Rich Yankowski Posted August 31, 2005 Posted August 31, 2005 I'm holding this Bren for a Canadian collector.The receiver has been cut in three places,according to BTAF regulations.
Rich Yankowski Posted August 31, 2005 Author Posted August 31, 2005 (edited) Flip side.And for those of you who know Brens,you might notice the handle for the part that locks in the barrel is on the wrong side.When I received it in the mail it was all in pieces,so I put them together the best I could.Only later did I notice my error,which has since been corrected! Edited August 31, 2005 by Rich Yankowski
lach470 Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Love it....the Bren is one of those classic WW2 machine guns...although used extensively in Korea and Palestine after the war....it will always be linked to WW2....I'd love to try one of these and pop some rounds off!Lookin' good...Rob
byf Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Nice unit. They were very good guns. They even used them in the Falklands war.byf
Chris S Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Nice unit. They were very good guns. They even used them in the Falklands war.byfYes, but depending on which unit you were in....we had a LMG (as we were an artic unit...mags being better than belts due to freezing) and a GPMG in each section.Chris
Kev in Deva Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Yes, but depending on which unit you were in....we had a LMG (as we were an artic unit...mags being better than belts due to freezing) and a GPMG in each section.ChrisHallo Chris, were the Brens used in the Falklands war not converted to 7.62?? with straight 30 round mags that fit the old SLR??It (the Bren) was in use in .303 caliber up to about 1998+ in the Reserve Defence Forces of Ireland (F.C.A.)And a nice piece of kit the "Reserve's" said it was a bit akward to lug around. but since it was taken out of service they get to swear about humping the GPMG abd the .5 Browning As coincidence would have it I have a spare wooden Bren Gun Box (empty) stashed away in Ireland.Probably will never get to fill it now Kevin in Deva
Chris S Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) Hi Kevyes, the LMG was converted to 7.62 and the flash hider was different, the mag did fit on the SLR, I carried 11 mags ( and bandoleers) and most of these were LMG...not issued but proffed over the years.Happiness in a contact is mucho ammo.I would never want to hump a .5Chris Edited July 14, 2006 by Chris S
Kev in Deva Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Hi KevI would never want to hump a .5Chris There are some worse things than a .5 that can be humped Kevin in Deva
Chris S Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 There are some worse things than a .5 that can be humped Kevin in Deva yeh, 20 stone women.Chris
JensF. Posted July 15, 2006 Posted July 15, 2006 Oh my god! It seems there are countries with a worse weapons law as we have in Germany. They just killed it...
ksg Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 It's absolutely horrible to See a nice gun treated like this!!! Can't find words...and I was sorry because mine are converted to semi-automatic.The Mk II was bought as full-automatic, so I was lucky to have some fun with it before it was converted. Absolutely one of the nicest Mg's I have fired !Here is a few snapshot of mine, the Mk.I is from -42 and the Mk.II from -43. Kjell[attachmentid=47101]
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