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Richard- Repairing Bren Mk 1 barrel 06-23-2016, 09:06 AM
Vincent I have seen people plug weld... 06-23-2016, 12:27 PM
Peter Laidler When I was in Australia we... 06-23-2016, 03:31 PM
browningautorifle I drilled out an MP5 barrel... 06-23-2016, 05:37 PM
Peter Laidler Or just bore out the original... 06-23-2016, 06:24 PM
Richard- Thanks for the replies and... 06-23-2016, 09:57 PM
browningautorifle Don't thread, just use a... 06-24-2016, 12:12 AM
Joe H Richard, I've never tried... 06-24-2016, 07:17 AM
browningautorifle Agreed...the weld was done by... 06-24-2016, 10:17 AM
Vincent Why can’t you import barrels?... 06-24-2016, 10:29 AM
Joe H Guys, I got interested in... 06-24-2016, 12:04 PM
Richard- Yes, unfortunately MG barrels... 08-31-2016, 09:45 AM
Lee Enfield Joe H, if you're capable of... 08-31-2016, 03:41 PM
Joe H Lee, One of the issues is... 09-01-2016, 07:19 AM
Lee Enfield I know what you mean, I... 09-01-2016, 11:11 AM
Joe H Lee, I may give it try. I... 09-01-2016, 02:52 PM
Flying10uk I haven't had any experience... 08-31-2016, 05:59 PM
Woodsy Richard, I have done the... 08-31-2016, 06:42 PM
Flying10uk Why not have a trail run of... 09-01-2016, 06:45 PM
Joe H Lee and Flying10uk, As... 09-02-2016, 11:33 AM
Flying10uk If you are cutting a metric... 09-02-2016, 06:35 PM
Richard- Joe H, I got the mill test... 09-03-2016, 04:04 AM
Joe H Richard, Getting back on... 09-06-2016, 12:02 PM
Peter Laidler Within an hour or so in a... 09-03-2016, 06:34 AM
browningautorifle Sounds good. That would... 09-03-2016, 09:25 AM
Flying10uk Did the British/Canadian... 09-03-2016, 06:00 PM
Joe H Flying10uk, I believe the... 09-04-2016, 06:54 AM
Peter Laidler I don't believe that it is... 09-04-2016, 07:03 AM
browningautorifle All that is correct, as I... 09-04-2016, 10:17 AM
Flying10uk Slightly off topic, but... 09-04-2016, 10:55 AM
Peter Laidler We were not permitted to... 09-04-2016, 01:30 PM
Flying10uk So what happened with the... 09-04-2016, 06:06 PM
Peter Laidler Another long winded answer... 09-05-2016, 04:31 AM
CINDERS From what you are saying... 09-05-2016, 10:21 AM
Flying10uk I don't think that, in the... 09-05-2016, 01:09 PM
Peter Laidler If we made a production... 09-05-2016, 02:11 PM
Flying10uk I think that a few pictures... 09-06-2016, 02:52 PM
Richard- I've attached a drawing... 09-09-2016, 04:12 AM
Peter Laidler I've said my piece on your... 09-09-2016, 06:10 AM
Joe H Guys, Here is my 2 cents... 09-09-2016, 07:48 AM
Joe H Richard, I know of only... 09-09-2016, 08:13 AM
Peter Laidler Our ideas are what we call... 09-09-2016, 08:05 AM
Joe H Peter, .303 Rifle barrels... 09-09-2016, 08:35 AM
Richard- Fine, I'm convinced now! :D ... 09-09-2016, 09:30 AM
Peter Laidler I mention rifle barrels... 09-09-2016, 10:16 AM
Richard- Peter - the L4 barrels I am... 09-14-2016, 03:46 AM
Joe H Richard, Are you planning... 09-14-2016, 06:54 AM
Peter Laidler You are soooooooo right JoeH.... 09-14-2016, 11:35 AM
Richard- Joe, Peter - fortunately, I... 09-14-2016, 09:52 PM
CINDERS Peter ~ In a practical sense... 09-14-2016, 11:20 PM
Peter Laidler Mmmmmmm. Why we went ahead... 09-15-2016, 06:17 AM
browningautorifle The same reason we went ahead... 09-15-2016, 09:37 AM
Peter Laidler Add to what BAR says. The... 09-15-2016, 10:43 AM
Vincent The Krauts didn’t seem to... 09-15-2016, 01:41 PM
browningautorifle I assisted in converting a... 09-15-2016, 04:51 PM
Flying10uk Is this a genuine L4 Bren... 09-16-2016, 02:20 PM
Peter Laidler Ah, but you're forgetting one... 09-15-2016, 02:31 PM
Peter Laidler I stand to be corrected but... 09-16-2016, 04:14 PM
