Aussie mag box

[Brit plumber]

Sorry I'm late in replying but I'm away on holiday with a wifi connection that may as well be on the other side of the world. When I get home I'll have a look at the mag boxes that I have from Australia and the L2mag box I have too. I'll also try and find the photo of the guys who were making or refurbing the boxes although there is no way to see makers marks.

[Brit plumber]

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I've had a cursory look at my boxes and I found the L2 box is a FGK made box. The stampings are identical to Toms and under the new paint work are the original Bren stencils and there too is a FGK stencil. So is FGK Australian, that is the question?

[TactAdv]

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I've had a cursory look at my boxes and I found the L2 box is a FGK made box. The stampings are identical to Toms and under the new paint work are the original Bren stencils and there too is a FGK stencil. So is FGK Australian, that is the question?

....so what I find funny as Hell is that whomever re-painted these 'FGK' marked boxes thought it important to paint anew the 'FGK' STAMPING, which I figure is actually a makers' mark.

Ideas??
-TomH

[Peter Laidler]

Q for BP. Is that L2 mag box just one of the converted Bren mag boxes - as we converted our Bren boxes for L4 mags? As I said, we did a load of them for |straight L2 magazines

In answer to BP's thread 27...... Yep, that just how we did loads of them. We converted them and the painters shop spray painted them according to the instructions

[Aussie48]

From memory and this is going back to late 1980's early 1990's the last issue Australian Bren I had the Privilege of being issued came with a 10 mag box made by Lysaght and the mags were straight as per the L2A1 probably those anyway. Why ten to a box, because the Q Creatures would have had to have taken a boot and sock off to count the extra 2 mags if they were issued in 12 Mag boxes

Dick

[Peter Laidler]

Don't ever recall seeing or using a 10 mag box......

[Brit plumber]

Yep, the box is a converted Bren mag box, under the new paint and stencils are the original Bren stencils. The original finish must have remained perfect as the new coat is also perfect. I would expect a new top coat on original chipped paint to look a mess.

Oh and it's a 12 mag box as per Bren.

[Kev G]

Just had a look through my boxes.This one is a MKI and isn't stamped FGK but stenciled F.G.K & Co Ltd.



With the latch lifted there is an inspection mark underneath the keep riveted to the box front.



No markings on the handle or anywhere else I can see.

UK manufacture ?

ATB KG

[Aussie48]

Your quite right Peter they were 12 magazine boxes my Q mate informed me today we were only issued 10 per box as we couldn't count past 10 without taking a boot off. Here are some photos he sent me of the Australian Bren and L2A1 Magazine Boxes

[TactAdv]

Kev sayeth:
"With the latch lifted there is an inspection mark underneath the keep riveted to the box front."




Well, with THAT, I'm going to go pop the latch on mine and have a look. Picture to follow.....
-TomH