British Sten Gun Bronze Bolt Assembly: Original WWII Category_Martini-Henry Rifles and will have pitting from

and will have pitting from wood contact

Over the course of time

all proof marks are single line

over 70 years old

rear ranging arc with graduations and stops also with securing spikes

British Sten Gun Bronze Bolt Assembly: Original WWII Category_Martini-Henry Rifles and will have pitting fromOriginal 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