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Cerwyn
Cerwyn (Site Admin)
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Registration date : 2008-07-20
 | Subject: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face  Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:33 pm | |
| My Hudson STEN's zinc bolt face wore out, as zinc is prone to do, so 8ace made me this very neat'n'tidy Steel replacement-
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Cerwyn
Hobby collector of Replica model guns and Militaria.
also member of Living History Reenactment Groups.
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claymore
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 1249
Age : 64
Location / Country : London
Registration date : 2008-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:23 am | |
| As always with 8ace its brilliant work. I get all my zinc bolts adapted with a steel bolt face. | |
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shazhib
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 323
Age : 57
Location / Country : Tokyo, Japan
Registration date : 2008-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:56 pm | |
| Claymore,
How the steel face attached to a zinc body? I assume it is not glued....
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Cerwyn
Cerwyn (Site Admin)
Number of posts : 11090
Age : 65
Location / Country : North Wales
Registration date : 2008-07-20
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Fri Aug 04, 2017 2:36 pm | |
| Shazhib,I believe the steel bolt face is pinned / screwed into the zinc bolt body.
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Cerwyn
Hobby collector of Replica model guns and Militaria.
also member of Living History Reenactment Groups.
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claymore
Modelgun Perfectionist
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Age : 64
Location / Country : London
Registration date : 2008-09-07
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:21 pm | |
| Shaz, i think cerwyn is correct but 8ace can advise better on that. I have had the zinc bolt face done for some models as its only the bolt face that gets destroyed the rest of the bolt holds up well, so for those bolts that you can do this type of modification on its worth it but some models dont have enough material to do this and so a full steel bolt is needed.
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8ace
Modelgun Perfectionist
Number of posts : 2560
Location / Country : UK
Registration date : 2008-08-06
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:10 am | |
| It's a much easier repair than a complete replacement bolt.
The metal face is screwed onto the existing zinc bolt together with metal epoxy used to fill any gaps and stop anything coming loose.
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Gecko
New Member
Number of posts : 12
Location / Country : Germany
Registration date : 2017-02-11
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:28 pm | |
| - Cerwyn wrote:
- My Hudson STEN's zinc bolt face wore out, as zinc is prone to do, so 8ace made me this very neat'n'tidy Steel replacement-
Hi Cerwyn, I'm looking for the dimensions of a Sten Modelgun recoil spring. Could you help me with the following dimensions: - Length of the spring (uncompressed state) - Inner diameter of the spring - Spring wire thickness - Pitch - Number of coils Many thanks in advance! Best regards Gecko | |
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Cerwyn
Cerwyn (Site Admin)
Number of posts : 11090
Age : 65
Location / Country : North Wales
Registration date : 2008-07-20
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:22 pm | |
| Hi Gecko,
Are you after the Hudson or MGC version please?
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Cerwyn
Hobby collector of Replica model guns and Militaria.
also member of Living History Reenactment Groups.
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Gecko
New Member
Number of posts : 12
Location / Country : Germany
Registration date : 2017-02-11
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:50 pm | |
| - Cerwyn wrote:
- Hi Gecko,
Are you after the Hudson or MGC version please? It doesn't matter - as long as you could then tell me what the respective bolt weighs. | |
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Cerwyn
Cerwyn (Site Admin)
Number of posts : 11090
Age : 65
Location / Country : North Wales
Registration date : 2008-07-20
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:04 am | |
| - Gecko wrote:
- Cerwyn wrote:
- Hi Gecko,
Are you after the Hudson or MGC version please?
It doesn't matter - as long as you could then tell me what the respective bolt weighs. OK Gecko, I'll get back to you asap
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Cerwyn
Hobby collector of Replica model guns and Militaria.
also member of Living History Reenactment Groups.
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Cerwyn
Cerwyn (Site Admin)
Number of posts : 11090
Age : 65
Location / Country : North Wales
Registration date : 2008-07-20
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:11 pm | |
| Hi Gecko,
Dimensions taken from my MGC STEN MkIII
Overall free length 270mm
Outside Dia: 20mm
Wire Dia: 1.51mm
Coils per inch (25.4mm) 2
Total Coils per full length 21
Weight of Bolt assembly including Charging handle 436g
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Cerwyn
Hobby collector of Replica model guns and Militaria.
also member of Living History Reenactment Groups.
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Gecko
New Member
Number of posts : 12
Location / Country : Germany
Registration date : 2017-02-11
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:54 pm | |
| - Cerwyn wrote:
- Hi Gecko,
Dimensions taken from my MGC STEN MkIII
Overall free length 270mm
Outside Dia: 20mm
Wire Dia: 1.51mm
Coils per inch (25.4mm) 2
Total Coils per full length 21
Weight of Bolt assembly including Charging handle 436g Cerwyn, many thanks for your feedback and your efforts - that will help me a lot. Question: Is the MGC Sten bolt made of metal or plastic? What kind of blow back cartridges are ouse in that model - PFC or open cartridges? Best regards Gecko | |
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Cerwyn
Cerwyn (Site Admin)
Number of posts : 11090
Age : 65
Location / Country : North Wales
Registration date : 2008-07-20
| | Subject: Re: Hudson STEN MkII - Custom Steel Bolt Face Wed Feb 17, 2021 3:49 pm | |
| - Gecko wrote:
- Cerwyn wrote:
- Hi Gecko,
Dimensions taken from my MGC STEN MkIII
Overall free length 270mm
Outside Dia: 20mm
Wire Dia: 1.51mm
Coils per inch (25.4mm) 2
Total Coils per full length 21
Weight of Bolt assembly including Charging handle 436g
Cerwyn,
many thanks for your feedback and your efforts - that will help me a lot.
Question: Is the MGC Sten bolt made of metal or plastic? What kind of blow back cartridges are ouse in that model - PFC or open cartridges?
Best regards
Gecko Hi Gecko,No problem, it's my pleasure to help.The MGC STEN bolts are cast Zinc Alloy, (Zamac)They were designed to use Open cartridges with paper caps originally. Most, probably all by now, of the firing models have been converted to use PFC type cartridges. Most popular being MGC P220 (CP-HW) or KSC 9mm Luger (CP-HW)
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Cerwyn
Hobby collector of Replica model guns and Militaria.
also member of Living History Reenactment Groups.
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