Bren MKII to L4 Gas Shield

[Peter Laidler]

Got to respectfully disagree chaps......... Look at c310's first photo again. Looking forwards through the barrel opening where the gas cylinder end is cut off JUST in front of the barrel locating port. (we are looking from inside where the barrel locking lever is usually positioned). That barrel locating lug at the botton of the U shaped ears AND the ears ARE canted over to the right. THE UPRIGHT BARREL SUPPORTING EARS AND THE BARREL LOCATING STUD ARE BOTH PART OF THE GAS BLAST PLATE/SHIELD. This means either a) the female horizontal locating recess in the body is twisted or b) the corresponding projection in the gas blast plate is twisted.

This is absolutely nothing to do with the actual gas cylinrder per se as this is a simple sliding fit retained with the taper pin. The gas blast shield is located solely between the gas cylinder flange and the front face of the body and prevented from twisting by the very horizontal locating slot.

And don't forget c310 and others....... That from memory, the butt slide runners in the body end about 6" REARWARDS of the end of the body WITHOUT the gas blast plate and cas cylinder! So a body could be twisted from that point forwards and STILL slip nicely onto your jig/mandrill - and indeed a butt slide!

Just my 2c's worth - but I am always willing to learn about Bren guns of course........