Original Item: Only One Available. This is an original British WWII Sten MkII inert display submachine gun assembled from original military components around a solid aluminum dummy receiver. It retains an early loop butt stock, original removable barrel with an excellent bore, original magazine, functional magazine catch, movable selector, and pullable trigger. The top of the magazine housing is marked with serial number FA 50809 and retains both early and later Sten model markings.

Think of The Bridge on the River Qwai. William Holden holding his MkII Sten and looking very grim. And how many other war movies do we remember where we remember the MkII Sten but not the actors? Probably quite a few.

Not only was the Sten ubiquitous in movies and among Allied troops, but the German Army, of all people, eventually made numerous copies of it. Earlier, Otto Skorzeny, the famous head of Germany’s equivalent of Britain’s Commandos, tried hard to get permission to use the silenced version of the Sten for his troops, but his request was rejected on grounds of national—read that as National Socialist—arrogance.

This non-firing BATF compliant Sten Mk II is made up of original parts on a solid aluminum dummy receiver with a live barrel, and duplicates the feel and appearance of the original Sten Mk II Machine Carbine. It also has the rare and hard to find early model "Loop" butt stock. This style butt stock was found to be fragile, and replaced in the field with a sturdier "T" butt stock, which was also carried over to the Mk III. 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, and the barrel can still be unscrewed from the dummy receiver. The bore is in excellent conditior, almost mirror bright with little sign that it was ever used.

It is finished in the stove black used on most British small arms of the Second World War. The condition is very good, and it is faintly marked STEN MKI[I] on the top of the magazine well over serial number FA 50809, under which is a much clearer STEN MK2 stamp. The bottom is stamped with B & T, for Broadhurst & Thompson of Birmingham, England, a subcontractor during the war. There are some proof marks, and also R.F.I. / FR / 1963, indicating that it was re-arseneled at Rifle Factory Ishapore in in India. The country was still part of the commonwealth at the time, and received much in the way of aid from Great Britain, including obsolete arms. The Loop butt stock is additionally marked with 39277, and the barrel is marked 9135.

The Mk II was the most widely distributed of the various Sten models, and was featured in numerous motion pictures, including the marquee poster for the great movie The Bridge On The River Kwai. This piece includes an original magazine, where permitted. Elsewhere a deactivated magazine will be sent.

With its FA 50809 serial number, early loop butt stock, B & T subcontractor marking, 1963 R.F.I. refurbishment stamp, original removable barrel, and included magazine, this is a strong WWII Sten MkII display example. The solid aluminum dummy receiver, fixed bolt handle, mismatched stock and barrel numbers, and postwar Indian refurbishment markings are all fully disclosed. It would fit especially well in a British WWII infantry weapons, airborne, resistance, Sten, or inert military display collection.

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