Breaking Out The BIG Guns

[garybrantley]

Feb 23, 2024 8:57:43 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Feb 23, 2024 8:41:29 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Those machineguns look fantastic!   That was such a cool project and unusual too! I like the wood stand as it is now, but that's a matter of taste.   Folks might enjoy seeing my submachinegun in action.   It's a Sten MkII, with myself and my first cousin Thomas, on the trigger.

Yours truly:


My cousin having a go; as an old Vietnam "jungle fighter", he had a close relationship with automatic weapons!

This was my service weapon as a Canadian Army vehicle operator in the 1970's. I pumped untold thousands of rounds through the poor old things. 



That's a Sterling subgun, right?   Very cool indeed! 😎 It doesn't take long to run up a pretty high ammo "bill" with these things.  Thirty rounds in 4 seconds and time for a reload! 😄

[Tojo72]

Beautiful work and not a subject you see everyday

[tcoat]

Feb 23, 2024 9:06:34 GMT -5 garybrantley said:

Feb 23, 2024 8:57:43 GMT -5 tcoat said:

This was my service weapon as a Canadian Army vehicle operator in the 1970's. I pumped untold thousands of rounds through the poor old things. 



That's a Sterling subgun, right?   Very cool indeed! 😎 It doesn't take long to run up a pretty high ammo "bill" with these things.  Thirty rounds in 4 seconds and time for a reload! 😄

Yes. It is a Canadian version of the Sterling. The big difference is that several of the parts on the Sterling were cast but the C1 used stamped metal instead. Made it lighter but even less accurate. When you consider the Sterling wasn't all that accurate to start with that is saying something. Was a true "Spray and Pray" weapon. We used them for vehicle crews well into the eighties.

[tcoat]

Added poll on stand finish.

[tcoat]

Please vote. I need the collective thoughts of my peers on this one.

[kyledehart5]

I voted. 🙋🏻‍♂️

[armornutii]

  Exercised my priviledge to vote.

[themongoose]

I just have to comment on it a second time. This is just such a crazy looking job of weathering and painting! It looks so real.

[tcoat]

Feb 26, 2024 20:46:34 GMT -5 themongoose said:

I just have to comment on it a second time. This is just such a crazy looking job of weathering and painting! It looks so real.

Thanks. This is why I am obsessing a bit on how the rack should look. Want it to look good but also want it to compliment the finish on the guns not overshadow them. 
At this point it is looking like I will just do one more coat of gloss to bring up the natural finish of the wood and tie the labels in so they look less like stickers.