British Sten Gun Bronze Bolt Assembly: Original WWII Ammunition When not in use

When not in use

some WW2 dates

whereas regular steel bolts had to be cut from solid

This photograph is likely to have been taken between 23 July and 4 August 1916

British Sten Gun Bronze Bolt Assembly: Original WWII Ammunition When not in useOriginal Item: Excpetionally Rare; Who would have believed it? At the height of WWII the British War Ministry ordered, on an experimental basis, Bronze Gun Metal Bolt Assemblies. Amazing in that, as an alloy, the material cost was many times greater than that of steel. The reason however was machine time, which was a valuable commodity in 1943 (see "The Sten Machine Carbine" by Peter Laidler page 250 51. The Bronze bolts could be cast and then