"Bren Carrier Pivot Mount" at last Switzer's Auction. Anyone familiar with this part?

[Brit plumber]

It looks very similar but I guessed it was new made as there is so much that would need to be modified from a M2 tripod that it wouldn't be worth converting one. I remember Tom B commenting on these quite a while back. I take it you don't have one Kev, it must be on your hit list though! Beezer, thats some nice machining there!

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[Beezer]

Beezer, thats some nice machining there!

Thanks but I can't take too much credit since the top portion is an actual Bren tripod pintle that I ordered from the UK. The riser is made of a piece of DOM tubing that had just the right ID for the pin on the pintle. I just needed to heat up the tube abit to get it to expand and the pin just dropped it. Once it all cooled down it wouldn't budge. I then turned a V relieve between the two parts so I could weld it up. My original idea was much more complicated but after thinking about it for a couple days the light bulb in my head went off and I came up with this much simpler idea. It has since been parkerized and shipped off to the new owner.

Unfortunately in Canada we are not allowed to have functional Brens, even in semi, since we are not allowed to use re-welded receivers. If someone would come up with a complete semi only receiver, built from scratch, there might be a chance we could get the government to approve the design. I would love to have one.

[Kev G]

I take it you don't have one Kev, it must be on your hit list though!

.......Oh the list only gets longer,never shorter !

the top portion is an actual Bren tripod pintle that I ordered from the UK

I thought I recognised it :-)

[Beezer]

I thought I recognised it :-)

HEHE....It worked out perfectly Kev. Really saved me alot of work.