New book about the Sterling SMG

[Ready.Fire.Aim]

FYI
The Sterling Submachine Gun by Mathew Moss.
Paperback for $13.99 at Amazon.
80 pages.
https://www.amazon.com/Sterling-Sub.../ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I just ordered a copy. Will be hard to measure up to “The Guns of Dagenham”.

 

[Traveler]

Thanks. I just ordered it.

 

[rhouston8]

ordered.
thanks for the heads up!

 

[rhouston8]

yeah....I think therte's room for a competing book on sterlings as the Guns of Dag cost....oh... $500 - $950 each.
whatever. they can keep it.
I'm a machine gun collector/shooter not a dang book collector.

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=The+Guns+of+Dagenham

 

[J2X]

Can someone please provide a review or recommendation of this new book.
Thanks

 

[Traveler]

For the price, it’s a good value.

It’s a Reader’s Digest type book. About half is devoted to the development of the Sterling. The rest covers other Sterling experimental guns and some of the conflicts where Sterlings were used.

The Guns of Dagenham is the definitive work on Sterling SMGs. But this book will give you the basics and some combat history you won’t find in The Guns of Dagenham.

 

[gman552]

FYI
The Sterling Submachine Gun by Mathew Moss.
Paperback for $13.99 at Amazon.
80 pages.
https://www.amazon.com/Sterling-Sub.../ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I just ordered a copy. Will be hard to measure up to “The Guns of Dagenham”.

Thanks for pointing out this book.

I have not yet read "The Guns of Dagenham", and for the prices (these are from AbeBooks.com), it is unlikely I ever will:

https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/guns-of-dagenham/used/

Received Moss's book two days ago, and I'm about 75% through it; so far I've found it to be very informative. I had no idea the Patchett prototypes were made in the mid-1940s.

Great photos and illustrations as well, definitely worth reading.

 

[nuge]

For the price, it’s a good value.

It’s a Reader’s Digest type book. About half is devoted to the development of the Sterling. The rest covers other Sterling experimental guns and some of the conflicts where Sterlings were used.

The Guns of Dagenham is the definitive work on Sterling SMGs. But this book will give you the basics and some combat history you won’t find in The Guns of Dagenham.

Thanks for review - got it.

 

[rhouston8]

I just read this recent book. Takes about 1 hr. Its brief- goes into each british conflict using the gun.
It covers the sterling predecessor guns fairly well. Its development etc.

But it doesnt really get into the nitty gritty. This book is an overview. I wanted more mechanical info - i dont even think they discussed the weird bolt the gun has. many vital stats were absent IMO. i wanted to see more reliability testing results and all that jazz.

Oh and while apparently my sterling is built from a New Zealand parts kit---there was zero info on NZ's use of the Sterling.

Overall... yeah its worth $20 or whatever and a quick read but dont expect an exhaustive definitive book on all things Sterling.

 

[Traveler]

Some good stuff on his website too http://www.historicalfirearms.info