Currently the BATF paperwork list the manufacture of this weapon as "ENGLAND WWII". These surplus, used original 9mm STEN parts kits are complete minus barrel and receiver tube.
This example has later "T" style buttstock and is complete with one 20 round and six 30 round Sten magazines, two canvas magazine pouches and an original canvas STEN sling. Original Item: The famous WW2 British Mk II Sten Machine Carbine (submachine gun) has become very scarce on the market. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has examined. The receiver/tube itself is unmarked or proofed, with a small (PHX) etched on the right side, with the left rear trigger housing stamped "ENGLAND". The YAC STEN MK II carbine is a machine gun as defined in the National Firearms Act. The top of the magazine well housing is marked "STEN MKII" with the underside marked "FK 71265" over "SECO & CO.". Barrel length is only 7.75 inches and weight is only about 6.5 pounds. Its buttstock is not foldable but skeletal in form and easily removed. and the FRT Gun (a long barrel Sten with a wooden or Mk 1 type butt stock. Mine is the Mark II version, which was the most common with about 2 million produced in only 3 years. The STEN (or Sten gun) is a family of British submachine guns chambered in. During WWII they were produced by two primary factories, BSA Shirley and the Royal Ordnance factory at Fazakerley, as well as Canada and after WWII also in India. Without a doubt, the homeliest of WWII submachine guns is the Brits’ STEN gun. It is estimated that well over 1 million were produced with an estimated manufacturing cost of approximately $9.00 each.
They have three basic machined parts the barrel, barrel bushing and bolt with the various remaining parts all produced from sheet metal stamping all welded together.
They are a simple blow-back operated SMG that can be fired both in full or semi-automatic. One version of many, This is my interpretation of a Mk2 Sten Machine Gun, brand new, straight out of the box. They were produced in several configurations with the MKII being the most widely used and remained well in service until the 1970s. This part will work on the British Mark II and Mark III model Sten guns.
These SMGs were the workhorse of the British and United Kingdom forces throughout WWII to include many US, and Free French Resistance forces as well as Allied paratroopers and special operations units. Original British Sten steel buttstock, 'T' type. This is an excellent example of a fully functional WWII British MKII STEN submachine gun.