Its last non-suppressed variation was the L2A3 but the model changes were minimal throughout its development life.
Eventually, the Patchett design won and the decision was made in 1951 for the British Army to adopt it. It started to replace the Sten in 1953 as the “Sub-Machine Gun L2A1”.
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The trial was inconclusive but was followed by further development and more trials. However, in 1947, a competitive trial between the Patchett, an Enfield design, a new BSA design and an experimental Australian design was held, with the Sten for comparison. 4 Commando, during the attack on Walcheren as part of Operation Infatuate in November 1944. Because the Patchett/Sterling can use straight Sten submachine gun magazines as well as the curved Sterling design, there were no interoperability problems.Īfter the war, with large numbers of Sten guns in the inventory, there was little interest in replacing them with a superior design. Dawson while he was Commanding Officer of No. Towards the end of the Second World War, some of these trial samples were used in combat by airborne troops during the battle of Arnhem and by special forces at other locations in Northern Europe where it was officially known as the Patchett Machine Carbine Mk 1. For example, a Patchett submachine gun (serial numbered 078 and now held by the Imperial War Museum), was carried in action by Colonel Robert W.P. significantly increased accuracy and reliability when compared with the Sten) and ordered 120 examples for trials. To meet the new requirement, George William Patchett, the chief designer at the Sterling Armaments Company of Dagenham, submitted a sample weapon of new design in early 1944. The first Patchett prototype gun was similar to the Sten insofar as its cocking handle (and the slot it moved back and forth in) was placed in line of sight with the ejection port though it was redesigned soon afterwards and moved up to a slightly offset position. The army quickly recognised the Patchett’s potential (i.e. It stated that the weapon should weigh no more than six pounds (2.7 kg), should fire 9×19mm Parabellum ammunition, have a rate of fire of no more than 500 rounds per minute and be sufficiently accurate to allow five consecutive shots (fired in semi-automatic mode) to be placed inside a one-foot-square target at a distance of 100 yd (91 m). In 1944, the British General Staff issued a specification for a new submachine gun. Precision milled for use with Glock magazine fed lower receivers M-16 cut for use in transferable full-auto MGs, dealer post sample MGs or other legal machine guns (ALL BATFE RULES APPLY) NOTE: Many Aftermarket drop in triggers use modified hammers which may not reset properly, or hit the firing pin square on the carrier which could cause firing pins to bind and snap. Simply pick up the phone and dial 12 or send us an email and we’ll be happy to help. That’s why we’re happy to accommodate custom orders for any products that you don’t see on our regular inventory list. The Sterling is one of the most softest shooting machine guns out there! Here is some history on the gun: Our Firearms Shop is proud to offer all of our customers the variety you deserve when doing your shopping. Normally, as a dealer you have to get a Law Letter from law enforcement that will allow you to have one of these guns, BUT since the dealer is going out of business ATF lifts that restriction and lets them sell the Post Sample guns to dealers without a law letter.This started life as a sten tube and was sent over to Don’s Gun Shop for a conversion into a Sterling SMG.
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So they will not have the appropriate license to have these guns anymore, which means they have to get rid of the Post Samples in their possession. So, what does it mean when we are selling a No Law Letter Gun also called a No Demo Letter Gun? It means that a Dealer had these Post Samples in their possession and they are chose not to renew their Special Occupational Tax License.
So, any gun made after that date is called a post sample and only dealers, military and police can buy those. Registering a machine gun before that date is what makes them transferable. Newer machine guns like the Kriss Vector, and the SCAR are guns manufactured after which was the cutoff date for transferable machine guns to be manufactured. But the newer machine guns aren't transferable which means citizens can’t purchase them. Machine Guns are pretty cool no doubt, especially some of the more recent ones.