Questions, questions...

[Peter Laidler]

Hi Peregrine. Most of the q's you ask and the answers pretty well on the nail by PB are all answered fully in the forthcoming book that seems to have the gestation period of a whale. So that's a good incentive to get it when it does eventually hit the streets. I have all this info but, alas, it's all on my old computer, not transferred to disc, that I just need to put onto this new computer. However a degree in mechanical engineering hasn't prepared me for the computer world - quite yet!

Some of the last BH prefix Mk1 Brens seem to be a bit mysterious and it would seem that these were assembled much later, well into the Mk3 production era, presumably in an effort to feed them into the system as opposed to them go to waste - but not many

Some Lithgow Brens could be found in UK Military service but as they were all Mk1 and obsolescent in any case, they were usually DP's in Cadet service. They probably came from the wartime Middle East and 50's Malaya where Ordnance stockpiles were usually pooled

I forget the full picture now but I seem to remember that all Inglis Bren production was a UK contract. Inglis were not allowed even the slightest variation from the drawing spec without specific Enfield/Ministry of Supply approval, even for the boxes, fittings and ancilliaries ets etc

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[peregrinvs]

Most of the q's you ask and the answers pretty well on the nail by PB are all answered fully in the forthcoming book that seems to have the gestation period of a whale. So that's a good incentive to get it when it does eventually hit the streets.

It's definitely on my acquisition list. Any news on when it may make it's debut? I was rather hoping I might steer my nearest and dearest towards it as my Christmas present.

Another question I forgot to add to my list: Did Lithgow ever make the Mk1* barrel? I can't recall ever having seen a Lithgow Bren with one.

Cheers,

Mark

[Brit plumber]

It's definitely on my acquisition list. Any news on when it may make it's debut? I was rather hoping I might steer my nearest and dearest towards it as my Christmas present.

Snap, it should be on everyones christmas pressie list!

Lithgow switched from the long taper barrel to mk2 with no short tapers being produced. there are UK deacts knocking around with Enfield and Ingis Mk1 barrels but these arnt original features.

[peregrinvs]

Lithgow switched from the long taper barrel to mk2 with no short tapers being produced. there are UK deacts knocking around with Enfield and Ingis Mk1 barrels but these arnt original features.

Thanks for that. Your next challenge...

Did Inglis use subcontractors to produce components - as occurred in the UK - or was it all 'in house'?

Cheers,
Mark

[mrclark]

Peter as a sidenote I would be very careful if you have not backed up all that info you mentioned you have on the Bren etc. Hard drives can crash sometimes unexpectedly and all that hard work will be lost in cyberspace forever. I back up all my important stuff on a portable USB hard drive or you could use a USB stick. All you do is plug it in and copy and paste.

If the hard drive on your pc is made by a company called maxtor be careful.

I had 2 of them go.

Have a good thanksgiving everyone.