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Posted: 10/23/2009 11:25:30 AM EDT
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The British documentation for the STEN state that the magazine is a direct copy of the German MP38/40 magazine manufactured by Erma.
Does anyone have data on the interchangeability of STEN and MP40 mags? Can an MP40 accept STEN mags? |
| 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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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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