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Forum for discussion by serious collectors of the semi-automatic Bren LMG, accessories, ammunition, and accoutrements
Bren L4 / .308 build
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Good day one and all, I've been puting together a register of Bren guns and tripods for the purposes of reaserch and general intrest. Theres...
Veronica Foster (popularly known as “Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl“) was the Canadian equivalent of the American cultural icon Rosie the Riveter,...
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1939/1942 Bren LMG Small Arms Training (Vol. 1 Pamphlet 4) (Light Machine Gun - 1939 & 1942 Manuals (Click PIC to Enlarge)
My apologies for the delay in giving everyone a thorough update, but I was up and down almost 36 hours addressing the outage, and I needed some...
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When I visited OZ many years ago, I picked up a number of the wood carry handles in a surplus store. (no metal) If anybody needs any, I would be...
Guys, Thinking about getting a semi-auto bren. anything to look out for/avoid? thanks Infidel
Hi, Could someone confirm my suspicion that fired British 7.62x51mm NATO cases with an ovoid shaped firing pin mark on the primer were fired by an...
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Hi all, Yet another Bren newbie question... When the Bren was converted from .303 to 7.62x51mm, what internal changes had to be made to the...
When the Bren was converted from .303 to 7.62mm did the tools issued with the gun change? Specifically I mean things like the gas cylinder keys,...
My quest was successful - markII Inglis 1943 I'll try & get some better pictures. Bore isn't bad, bipod is a little buggered, overall pretty...
Just got back from the easter gun show in Calgary. Saw this at a table. labelled as a bren gun oiler. "buffer oil" scratched into leather....
While on the subject of firing blanks with the Bren, has anyone had any success using the Canadian Bren BFA kit that utilised the short nose crimped...
Help info needed for next project.Was the BFA MG79 modified with the foresight bracket as per EMER mod instruction No8 dated 1959 ever fitted to Mk5...
A friend has a parts set with the torch cut receiver. He has cut out reside from the cutting torch and assembled the receiver parts on the butt...
Thanks for the photos of the 7.62mm MK1conversion indian bren. Iam having regrets now of not buying it at beltring but could'nt justify the price at...
Can anyone explain the differences between the magazines so designated?
Repainting some needy MK1m/a brens at the moment. I have stuck buffer piston nut. Any magic tricks out there to undo one or is it the usual...
If there were problems with the Bren MkI gas cylinder and gas usage, was there a program of upgrading the early cylinders with the later "improved"...
Hopefully, within a couple of weeks when the Forumers have seen the guiding light that is emitted from every Bren, we'll be able to re-name this...
Most people have a photo frame of the wife and kids on their work desk or office, but being a Bren owner takes one OUT of the mundane world, into a...
Kevin or others, I have the list of military barrel markings for the L4, (thanks Peter), but the Interarms barrel on my recently aquired L4A3 is of...
Various Bren Gun Videos captured from YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTGuRgcGujs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM6wHknkAPk ...
Does anyone know where I can find the plans for a MKI airborne tripod? I would like to try to make one of them.
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