Brit plumber This is a genuine L4A4, it is... 09-16-2016, 07:53 PM
Brit plumber I was going through my... 09-18-2016, 08:44 PM
Peter Laidler The good thing about foreign... 09-19-2016, 07:08 AM
Richard- Are the .303 and L4 7.62... 09-20-2016, 05:13 AM
Peter Laidler Identical - as is everything... 09-20-2016, 06:00 AM
Richard- Thanks Peter - I figured they... 09-20-2016, 09:03 AM
Richard- I've had another go at... 09-24-2016, 09:45 PM
browningautorifle I might have made it a bit... 09-24-2016, 11:50 PM
Flying10uk Is there a reason why you... 09-25-2016, 05:31 AM
Peter Laidler DOOMED to fail - because the... 09-25-2016, 07:24 AM
Richard- Makes sense - thanks for your... 09-25-2016, 09:36 AM
Flying10uk Do you think the diameter of... 09-25-2016, 09:57 AM
Peter Laidler It would HAVE to be reduced... 09-25-2016, 11:26 AM
Richard- What if the insert was... 09-25-2016, 09:21 PM
browningautorifle Harder to do than you can... 09-25-2016, 10:51 PM
Richard- Thanks for that... 09-26-2016, 05:36 AM
Joe H BAR, Were you working on a... 09-26-2016, 07:48 AM
browningautorifle I didn't thread. Get off... 09-26-2016, 09:33 AM
Joe H Thanks Jim, An actual... 09-26-2016, 10:12 AM
browningautorifle More than one my... 09-26-2016, 03:50 PM
Peter Laidler It looks to me Richard that... 09-26-2016, 08:28 AM
Flying10uk Richard, how about doing a... 09-26-2016, 02:38 PM
Joe H Jim, What are the... 09-26-2016, 04:20 PM
browningautorifle You can own an F/A if you... 09-26-2016, 07:06 PM
Richard- This should be the final... 09-28-2016, 05:38 AM
Richard- Finished the repairs, worked... 02-12-2017, 01:16 AM
browningautorifle Of course we'd love to see... 02-12-2017, 07:40 PM
Peter Laidler And what he did and if it... 02-13-2017, 05:05 AM
Joe H Guys, I was scratching my... 02-13-2017, 02:01 PM
browningautorifle That's what we're talking... 02-13-2017, 03:57 PM
mrclark303 Me too, I would have found... 02-14-2017, 03:39 PM
Joe H Guys, I'm pretty sure what... 02-14-2017, 06:43 PM
Peter Laidler I am sort-of glad, in a sad... 02-15-2017, 05:01 AM
mrclark303 I hear you have tinkered with... 02-15-2017, 08:11 AM
Peter Laidler Me, Tankie and Skippy........... 02-15-2017, 08:54 AM
browningautorifle I suppose not Peter, but our... 02-15-2017, 11:07 AM
Peter Laidler I take the point BAR but I... 02-15-2017, 02:20 PM
bigduke6 They seem a bit more robust... 02-15-2017, 04:16 PM
skiprat Those Minimi's are now well... 02-15-2017, 05:37 PM
Lee Enfield Some (most??) of ours are... 02-15-2017, 07:26 PM
browningautorifle Not really Peter, I had one,... 02-15-2017, 07:33 PM
mrclark303 As a pure laymen, I never... 02-15-2017, 08:00 PM
browningautorifle I tend to agree, it's cost... 02-15-2017, 08:01 PM
Flying10uk Isn't it partly due to a... 02-16-2017, 01:52 PM
mrclark303 They certainly failed on the... 02-16-2017, 06:21 PM
mrclark303 True Jim, let's not let... 02-15-2017, 08:22 PM
browningautorifle I'd have loved to see a... 02-16-2017, 12:54 AM
bigduke6 Remember John its the bean... 02-16-2017, 04:33 AM
mrclark303 Evening Geoff, wasn't the... 02-16-2017, 07:08 PM
Brit plumber I would love to say that it's... 02-16-2017, 02:08 PM
browningautorifle Nope. Stampings are fast and... 02-16-2017, 07:08 PM
Peter Laidler Our vehicle depots and TMP... 02-23-2017, 02:53 PM
skiprat And they're still trying to... 02-23-2017, 03:00 PM
mrclark303 Hi Andy, I thought (hoped)... 02-24-2017, 12:07 PM
skiprat Good ( expensive ) pics of... 02-24-2017, 01:08 PM
browningautorifle In our case, a few years back... 02-24-2017, 07:43 PM
bigduke6 As you may know Andy within... 02-25-2017, 04:26 AM
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