What is your experience in adapting other tripods or mounts to work with a Bren?

[MrNatural]

I ended up going with an MG42 AA tripod from whatacountry.com for $296 delivered. Brand new in the factory wrap. The damn thing is beautifully made! Not at all like some wartime contract job. They're sold out of them now, alas. Added a $40 Bren adapter from HellBox Armory: Bren Gun Adaptor Which fit like a glove. Smooth traverse with no wiggle and no rattle. The setup works very well. Most shooter-friendly setup I've seen in a while. I'm planning on getting adapters for some other guns of mine for this tripod.

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[TactAdv]

I ended up going with an MG42 AA tripod from whatacountry.com for $296 delivered. Brand new in the factory wrap. The damn thing is beautifully made! Not at all like some wartime contract job. They're sold out of them now, alas. Added a $40 Bren adapter from HellBox Armory: Bren Gun Adaptor Which fit like a glove. Smooth traverse with no wiggle and no rattle. The setup works very well. Most shooter-friendly setup I've seen in a while. I'm planning on getting adapters for some other guns of mine for this tripod.

......and, this is exactly what I was describing and showed pictures of in Post #7 above!! Glad you like it!

As for other guns using the MG3 AA tripod (it's an MG3 device, NOT an MG-42 item!), take a look at some of the pictures in my post above. Currently to date, I have made adapters for using this with PKM, DP-28, M249, M240B, Jap Type 1/100 (MG15), MG-34, CETME Ameli, Ultimax 100 Mk 3, RPD, M1918A2 BAR, FN-D, IMI Negev , MK 46.....in addition to the original placement for my MG1A1 & MG74 and the pictured Bren MK II posted on. And I have seen done MANY more gun types than those that I have done myself for my own guns.

Some are EXTREMELY simplistic, like the for the Bren, or PKM here:


To date, the only one that really took any serious work was adapting the Jap Type 1 (MG15 clone) as that required dealing with and making provisions for the gimballing mount on the gun itself, for which the below adapter was devised:Attachment 66804Attachment 66803



Many people also adapt these for the various Barrett .50BMG rifles. They are really adaptable, as you'll soon discover!

-TomH