Collector's Armoury Sterling?

[madmax]

NO FAIR,you guys get all the good stuff,here in the nanny state of (not so)Great Britain,we can't even get good Nerf guns.The only good thing is that i've got 2 real deactivated Sterlings,one to stay as a Sterling the other for a E11,but you guys seen to get amazing weapons at cheap prices as i said NO FAIRcrycry:cry

 

[cayman shen]

Well, you can get an Enfiled for a Jawa blaster at least...

 

[Apollo]

I think the Collector's Armoury is still in business under the spelling I used.

Different owners now.

 

[Apollo]

What happened to them?

The owner cashed in and retired to Fla.

 

[KevVader]

Picked one up at a Los Angeles gunshow. Had it converted into this:

Damn....that is a purdy E-11!:eek

 

[tango'd fett]

Would love a real MGC sterling , maybe one day but in the meantime I made my own. Nearly all metal and has a real C1 endcap and stock, next best thing I could do in the absence !

Aluminium barrel and stuff -

 

[propmainiac]

Nice! I did the same thing an modeld mine after the ones in Star Wars. Has a working folding stock and spring loaded bolt. Been toying with converting it to airsoft.

 

[mb1k]

Would be nice to have them available again.

 

[ed-209]

As a kid, I saved every penny and scrounged until I could buy one of these replicas from Replica Models Inc (which is the original name begore they merged and became Collector's Armoury) I eventually bought (and still have) just about EVERYTHING they offered. I even still have the original catalogs.

One day I peeled off an RMI label off a box of brass cartridges and saw an address in Japan. I started to realize that these replicas were made in Japan by MGC and, figuring I had nothing to lose, wrote a letter to MGC asking about their replicas. Since the
address was in Japanese I carefully copied the Japanese characters on the envelope hoping that it might arrive to the proper destination.

Many weeks passed and one day I received a large blue envelope FROM JAPAN!!!! It was PACKED with MGC catalogs and pamphlets showing me a ton of replicas and accessories (like silencers, holsters, etc) they also sold. In addition, some of the pamphlets showed the guns FIRING!!! This was my introduction to plug-fire caps. I eventually bought som,e and found that some of my guns were capable of firing these cartridges.

Can't tell you how grateful I was to the Japanese gentleman who sent me all that paperwork. What great stuff!!!!!
Ed

 

[racprops]

I too loved those good old days.

You used to be able to walk into may hobby stores and buy Blow back kits...

And many of the built Blow back models.

I too wish I had held onto the ones i once had, like a Automag, a M16, Walter P38.

Sadly they are buying a lot of Denix models, and a lot of Colt 45s with incorrect cylinder indexing notches..the correct ones look like acorns the bad ones have either slots, small notches or none...Their LaMat is also poorly made.

Their Bland firing Walter P38 has horrible markings and a single action trigger not the real double action of a real gun.

Sadly MGC is gone but Denix is still around: Denix Replicas

And a lot of the Japan air soft.

Rich

PS Well I got to thinking and remembering why I sold off those old Blow Backs...The problem was like the M16, which could go full auto was the reloading time..

You would go full auto and run off the 10 or so rounds in a few seconds..great fun BUT then you crawing around on your hands and knees looking for all of your spent ammo..then you had to unscrew the nose, and remove the cap (caps in the M16), clean the powder from the bullet, then reload a cap (or caps) and rescrew on the nose., and then reload your mag.

So for a few seconds of fun you spent about 1/2 hour reloading...

And heaven help you if the super fine thread got a little messed up.

Air Soft is so much better, the BBs are super cheap, and with either gas or electric drive again more fun, and with both you don't even need BBs for a fun prop weapon.

Hine sight can be a little blind...second hine sight can remember why.

Which I just did.

 

[Badsprout]

Flashback time.
Back in the 1970s I used to have a Saturday job in the local model shop. As well as stocking the usual Airfix, Revell and Tamiya kits they were one of the first model shops in the UK to sell Replica Firearms. It was mostly Western pistols, but there was a Luger and a PPK as well. Top of the range was the Winchester rifle, a beautiful piece. It came with a warning not to try the John Wayne one-hand cocking as the cocking lever would snap. Guess how many were brought back with a broken lever? “Been playing John Wayne?” the Boss would ask to shamefaced customers. I used to have the catalogue and well remember the Man from Uncle combo. I tried to get the Boss to order one; but he wouldn’t listen. Oh well....

