Original Item: Only one available. This is a very good condition British Sten Mk V display gun, built from all original parts on an original BATF compliant non-firing display receiver, making this a 100% legal display Sub-Machine gun. It retains the characteristic Mk V wooden buttstock and pistol grip, original style black painted finish, magazine, and a WWII khaki sling with faint maker markings and a 1943 date. The magazine housing is marked TMT IV over serial number 46768 and additionally bears Israeli markings, making this a particularly interesting postwar Israeli associated example of the late war Sten configuration.

This receiver on this display gun was created by using portions of the original torch cut receiver, including the barrel bushing, combined with some new made steel portions. It has properly had a 25% section of the total length completely replaced entirely with solid steel bar stock. Meaning a 1/4 length section of the display receiver is solid steel, making this totally legal to own without a license of any kind.

Introduced in 1944, the Mk V was essentially a better-quality, more elaborate version of the Mk 2. Changes included a wooden pistol grip, a vertical wooden fore grip (only on early versions), a wooden stock, and a bayonet mount. There was a No4 Lee–Enfield foresight and the weapon was of better quality manufacture and finish than the Mk2 and Mk3. The Sten bandolier issued to paratroopers held seven full magazines.

Another variant of the Mk V had a swivel stock and rear sight mirror intended for firing around corners in urban warfare, similar to the Krummlauf developed by the Germans for the StG 44.

The display gun accurately duplicates the feel and appearance of the original Sten Mk V Machine Carbine. The condition, including the original wooden stock and pistol grip, is very good, and the metalwork is finished with the classic "stove black" type paint used during WWII. The trigger still pulls and the selector switch still moves, though the bolt handle does not move, per BATF regulations. The magazine catch is fully functional as well. A simulated dummy bolt has been installed inside the receiver, and welded in the forward position. The barrel is plugged with steel, and we believe it to be a fabricated replacement, which is why there is no front sight on it. This piece includes an original magazine, where permitted. Elsewhere a deactivated magazine will be sent

The upper side of the magazine housing is marked TMT IV over serial number 46768, and there are Israeli proof marks at the bottom, with no markings present on the bottom of the magazine well. There is some debate over this marking, but it is believed to indicate manufacture by Tabor Military Technology, with "IV" being their internal designation for the model. These were manufactured circa 1945–48, during the foundation period of the modern state of Israel. The fitting on the front of the butt stock is marked with serial 48137.

The Mk V is generally considered to be the best of the Sten family, and was most extensively issued to airborne troops. It is widely represented in British hands in the film A Bridge Too Far. Combat photographs of British airborne troops show how extensive the use of the Mk V was.

The Mk V was designed to use an Enfield rifle sling so that it could be supported with the sling around the soldier's neck as was developed for the early Thompson Lend-Lease deliveries to Britain. This in fact represents the origin of the "assault sling" configuration, which is used almost universally today. They were also used with the standard Sten sling, and the display gun is fitted with a WWII  Khaki sling with faint maker markings and a 43 date.

With its TMT IV and Israeli markings, serial number 46768, original Sten Mk V furniture, black painted finish, permanently inert reconstructed receiver, magazine, and 1943 dated khaki sling, this is a particularly interesting display example combining British WWII Sten design with later Israeli association. The mismatched stock fitting number, fixed dummy bolt, plugged barrel, and uncertainty regarding the barrel’s originality are all fully disclosed. It would fit especially well in a British airborne, Sten, Israeli military, WWII small arms, or postwar military display collection.

NOTE: Magazine will be deactivated if shipped to a state where they are prohibited.