British .308 Sterling prototype

We don’t have much information on this piece, but it was clearly designed to make use of several parts from the Sterling submachine gun. Caliber is .308, and it used FAL magazines.

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5 comments to British .308 Sterling prototype

• Ben

  January 2, 2012 at 6:28 am · Reply

  Ha! that’s an odd looking rifle.

• Rick

  September 24, 2012 at 1:58 am · Reply

  Wow, looks like that might be a blowback .308 rifle.
  I wonder what it was like to shoot!

• Martin woodhead

  March 2, 2013 at 7:35 am · Reply

  Apprantly it was designed to be rapidly manufactured in the event of ww3 and handed out to conscripts etc in the event of ww3.
  Would have been intresting to fire 7.62 from an open bolt ouch.

  • Earl Liew

    March 20, 2013 at 8:25 am · Reply

    Hello, Martin :

    For the sake of the physical well-being of said conscripts and sundry other prospective users, not to mention accuracy and controllability factors, I do hope that Sterling and the powers-that-be had intended to fit at least some sort of buttstock ( even an abbreviated one, if nothing else ) to this rifle before issuing it. Otherwise, as you said, “Ouch” .

• hans maulwurf

  April 12, 2013 at 10:41 am · Reply

  the mechanism would be interesting for a automatic shotgun 20 gauge open bolt home defense