“Spray & Pray”
AND they are heavy at 7.1 pounds. Some AR’s weigh less than that.
Contrast that to the statement attributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during the beginning of WWII..."You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
Every time I see it, I wonder why they couldn’t rotate the mag well to the bottom of the tube, rather than sticking it out sideways. The sideways mag seems more likely to get caught/snagged on something — just more tempting than it needs to be to Mr. Murphy and his law.
Its replacement, the Sterling, was still cheap, but constructed to much higher standards.
When the film Star Wars was made, the British Pinewood Studio used prop Sterlings, with the folding stock folded up, no extended magazine on the left side, and a low powered scope mounted backwards so that the big end faced the shooter, as blaster rifles for the Imperial Storm Troopers.
It was one reason why the suits from 20th Century Fox were appalled when they saw the rough cut, with no visual special effects or sound effects. The thrilling battle scenes, shorn of special effects, were just a bunch of guys in sci-fi costumes running around pantomiming shooting at each with Sterling submachine guns with the scope on backwards.
Anyways, all NFA rules apply. C&R eligible, and I'll give a cut to Jim Rob. $9,000.00 firm. You'll pay shipping and NFA tax. Check (2 week wait) or cash/gold before Form 4s shipped to you. Good shooter, extra parts kit, bronze bolt, and 30 or so mags, loaders, etc.
In the 1980s some of the SAS communications guys were still using the Sten gun.