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Posted: 8/17/2018 5:07:30 PM EDT
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I've got one with a Wheatly sten grip conversion. Works fine, and the mags are pretty reliable, in my experience. I've got a ton of sten mags and would occasionally find one that didn't run perfectly, so I'd just set that one aside and not use it anymore, but most of them ran well right out of the box. I also use them on my Oly pattern 9mm upper.
If you want to do caliber swaps, you'll prefer the GG grip or an Uzi grip, since you just can't fit 45 mags into the original or sten mag grips. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 9:23:38 AM EDT
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I've got one with a Wheatly sten grip conversion. Works fine, and the mags are pretty reliable, in my experience. I've got a ton of sten mags and would occasionally find one that didn't run perfectly, so I'd just set that one aside and not use it anymore, but most of them ran well right out of the box. I also use them on my Oly pattern 9mm upper. If you want to do caliber swaps, you'll prefer the GG grip or an Uzi grip, since you just can't fit 45 mags into the original or sten mag grips. I just bought some for $22 each and the oh so important mag loader. I only had the opportunity to shoot it once and had 1 mag. Without the loader I could only get about 23-24 rounds loaded before killing my thumb. It ran pretty good with only 2 hiccups. |
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Posted: 8/20/2018 11:35:27 PM EDT
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I bought new STEN springs for my sten magazines...
cleaned it up a bit...and then also I used the TAPCO Sten mags and they work fine. yes..out of 50 I have I think about 20 are crap.... But changing the springs in it....and they were good as new. Don't pull the springs on the old ones.... So far..my Craig Wheatley conversion works good....... It's a lesson and trying crying game on it at first but after marking my mags and trial and error..they work fine now. |
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Posted: 8/23/2018 12:06:49 PM EDT
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I bought new STEN springs for my sten magazines... cleaned it up a bit...and then also I used the TAPCO Sten mags and they work fine. yes..out of 50 I have I think about 20 are crap.... But changing the springs in it....and they were good as new. Don't pull the springs on the old ones.... So far..my Craig Wheatley conversion works good....... It's a lesson and trying crying game on it at first but after marking my mags and trial and error..they work fine now. I was able to get out and shoot it yesterday. I had 4 mags with me. When fully loaded it had feeding issues with all mags. When I only loaded 25 rounds in each magazine it ran really well. When I added a suppressor it ran even better. |
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Posted: 8/25/2018 8:05:39 PM EDT
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I've got a Sten converted M11/9 and like it. I have to remove the tabs on the sides of the mags to work with mine. I have a bunch of mags for mine I bought when they were cheap. I made a 57 round mag out of two, by cutting the top off one and the bottom off another and welding together. I just used both springs connected together with electrical crimp connectors on both sides. Only downside I see is the possibility of something coming out for a standard magwell version that won't work with the converted guns.
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Posted: 9/4/2018 1:59:14 PM EDT
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My Mac 11/9 was Sten converted back in the late 80's way before I bought it. Works great. The Austen mag loader is the ticket, they are hard to find.
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Posted: 9/4/2018 3:06:26 PM EDT
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I would love a drop in sten mag 9mm conversion for my Powder Springs M10-45.
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Posted: 9/4/2018 3:18:52 PM EDT
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One thing I have noticed is that the mags do not fit snug in the mag well. There is movement backwards/ forwards and side to side.
This may be causing some of the feeding problems. |
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Posted: 9/4/2018 3:33:16 PM EDT
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I really recommend going to CDNN and look for the Tapco Sten mags at 9.99.
try it and see if it works.... it might be a tight fit but a little in and out...they will set in. I can load up to 31 in a tapco and they run well. the AUSTEN loader is the cats pajamas on loading mags.... The reproduction loaders are hit and miss but the loader for the tapco works very well but it is slow a bit once you get used to it. |
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Posted: 9/4/2018 4:17:41 PM EDT
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I really recommend going to CDNN and look for the Tapco Sten mags at 9.99. try it and see if it works.... it might be a tight fit but a little in and out...they will set in. I can load up to 31 in a tapco and they run well. the AUSTEN loader is the cats pajamas on loading mags.... The reproduction loaders are hit and miss but the loader for the tapco works very well but it is slow a bit once you get used to it. Will have to try the Tapco mags. I'm going to get the Lage Max 10/31. I am number 25 on the list. Time to start buying some drum mags and some Zmags. |
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Posted: 11/9/2018 7:48:09 PM EDT
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I ran 18 mags today with only one malfunction. The bolt closed on an empty chamber with a loaded mag.
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Posted: 11/10/2018 2:33:45 AM EDT
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looks good
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