rifles. On one memorable day we were given the opportunity to fire a mag. full from a sten😎. Would never happen now.😱

@user-xw3zu1gm4q 20 дней назад

Similar experience in the Army cadets. Late 70’s firing .303 rifles on the range at RAF Woodbridge getting ready for Bisley. Had the opportunity to shoot a Stirling sub machine gun, a Bren and an old flintlock. That flintlock was memorable for the delayed kick followed by a shaken cadet being enveloped in a black cloud.

@faeembrugh 14 дней назад

We had that! Except...we had to pay 10p for every 9mm round so a full mag was a bit beyond our price range. I could afford 5 shots and completely missed the target!

@brucebell1809 14 дней назад

@@faeembrugh 10p hadn't been invented when I had a go. In those days it was £.s.d.

@faeembrugh 13 дней назад

@@brucebell1809 Yeh, this was in the mid-70s. The STEN was a MKIII which had totally worn-out rifling and in fact shouldn't have been fired at all!

@duannecb Месяц назад

Be great if you could get hold of an Owen, that’s the Aussie WW2 equivalent (but better for the jungle).

@antoniosalieri573 Месяц назад

Interesting how he is holding the Sten by the magazine which Ian from Forgotten Weapons said was a no no as it would cause stoppages

@VikOlliver Месяц назад

Yep, not just Ian, it's in the official Mk2 Manual of Arms.

@bonesrhodes3762 Месяц назад

back in the early 1980s Shotgun News ( now renamed Firearm News ) always had ads for STEN gun kits of the various models - came complete minus the receivers - for the huge amount of $19.95 ( later rose to $29.95 and last I remember up to $49.95 ) - from the same sources you could also buy "unfinished receivers" for another $19.95 ( "unfinished" because they had a single screw hole not drilled or tapped: but came with a template showing where to drill and what size to tap - it was all perfectly legal to buy and, as parts, no FFL needed - so, for the grand total of $39.90 plus shipping you could have a complete STEN - illegal as hell if you drilled and tapped the hole

@geoffplywood6112 Месяц назад

What ammo did they take?

@bonesrhodes3762 29 дней назад

@@geoffplywood6112 they shot 9X19 Parabellum - the $20 kit was the MK II with the piece of pipe for a stock - the expensive $50 one had the wood stock - non-operable replicas are now from a couple of hundred to almost a grand: no idea what a real one goes for

@johntremblay4100 Месяц назад

And that’s how the colander was invented 😂

@redtobertshateshandles Месяц назад

😂

@sitcorocket Месяц назад

Old, simple, reliable, stood the test of time and loved by millions....oh and a sten gun ❤

@kbjerke Месяц назад

Easy-peasy way of ventilating a new burn barrel!! I have a Long Branch MKII and it's a joy to shoot, even in semi. Thanks, Hickok45! 👍

@stevenmorson6872 26 дней назад

At the time these were made, there were US$4.00 to the GBP (£). The Sten cost £2 and 6 shillings at that time, which is £2.30 in decimal, and was in service from 1942 to ‘53! Replaced by the Sterling-Patchett, similar sesign, itself only being taken out of service in 1988.

@manaboutlondontown968 26 дней назад

British WWII machine gun, effective, light and cheap to mass-produce. A classic.

@cmdredstrakerofshado1159 Месяц назад

Nice! It's a later mark II because it has the push in safety / cocking handle to prevent slam fire AD's with a closed bolt and a load magazine . Awesome SMG with a great controllable rate of fire A+ .

@andrzejchrzastek4848 28 дней назад

You don't simply hold the STEN smg by its magazine!!! Trivia.

@dirtydan3029 Месяц назад

"Hey i like that!" *pulls out a 45 and starts blasting*

@simonelt7317 Месяц назад

Watch the video again and this time watch Hickock’s head! Zero movement from recoil! That Sten might as well have been butted up against granite!

@cameraman655 Месяц назад

Just 2 words….”FRIGGIN’ AWESOME”!!🇺🇸

@andrewpaul3130 Месяц назад

Oh blimey! Cuppa char after the most splendid shoot, I say old chap?

