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

[TactAdv]

Back to basics though...........
Just my opinion. Been there, done it..........

Hi Peter! Well, I can't argue with anything you said there!! Fantastic commentary on the real-world use of the "tools of the trade", and too, I am always astounded at your level of first-person experience in this realm........you're certainly a "National Treasure" to be able to let us have direct access to your encyclopedic knowledge base.

I know you realize though, that for most of us over here, where we can own and actually shoot live privately owned MG's that our "requirements" pretty much begin and end with shooting dirt, rusty oil drums, and the occasional dead car and model airplane. ;-))

For that reality, many people here have done remarkable things with what we have available.......I have no doubt that it horrifies and sickens strict military-doctrine professionals to see what has been cobbled up over here "for fun", but there is still a large group of people that truly benefit from all this '"garage engineering" energy.

Taken full circle......look at what is on display in the various current hot-spots in the M.E. with the various local Islamist radicals........they're doing the same exercise really, adapting with what is on hand and available to them.....and USING it in the heat of battles.

Granted, over here, at the end of the day all of our privately owned MG's come home and disappear into the basement, or vault room, or similar.....so our actual usage puts the kit we cobble together at best in the league of a hobby or sport, but it matters to many to be able to come up with good, solid, usable solution to mount their various MG's from and enjoy sending a few thousand rounds down range for a fun day. As my old acquaintance Peter Kokalis used to acknowledge, grudgingly, "shooting from a padded potty seat has it merits".

Here's a perfect example of what I'm relating to:

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.....in the context of where I live, it all makes perfect sense. ;-))

I have enough headaches everyday in my real job dealing with the military/Govt realm, shooting is my way to let off steam and have fun....

-TomH

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To find what??? Why don't you just ask a specific question instead of bringing these old threads back? That's two you've done for no good point...and no proper question.