Caliber conversion on BREN? to 7.92 Mauser or 7.62x51 NATO?

[Peter Laidler]

But that it were really that simple to change the calibre ZB.............. It's more difficult than that, believe me. Too complicated to detail here BUT there's a book about the Bren being published by Small Arms Review as we speak (Robert Segal, emmageeman@aol.com) that details in some detail how it was done.

7.62mm NATO............... forget it! That was harder than the 7.92mm conversion. Although there were two methods. The early A1 conversion used very early on by the BRitish and continued by the South Africans that was, er.......... hopeless. Then there was the later A2 type that was superb. But what a palaver to get there - eventually. Both required extensive machining of the body which made it irreversible