Hello
Très precoce.
https://www.ima-usa.com/products/british-sten-gun-bronze-bolt-assembly-original-wwii?variant=25651407877
Original 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 required only slight machine finishing; whereas regular steel bolts had to be cut from solid.
The use of Bronze bolts were abandoned as soon as machine-time pressure was alleviated.Ici il y a un peu d'information aussi:
https://smallarmsreview.com/sten-speed-bolt/
Sans doute, vous allez trouvez des information supplementaire sur le forum de machingunboards.
PS. Pourriez-vous me communiqué les détails de votre STEN en MP?