ran out of same color bolts…
also… readme says to use m3 bolts for handguard and rails. i believe it should be m5… at least the bolt and nut holes are sized m5… or maybe i did something wrong… will see later today.
I won’t be able to test mine until middle of next week, so I look forward to hearing how it runs.
have you ran functional tests with your build ? cycling snap caps fed by the sten magazine ? using the fixed frame.
well… for some reason i cant get the magazine to stay in…
i am using this magazine… using the ‘top catch[’ and ‘both catch’ models.
https://odysee.com/@unseenkiller:d/Unseenkiller---Sten-x-Sten-RR:4
should i be using another magazine ?
surplus magazine doesnt seem to work either.
The UK-RR Sten mag should work, as should your surplus mag. I just pulled a UK-RR mag off the printer and I’m seeing the same problem. Feed lips hit the slide before the mag catch can engage. The location of the mag catch in the frame seems off. With the slide off and the mag fully inserted, I measure 78mm from the bottom of the magwell to the top of the feed lips. But with my slide there is only 75.5mm from the bottom of the magwell to where the mag hits it, so I’m getting 2.5mm over-insertion. I’m seeing the same thing with three different slides (one Glock and two aftermarket) so I can’t see how this is supposed to work.
Fit in the magwell with the UK-RR mag also seems pretty sloppy. The magwell is 24.2x39.3mm. Sten mag specs I’ve seen put mag size at 23.1x39mm, so surplus shouldn’t be a bad fit (I don’t have a surplus mag to test). But the UK-RR mags are only 22.6x38.1mm, so over 1.5mm side-to-side play and 1.2mm front-to-back. I’m going to remix the UK-RR mag with slightly larger dimensions and a higher mag catch slot to see if I can get something that will at least feed.
this is good to hear… let us know how it goes.
I’ve been able to get remixed magazines to retain and feed dummy rounds, but that’s just not a good solution. The last thing anyone needs is yet another “almost Sten” mag that won’t work in anything else.
Instead, I came up with a re-designed magazine catch that should work with standard printed and/or surplus mags. I have a DMB Sten mag on the printer now. I’ll fine tune the mag catch dimensions with that and then post the STL (hopefully tomorrow) for anyone that wants to try it.
i see your posted STL hit the GCI… printing this once my printers are free from the last bit of the sporter2 xl…
I won’t be able to test mine for a while, since I haven’t ordered the AR FCG yet, but the one I put together was a personal remix that uses the DB9 mags (since I already had a lot of them)
Handguard is also modified to my liking. Applied my own guide rod channel fix before the official one came out. Made the charging handle end plate shorter and right side only so that the brace could fold more flush. The itty bitty top rail is also different (lower height, printed separately, attached with an M5x16, not compatible with the full length rail addon)
The mag well was loosey goosey with the DB9 mags, but I tightened it up. One source of looseness was that the top part behind the locking block had too wide of an opening that the mag could tilt forward into. That might not have been a problem with the sten mag version, but since I had to open up the lower rear of the mag well for the mag catch lever, it had room to tilt backwards there.
The parts I filled in were for the trigger bar and slide catch, which we are obviously not using here. Had to make sure there was clearance for the barrel to tilt, and it’s good there for sure.
Mag play feels just right, and it feeds snap caps reliably at least
I changed the ergos, but fundamentally it’s still the original design, so I’m waiting for good results from your firing tests
I might make a further remix to add a dust cover or a full length top rail, but every attempt so far makes it either look too bulky, too weak, and usually an awkward way to attach it