@ericthemauve 13 дней назад

Hell's Bell's! You never hold a Sten by the magazine when firing it! 😯

@BloodweiserDK Месяц назад

Love how the sidearm is pulled out at the end, because of the sheer joy of shooting a barrel. Enjoy the little things in life :)

@jackthebassman1 Месяц назад

I read a sort of amusing story that the sten was so prone to go off that you could throw it through the door of a house and it would clear the room!

@Scaleyback317 19 дней назад

My late Father was on guard duty in Egypt. A large spider ran across a window sill and Dad reached around to look for something heavy to kill it with. A Mauritean solder shouted he had it and killed the spider with the butt of his sten this caused the STEN to fire and it took the Mauritian;s head off and had the remainder of the guard running for cover. Dad said it was a great little weapon but prone to discharges with even the smallest of knocks. He was glad to see it replaced by the Sterling SMG.

@blatherskite9601 23 дня назад

How can I press like when you're having so much fun? It ain't fair!

@gooderspitman8052 25 дней назад

They were designed for clay pigeon shooting, my grandad used one in the Second World War, to win the northern counties Jerry v Tommy trials, held at the Arnhem Bridge. This prize winning Sten was manufactured in the Royal Enfield factory which was located in Maltby, near Rotherham.

@Phil-S8 Месяц назад

Love the sound of a STEN

@stevebettany8778 Месяц назад

Just realised all those films they got the sound right.

@user-kn6my6yv2t Месяц назад

A new burn barrel.😂

@paulkeightley6545 25 дней назад

My late uncle told me never fire a sten holding the magazine as it is liable to jam

@davetdowell Месяц назад

It was the chuckle at the end that made me smile ... "Yep does what it says on the tin"... it's a pressed steel construction weapon.

@frigidmonk Месяц назад

Music to my ears! Thank you sir!!!🎉

@keithrickson8522 Месяц назад

"STEN, safety, always off." - Cyrus

@stanlysteemer4872 Месяц назад

Another great video thanks champ.

@superb63amg94 Месяц назад

That's a mean machine!

@user-ub9xw8ro3y Месяц назад

Hickok45 livin' the dream!

@peterdavidchessell5952 Месяц назад

My grandad said. It was a godsend in Caen house to house hand to hand.

@johndransfield1265 28 дней назад

My father was involved in the action to take Caen. A bloody mess of a battle with panzers and 88mm’s dug in around the north of the city. In August ‘44 he was at the Falaise gap ,he dropped his sten and a round fired .it went through his chest and out of his shoulder. At the inquiry into his injury it was noted that his weapon was waiting for parts to replace a faulty safety mechanism.

@FLGurl Месяц назад

Now that is a sprinkler system!

@cccmmm1234 Месяц назад

Tens of thousands were built in railway workshops etc across the world. They were often very crudely built but still functional, therefore a great design. Many went out of the door still covered in welding splatter etc. No time to make them look pretty.

@nickjung7394 29 дней назад

So many people regurgitate "old soldier tales" about how bad the Sten was. In the sixties i remember a (woman) schoolteacher demonstrating how to clean and set up a sten. She put five magazines down the range with no issues. The Regular Army instructor, who was less than half her age couldnt manage more that five rounds without a jam. She gently pointed out that it is not a good idea to remove the tops of beer bottles using the jaws of the mag.

@dalemoss4684 Месяц назад

The ugly british bullet hose.. awesome

@andyleighton6969 26 дней назад

God, he's waving that thing around like a fly swatter. As well he's only a couple of paces from the drum.

@pauldurkee4764 Месяц назад

It has a lovely sound to it.

@alanpearson7554 Месяц назад

Nice presentation. Sten Gun, the name comes from the initials of the designers - Shepherd and Tarpin and the factory at Enfield where it was first manufactured. It was frequently fired holding the magazine during its service. A nice weapon but some safety problems. Replaced by the Patchett Carbine or the SMG as it was known in British service

@snowflakemelter1172 Месяц назад

Thanks for that cut and paste which you didn't even get right. It's Turpin not Tarpin.

@brbob4934 Месяц назад

Hickok just has too much fun....

@davey7452 Месяц назад

To go semi there is a button located above the trigger just push it until it appears on the other side.

