As a matter of interest, you budding Bren demil/dewat/deact owners might take a look at this Bren body that is housed at Warminster and another of the soppy Peter Laidlers Bren desk ornaments. It’s interesting for two reasons.
The first is that it shows the two weld cuts that you should avoid like the plague if you wish to RE-wat a Bren. The first is to make sure, if possible, that YOUR dewat is UNCUT between the front loop of the barrel nut space and the step at the rear of the magazine catch. This is because ...
a) it is against the rear surface of the FRONT loop of the barrel nut space that the front face of the barrel nut bears as it pushes the barrel back tightly against the body, to give you the tight barrel, correct feed and CHS you need and;
b) the all important locking shoulder hidden deep beneath (but seen from underneath) the magazine catch assembly that controls and allows you to adjust the CHS of the gun. This is a critical measurement in the feeding and locking of the gun too.
If this section of the gun is uncut and sound, then all is well and you have saved yourself a whole lot of work.
This particular Enfield made Mk1A gun is also unusual because it is a V- serial number. U, V and W serial number prefixes were used by Enfield in 1942 but then, inexplicably, issued to Daimler/Monotype for use in 1943. Daimler used the U, V and well into the W range when the Inspector of Armaments informed them to stop and continue with a new series commencing RA. So if you have an Enfield of a Daimler/Monotype gun with a U, V or W serial number, then it’s got a duplicate somewhere! Anyone got Daimper Monotype gun V8589?
The brass plate on the plinth reads V-8589. 1942 – 2002.
The unkindest cut…..
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Bren body housed at Warminster ....
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