When we were buying Thompsons at £50 a pop sold by the US in 1940 it was shown by Harold Turpin that we could make our own sub machine gun for about £7. Cheap, yes, pretty ugly, yes, but that was the point. Rumour being so quick to spead around and misquoted in a lot of books means it is more or less common thought that the Sten was rubbish, and that is a ridiculous statement, we would not have produced over 3 million if that was the case. They were quite stiff to release too if the deactivated example I owned is anything like typical. When not cocked the weapon was modified and had a hole drilled in the side where the cocking lever could be pushed through the side and effectively hold the bolt rigid. There was a safety slot where the bolt was pulled back and rotated so the cocking handle was pushed into the slot and held by the recoil spring, much less likely to jolt free. For those who do not know look out for pics of the Sten online. Misfires and firing when dropping the gun would be possible if the gun was cocked and not put onto safety. There was a jog tool for armourers to improve and reshape the lips of Bren mags, but not sure about the Sten, though it is possible.
This is why only about 28 rounds would be loaded.
#How many parts did the sten mark 2 machine carbine contain full
The spring could also bunch up the ammo in the mag when fully filled and cause overlapping and a stoppage of a newly loaded full mag. This also causes wear to the magazine lips. The magazine catch wears and one day when firing the magazine will come out into the hand of the person using the weapon, nasty time to have a stoppage. This places wear on the magazine catch and the retainer and also the magazine port itself. As the picture by a woefully uneducated user shows, the obvious place to grip for the untrained, is the magazine. The Sten was a victim of poor user discipline - I have read books by respected armourers who said it was basically a good weapon.
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