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Posted: 10/23/2009 4:05:09 PM EDT
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Post this in the Class III section. I think you'll find more MP40 owners.
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Posted: 10/23/2009 6:07:09 PM EDT
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nope, STEN mag is too deep front to back. the mp38/40 mag is missing the deep rib in the back that the STEN has......this is from memory while briefly handling both a few years back.
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Posted: 10/23/2009 7:04:02 PM EDT
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I sold my amnesty 40 several years back, but when I first acquired it a couple of the mags that came with the deal were Stens..............they did both fit and function. Only issue was that the things were tight in the mag well, but were easily relieved with some judicious draw filing................bottom line is that you'd have to check your individual gun for fit & function..............they DO look very much alike.
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Posted: 10/23/2009 7:10:25 PM EDT
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That's cool. I would have never guessed that.
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Posted: 10/24/2009 7:29:30 AM EDT
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the Sten Mags were copied from an earllier German SMG mag.....IIRC the Bergmann/ Schmeisser MP 18/I that took the box mag, not the luger snail drum.
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Posted: 11/3/2009 11:11:53 PM EDT
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Unless the MP 40 mag hsg has been worked over there is no way a Sten mag will fit. It is 1/8"+ longer front to rear than an MP 40 mag - I just compared the 2 (I have both a 40 & Sten). A 40 mag might fit in a sten but it would not lock in and function.
Don't think I've ever tried that and mine are in the safe. IF memory serve the Sten mags were copied from the MP 28. Sarge |
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Posted: 11/4/2009 9:20:11 AM EDT
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That would make sense, since the MP28 was directly cloned as the British "Lanchester" for the Royal Navy. The Lanchester had a 50 round magazine, but would accept Sten mags from what I remember.
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