@Mark-sy6xq Месяц назад

I’m surprised he couldn’t figure that out.

@billm2078 Месяц назад

@@Mark-sy6xqI'm thinking sarcasm.

@joeedwards627 26 дней назад

I didn’t expect anything else to happen

@jefftaylortaylor5836 Месяц назад

It's a 9mm sprinkler head now!

@floridagunrat1625 Месяц назад

The Stan Mark II is Select fire. A simple button above and in front of the trigger pushes side to side to engage or disengage a disconnector lever. They were super simple to produce and generally worked quite well. The rate of fire running around 5 to 600 rounds per minute made them easy to control.

@nellinecronje6911 26 дней назад

Sten- the only gun that needs a flash hider for the ejection port.

@craigdombrowski7047 Месяц назад

I like it stuck on full auto! Nice job on the barrel

@Thomas-fr8nx Месяц назад

Good one Hickock

@MondoArzer 29 дней назад

Def wouldn't say No to having one. Gotta love old school

@donaldbrown3788 Месяц назад

Now that was awesome. I wish iwas there with you to try shooting a fully automatic. Shot lots of semi auto guns . But never fully auto thanks for sharing that..

@hennies9509 Месяц назад

Now that is stress relief!!!!! 👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻

@juicyj3819 Месяц назад

I wonder how many bullets it would take to boil the water in that drum.? 🤔

@JS-zz2hz 29 дней назад

When we lost our grandfather some years ago, my mum found some certificates hidden in a book, one of which was WW2 era proficiency in using the Sten - I dont remember him ever telling me about that, he just said he trained with the Americans.

@stevehughes2133 Месяц назад

Sten vs 55 gal drum of water, humm, what did you expect to happen?

@TruckerJacket Месяц назад

Basic set up - works

@sadzasnake1755 29 дней назад

Such an infectious laugh. Love it.

@paulynotshore7006 26 дней назад

That " Ha ha" is contagius ...

@Noconstitutionfordemocrats1 Месяц назад

One of my favorites ever since Wolfenstein. 🤤

@peterhughes4767 25 дней назад

Speaking for many I believe I can say with confidence, "grow the freak up"!!.....

@bmartin863 Месяц назад

Now that right there is what you call bleeding out .

@PooreBoy74 Месяц назад

That was GLORIOUS 👍

@user-de8gu9ez2v Месяц назад

water returns to the forest 😊

@jamesmoore9511 Месяц назад

What surprised me is the lack of violent aim point climb when you fired - I'm from the M1 carbine era myself ( same age, size and education as you). Keep up the great videos !!

@minuteman4199 Месяц назад

Because it fires from the open bolt, the inertia of the bolt moving forward cancels out most of the recoil impulse. I've never fired one, but I was trained on and issued with it's replacement, the Sterling SMG as an armoured corps trooper in Canada in the 80s.

@jamesmoore9511 Месяц назад

@minuteman4199 Thanks for the info - I know how the gun was constructed but not the benefits of it's design. A friends dad carried around several Sten magazines for a buddy on Guadalcanal but when he met-up with him after landing he found out that the fellow had gotten rid of it after it jammed three times just running up the beach - his M1 never faltered (my friends dad was just a little pissed about it).

@chrisinhotwater9896 Месяц назад

I like it. you found a fun way to empty a barrel of water.

@trevorgale1176 Месяц назад

I'm not sure, but I think you might of killed it!

@ant7936 25 дней назад

Criticised for inaccuracy, but who wants to face 30 round in 5 seconds?

@lewislewis3703 27 дней назад

1970 Carried the 9mm Sterling SMG that replaced the STEN and the 9mm Browning Semi Automatic Pistol during my service. Fired a 1911 and a Hi Power in Florida 3 weeks ago during a full day on the range. Nearly $300 but good fun.

@neilfoddering921 29 дней назад

Years ago, I worked with an old guy, Stan Lock, who told me that when he was in the army in WW2, he was on patrol with his platoon, single file. The soldier behind him was armed with a Sten, and he tripped and shot Stan “in the arse”, as Stan put it. Fortunately, Stan was hit by only one bullet, but he reckoned that having to lie on his front in hospital while his wound healed was as bad as being shot.