I lost track of who put me onto this special, but THANK YOU if it was a Milsurp forum member.
Northridge has a very nice deal for us Bren'ers in the States. 6 very nice mags with a carry set. I am not sure if the pouches were intended as a stand alone accessory or it they were supposed to be part of the Pattern 57 kit? They send a strap, with padded section that does fit into the wide buckles at the top of each bag, but it is not of the same width as the buckle, so strap can slip from side to side within the buckle. Once weight is placed on them, they do not slide out or down, which is most important. Have not tried it with fully loaded mags and running the back yard. lol. Overall it seems pretty stable when I put the thing together. Certainly better than many of the "repro" fabric materials that end up on the market. Easy way to carry an easy 6 Bren mags without all the other kit.
BREN GUNNER FIELD MAGAZINE SET
Pretty good deal. The mags individually are $10 and the bag and strap set up is sold at $20.00 alone. So you get $80 retail worth of parts for $50. Now, they are gonna charge you between $14.85 and $18.50 for shipping, but they still don't charge tax for an internet sale as long as you don't live in CA. My set came to approx. $65.00. Not a bad deal. The bags are stamped 41 inside both of mine. I know that picture of the inside sucks and is hard to read, but believe me, they both are stamped 1941. The strap, though a nice match in material and color appears to be stamped 1949? Hard for me to read clearly.
Only one mag had surface rust and I will include that so you can see. The rest, if they had any surface corrosion it was very, very slight. I think these mags MAY have been re-parked at some point in their storage life? Fine by me. They all came with very straight feed lips. None of the mags had body dents. Most seemed to be marked with an Enfield "E". I did not make a close inspection of marks. I figure they are going to be good shootable mags. I will disassemble at some point and clean the insides good. The exteriors are just slightly dirty/chalky to the touch. Not all cosmoline covered.
Hope it is OK to post a heads up for product in this section? I appreciate the mate who sent me the heads up. We could always just carry on about how historically accurate or inaccurate this set is for the Bren gun? :-) We can just call it a "Review"...
Cheers!
My link does not appear to be an active link in the body. Just go to Northridge International website and search "Bren". You will see them.