Something a little different in MilSim

A brief history of the British Sterling:



The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun which was in
service with the British Army from 1953 until 1988 when it was phased
out with the introduction of the L85A1 IW (Individual Weapon). Sterlings
have a reputation for excellent reliability under adverse conditions and
(allowing for the fact that a blowback action is used) good accuracy. A
total of over 400,000 were manufactured. Sterling built them for the
British armed forces and for overseas sales, whilst the Royal Ordnance
Factories plant at Fazakerley (near Liverpool) constructed them
exclusively for the British military. A Canadian version was also
manufactured under licence, called the Submachine Gun 9 mm C1 made
by Canadian Arsenal Limited. It replaced the later versions of the Sten
submachine gun from 1953 onwards. A similar weapon, the "Sub-
Machine Gun Carbine 9 mm 1A1" was manufactured under license by the
Indian Ordnance Factories at Kanpur and at the beginning of the 21st
century, the weapon is still being used by the Indian Armed Forces. About
90 countries purchased various quantities of the gun, including Ghana,
Libya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Tunisia and some Persian Gulf states.

The Sterling has always been one of my favorites. \it's 9mm cousin.

Photos of my new Sterling follow.

This version is a "modern version" chambered for the .223 NATO round.
The side-fed design of the weapon gives it a lower profile and makes it
desirable for covert operations.







In development with 20 rd. mag installed:


A bit of trivia, the Sterling was the basis for the Stormtrooper Blasters in
the Star Wars movies.

Stormtrooper Blaster:

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Sterling:



Edited by nauzerlvr - 28 February 2007 at 8:31am

Wow...amazing work as usual, nauzer!

This is probably one of my favorites milsims you've done. It matches up pretty well to the real thing. Nicely done.

Nice job!

Imo that doesn't really look like the real thing, other than having a mag on the side instead of the bottom.

Although it's not an exact replica, it still looks badass. I like it. If you ever want to make an authentic one, I'm sure there are some demilled parts kits floating around for short money.

NICE!!!!!

def. an original idea for MilSim...

P.S. the Sten was my favorite gun in Call of Duty: Finest Hour....

nice job mate

 

could you list where you got the bit that make up the marker

im interested especially in the mag well, and the swivels

Edited by antarios - 26 February 2007 at 6:20am

SIck

antarios wrote: nice job mate   could you list where you got the bit that make up the marker im interested especially in the mag well, and the swivels

Well, let's see, several of the components came from the local gun shows
they have here all the time, like the swivels, flip up front sight, rail and
rail covers, both scopes, mags, various mounts and the CAR stock saddle.
The Flatline shroud with the Picatinny rails came from Opsgear. It their
"Raider" shroud. The MG-20 (mag holder) came from the gun show but
you can get them from Cheaperthandirt.com. Just do a search there for
AR15 mag holder. The Bipod mount came from the gun show, the Bipod
was a Wal-Mart copy of trhe Harris Bipod - MUCH cheaper and just about
as good. The CAR stock came from Hobbytown USA. On the other gun,
the stock is the Opsgear folding AK47 stock. Scope is an NCStar
electronic lighted recticle scope. Flatline Barrel shroud came from
SpecOps and the machine gun shroud on the last gun came from
Opsgear. The Lapco Offset mounts can be purchased almost anywhere.

Several of the components are real gun parts and of very high quality. for
example, the swivels that mount to the Picatinny rails were $39.00 each.
This was not a cheap gun to build.


Edited by nauzerlvr - 26 February 2007 at 10:23pm

Nice MilSim.

10/10