I remember Bob Faris telling a story of how he despised the BAR as an Armorer in the Korean War. It was all because of the barrel which was near impossible to change in the field although it was done through sheer butchery from time to time. To think of all the MG's he owned during his long and interesting career and life and he refused to own a BAR. I rented one at Knob Creek the first time I visited the show as a patron in 2000 and enjoyed my couple of magazines immensely. However, compared to the Bren it's really apple and oranges or chalk and cheese as already stated. Obviously a rifle as Jim says as compared to a LMG.