As most of the other guys have said.
Take a good look at it and clean it, then assess the barrel and springs. your rifle looks all original and untouched, well worth saving.
I have several of...
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As most of the other guys have said.
Take a good look at it and clean it, then assess the barrel and springs. your rifle looks all original and untouched, well worth saving.
I have several of...
Try one of the Aussie collectors, Field side mounts for the SMLE and No4/5 are ten a penny in Australia.
yeh I know, late to reply, as usual.
The book is the 1986 edition, I also have an 1982 print that doesn't mention the Chinese Brens. colfi1@bigpond.com
Been having a clean out and I have a Bren Parts kit, complete, new/unissued, Lithgow, and a book (the bren bible in my opinion) The Bren Gun Saga by Dugleby that need new homes. Anyone interested???...
I have two RB's that started life as 12.7x44's. I have kept one as an original, the other I had my local gunsmith run theb 50-70 chamber reamer into it, more or less it just cleaned the chamber and...
I suggest that you get some Oxalic acid (non-toxic), you buy it in crystal form from a chemist. mix it up to a watery, milky consistance and paint it onto the rust stains on the wood work. It acts...
I am in Tasmania and collect /shoot mostly Tassie military firearms.
Take all the replies to your thread in as they are all correct. I have one rifle that has 5 separate numbers , all crossed out...
Both look to be for the .22 No2 Mk4 trainer, could be wrong, but my trainer has tthe same extractor.
Col
I have two No 5's, both were brought back from Malaya, as it was known theen, by my older Brothers, my father, a WW 1 veteran, wouldn't allow me to tough them. They lived in the loft and were...
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A lot of IMA Martinis came into Australia when they first started selling them, some were good, others were so so. For the money I would be looking at buying what I could see. As you can see...
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Col in Tasmnaia here, way down under. I collect and shoot most anything, all originals., as long as they are pre 1945. B/P is the top passion, restoring and shooting the next. I also am into...