Just found this gun in grandpa's house and need to know WTF it is and what its worth?

It's only illegal if it's full giggle and user doesn't have the paperwork. If grandpa owned it legally (entirely possible) then it can be transferred to user as a legal heir.

OP needs to look for capture papers, amnesty registration papers, or the tax stamp.

It's certainly worth thousands, perhaps many many thousands.

Why do dipshits like you always find cool shit?

yowza

what a find !

wonder what gramps did in his past ?

It's not a sten. It's some kind of copy.

I'd guess OP isn't in the US based on the fact that he found a sten in Gramp's stuff, and the Norwegian(?) or Swedish(?) writing on that box. It's very likely there's no legal way for him to own it. But he should definitely take it boating

Stens are almost exclusively full auto because it’s a pain to convert them to semi auto. All it is, is an open bolt design with a dropping sear.
Keep it, hide it, use it during the boogaloo. Otherwise it will just be destroyed.

That's clearly french

yeah

Stop saying it's a STEN, it's not. My bet is on it being a replica or some homemade copy.

>I'd guess OP isn't in the US based on the fact that he found a sten in Gramp's stuff,
There are plenty of stens in the US. GI bringbacks, collector's pieces, etc.

>>Norwegian or Swedish
That's neither. It's fucking French. And it doesn't mean much anyway, even here in the states it's common to see French, Spanish, German, etc, on boxes. Note that the box has English on it too.

>Stens are almost exclusively full auto
I'm aware, but it could have been converted (however unlikely), or it could have been deactivated.

Keep your mouth shut and keep that thing to yourself.

>Outboard Motor upside down
>It's clearly French, Norwegian or Swedish
God. Damnit.

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It literally says Sten on it

>turn it in to the police
OP said "grandpa" and not "grandad"
he's American, so it's fine

Nigger that's a sten. Take pictures of the bolt, 5 bucks says it's not fake

>My bet
So are you just guessing here? Or do you see some detail which definitely identifies it as a copy? I'm betting it's the former.

Bury that bitch in a drum full of oil. Dig it up when SHTF. Congrats, you have a submachine gun.

>moteur hors bord

about 5 to 10 and a dead dog

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I'm in the US. It's a Sten mkiii I cleaned it a bit and reads clearly. Also the outboard is cuz I'm at work at a marina

Genuine stens can rotate the magazine downwards for storing and transport. They have like a "sleeve" for the purpose (English isn't my first language so if I have the wrong word I apologise) where the magazine well is. That magazine well is welded straign onto the outer hull and clearly doesn't roatate at all.
Yes, even the Mk3 has that, the simplest sten version.

Terrible advice
Just shoot everyone who tries to take it. Eventually they'll run out of men

A Plumbers nightmare.

Despite looking like shit, they are actually quite effective for what they were intended for: freeing up resources that would be used in manufacturing so that other important war materials could be produced.

A friend of mine had a MK2s, I laughed my ass off when he showed it to me.

Now you need to figure out if you have paperwork for it so you know if it's a massive legal liability, or if you just won the proverbial lottery.

You're going to want to re-do your research there, genius

>retard crossboarder finds a free sten mk3 at his grandpappys house
>im stuck with cheap milsurpshit and a budget AR
its not fair bros

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sell it to the local niggers and watch them shoot each other with it

>Scarce Fully Operational World War II British STEN Mark II Fully Automatic Class III Registered Submachine Gun with Magazines and Canvas Pouches
>Estimate Price: $5,000 - $7,500

Sell that crap for 8-9k, buy a SCAR, dance on grandpa's grave

Look around your grandpa's papers for the necessary documents. Capture papers, receipts, registration documents, etc. Google it.

Before you do that though delete this thread and stfu.

Hide it

Appears to be a Sten gun.
Most of the Sten guns in the US are made from parts kits, be they semi-auto closed bolt guns, or open bolt machineguns.
See if you can find some paperwork on it, if you're lucky, this is a registered and transferable machinegun.
A transferable Sten isn't super valuable or anything, they're one of the cheapest transferable machineguns ($3000 for the average kit build, probably somewhat more if it's a genuine unmolested one).

They are not the greatest quality or design (and some kit builds are also of suspect quality), because they're basically the result of the British going "Oh fuck, Dunkirk went up shit creek, we lost a shitload of expensive Thompson guns, we need a million billion submachineguns yesterday!", so it was a simple design made very crudely and cheaply.
The magazines are generally the weak link, as they will often misbehave if the feed lips aren't at a perfect 8 degree angle, however, if you have magazines which haven't been abused and which are in good condition, the gun will work, and it can still be pretty fun to shoot, because open-bolt submachineguns are so unlike the feeling of anything you'll find on the racks or shelves of the average gun store.

The ergos suck, and mind that you should not use the magazine or the magazine well as a grip, as that can damage the magazines and cause malfunctions, you're supposed to hold underneath the receiver body (make sure you keep your fingers away from the ejection port).

Kill yourself.

>tens of thousands
Extremely unlikely. They are however a cool piece of history, and can be really fun to shoot.

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That's a gnarly weld.

I don’t believe you.

On the off chance you’re telling the truth, figure out if it’s closed bolt or open bolt. It it’s open bolt then make sure it’s full auto. If it’s full auto delete this thread, look around grandpa’s property for a tax stamp associated with it. If you can find paperwork then don’t tell a single fucking person about it and put it in your attic since you’re in possession of an illegal machine gun and the ATF will rape you if they find out.

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*cant find

>"kraut"
>sucks fed dick
checks out

Original Stens weren't assembled with a lot of precision or care, and many kit builds were done by amateurs.

>he can't afford a sten parts kit and a piece of pipe

Open-bolt semi-autos were made restricted in 1982 and guns made before the ban are grandfathered.
There's also designs out there for semi-auto closed bolt builds.

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Which means it could be converted to a closed-bolt semi if necessary and the naughty parts could live in a hidden box somewhere until needed - err, I mean, they never existed in the first place and it was always a closed-bolt semi

ayo how much you want for that sten op

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Clearly he's Australian

>WTF it is?
It's a mark III STEN gun. A British submachinegun used in WWII.

>what its worth?
Judging by the crude welds and the fact you found it in a padded case in your grampa's house I'm willing to bet it's a registered machinegun. In which case it's worth about 6000-7500 dollars. But to prove that you have to find the paperwork that goes it with. Dig around for any kind of official looking government document that mentions firearms, National Firearms Act, treasury department, BATFE, and or a $200 tax. It should have pic related on it somewhere.

If you can't find the paperwork then it's probably an unregistered machinegun which is worth a handful of years in prison and a fuckass huge fine. Was your grandpa inclined to break the law much?

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It's only illegal if you get caught.

1. Don't go bragging about it on anything attached to your name
2. Learn how to disassemble it and see if it's original or a semi-auto conversion
3. If it's open bolt / full-auto: find the papers, stamp, and everything else your grandfather would have needed to legally own it
4. If you find those papers then transfer everything to yourself - If you don't, then stay quiet

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Shutup and tell noone about it. Look for NFA paperwork.

wasn't the guy in that photo commenting on solo tranny porn or something?

this nibber gets it

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Nigger.

That's the classic bait gun

Airsoft

I hope that you don't have a doggo.

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The welds look too genuinely like sloppy real ones, on airshit they'd mold it out of plastic or make it like a zinc casting.