Sten Clone Made In Oregon

[RangerEric]

Was discussing this with someone tonight, and neither of us could come up with the name of them. What was the 9mm carbine that was vaguely a clone of a Sten or Sterling or something that was made here in Oregon? Anybody know?

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[odiesplace97301]

Was it a zx 5 made P.A.w.S. made in keizer ?

 

[Nwcid]

allied armament did a lot of semi auto "clones" but looks like they are out of business.

 

[RangerEric]

Might be that ZX5. I dunno, I was recalling them being still in production and not that expensive when I saw them at the Rickreall show a couple years ago.

 

[OcelotZ3]

This might be the one. I bought one of these at the last Albany gun show since I had never seen one before.

This one was originally made by Powers Gun Works (PGW) in Powers, Oregon.

I've heard it referred to as a "PGW Carbine"; don't know if there was another name or not. I think they were made from 1984-1986 by Darrell Holland, who is still a gunsmith down there.

See page 15 in this magazine:

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Later, they were made by a place in Auburn, Wa and called the D-Max Carbine. See:

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Hopefully this is what you were looking for. If anyone has more info I'd appreciate it since I now own one of these things.

Oh, yeah. It's *really* fun to shoot.

Scott

 

[OcelotZ3]

Oops, didn't see that the question seemed to imply that it was more recent than the one I was linking to.

Was it the PAWS as others have noted?

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Item:9007340 P.A.W.S. ~RARE~ .45 CARBINE STEN STERLING VALKYRIE UZI For Sale at GunAuction.com

They seem to have a bad reputation...

 

[RKBA]

You might be thinking about the Wilkinson Arms "Linda" - Northwest Arms - About Us


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[Mark W.]

Used to live close enough to PAWS to hear him shooting full auto in long bursts.