 

[gunnerk19]

I remember going to their store on Slaters Lane in Alexandria back in '83 on leave from the Army. I was like a kid in a candy store...

I too had the PFC guns, a 4" S&W Model 29 revolver and a full metal full auto UZI (complete with proper IMI rollmarks) that I put together as a kit. Rich is right about the reloading part, I could empty the 32 round magazine in about 2.5 seconds and then spend 20 minutes reloading the shells :lol.

But, as is par for the course, some nimrods had to decide to use these replicas as actual weapons to commit crimes :darnkids, and so they were made illegal outright for a time, and now have to have that ridiculous orange tip on them so people know it's not real. Like THAT's going to stop someone from doing something bad with one... :facepalm

 

[racprops]

I forgot I had a UZI as well.

As for the MCG Uncle Special, it was more toy that a model.

Grossly inaccurate. The only good thing was its action, the hammer was a dummy that was spring powered and would only follow the slide, when you pulled the trigger it drove the slide back and then would release it like a dropped hammer.

That was fun as you could fire it real like, I think it might have also thrown ammo out..I never had any to try.

BUT as a nick picking fan of The Man From Uncle it was very bad.

Every detail was wrong:

These photo should show how off it was.

First the parts to the Toy:



Now a real prop:



There is a good site on these at

GALLERY | The U.N.C.L.E. Gun

Rich

 

[DrStranglove]

I too loved those good old days.

You used to be able to walk into may hobby stores and buy Blow back kits...

And many of the built Blow back models.

I too wish I had held onto the ones i once had, like a Automag, a M16, Walter P38....

Funny you mention it. I still have my CA M16 and Colt 45.

 

[Apollo]

Man back in the day I used to go to the shop and drool over that! :lol

I forgot I had a UZI as well.

As for the MCG Uncle Special, it was more toy that a model.

Grossly inaccurate. The only good thing was its action, the hammer was a dummy that was spring powered and would only follow the slide, when you pulled the trigger it drove the slide back and then would release it like a dropped hammer.

That was fun as you could fire it real like, I think it might have also thrown ammo out..I never had any to try.

BUT as a nick picking fan of The Man From Uncle it was very bad.

Every detail was wrong:

These photo should show how off it was.

First the parts to the Toy:

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Now a real prop:

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There is a good site on these at

GALLERY | The U.N.C.L.E. Gun

Rich

 

[racprops]

I did too, which is why I got one years ago.

Then I started to learn how the real guns were done and started wanting a accurate version.

Also even wonder how they carry all the parts behind their backs?



I believe they ONLY wore that for the scenes of them making up a special...OUCH.

Those are broom stick holders from ones broom closet.

Rich

Man back in the day I used to go to the shop and drool over that! :lol

 

[nightowl12020]

This brings back memories. When I was stationed in the UK in the early 70's, there was a shop that carried the MGC products, can't remember where, either somewhere in Sussex or Suffolk. I bought a Walther PPK, S&W Model 19, Beretta 1934 and the complete UNCLE Gun. Bringing them back to the US was interesting. When I was flying out of Mildenhal after my time there was up, the Customs Agent called anyone up taking weapons back. A lot of guys bought some very nice shotguns over there and they were examined and sent through to the baggage area. I had my models in a custom fitted briefcase and took them to the counter when everyone else was done. No one could hear us talking and after examining them, the Customs Agent closed my case, put a chalk mark on the outside and said,"right sir, you can carry that onboard". The crowd behind me parted as I carried went back to my seat and resumed reading my book. I could feel eyes on me while waiting for the plane departure but no one ever came over to ask me what I did for the military. It was highly amusing. I still have all those MGC replica's but one of the grips for the Beretta 1934 got broken along the way and misplaced. I used to use the Uncle gun for a costume prop at Conventions with just the scope and flash hider on it in a custom holster I made years ago. I wish I would have bought more of those replica's.