When the Stemple STG-76 was designed, it used internal parts from the Finnish kp/31 Suomi submachine gun. Since the whole point of the Stemple was to have a modular and interchangeable gun, it would make sense for BRP to make a version that duplicated the Suomi as closely as possible. This is especially true given that the original Suomi is an excellent SMG with readily available magazines, but very rare to find in the US today.
Conversion
Thuer Conversion Colt 1849 at James D Julia
As the self-contained metallic cartridge because popular, a niche industry developed in converting percussion revolvers to use the new cartridges. One of the first of these conversions was designed by F. Alexander Thuer and marketed […]
Revolving Rifles
RIA: Wesson & Leavitt Revolving Rifle
The Wesson & Leavitt is one of the scarcest revolving rifles made in the US, with no more than 50 made (some sources say only 16). The reason for this is that the Dragoon revolver […]
Manufacturer
Who is Colt? A History of the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (Video)
Today we will take a look at the history of the Colt company, from Sam Colt’s first efforts in Paterson (and before) to the West Hartford remnants that survive today. If you enjoy this type […]
French or Finnish, Ian is your man. Wouldn’t be surprised if he buys one of these.
I got Vietnamese CC for this video. Now I confused, as I was not excepting combining Finnish flag and U.S. flag to yield Vietnamese. Is this some elaborate allusion to Lauri Törn https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni
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Laurie Törni lived quite a life and well worth reading about. From the Winter War to MAC SOG-V.
Taco Bell/K-car theory of design. Take a few basic ingredients and mix them up in a bunch of different ways to get different outcomes.
Now I want Tacos,
Are we sure that the bolt travel is longer in the STG? The STG plug seems to be thick enough compared to the Suomi plug to negate any advantage from the longer receiver (and possibly more than negate).