Anyone left behind...................

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

funny, I can get 30 rounds in my mags. I believe the reason to put a couple fewer in was to ensure a smoother feed.
Ferrets, Got do drive one from the customs impound to a friends business when he imported several.
Its amazing how polite people were when I put my turn signals on, everyone made room so I could get into the turn lane.
Oh by the way, we found one of the petrol tins strapped to the back had WHERMACHT markings. I guess a jerrry can is a jerry can.

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[Kev G]

Not that 30 rnds wouldn't fit,but only 28 rnds should used.

[Strangely Brown]

My memory is that we could only just get 29 Rds in the mag, I suppose it is possible that the mag was f***ed.

[Son]

My father carried a Bren during his service time, early fifties. He said the Bren gunner was everybody's mate unless you were marching to the range! When talking on the subject, he always comments on it's accuracy and reliability. He also says you never put a full magazine into a Bren- "always flick the first two out. They never jammed with 28 on top, but did sometimes with 30- Murphy says it would happen when you least need it, so never tempt fate."

Here's a rack of Brens I got to play with for a few minutes years ago, and another more recent

[Peter Laidler]

Jeeeeeees........... Mk1,s 2, a Mk3 and a few L4's! Wrong barrel on the second pic Son. Should be a stainless double taper flash eliminator Mk1 or 1*.
That's more that we've got left in the Army here!

[Son]

That rack is in a storage/ workshop area generally off limits to the public at the Lithgow Small Arms Museum. The pictures were a few years ago, I have more, but not of Brens. The "guide" told us there were examples of every Bren manufacturer and calibre-

Just to touch on the "on topic" side- get a load of these! (first pic)
Second pic is wandering off again- apology for the focus.

[Edward Horton]

Son I have a technical question about your photos, the odd and strangely pale distorted faces in your photos, were they caused by any of the following:

A. Drinking Fosters Beer and eating vegemite.

B. Overexposure to cordite powder and the corresponding facial erosion.

C. You actually think you can hide from Gunboard members who have seen the untouched original photos.

D. The plastic surgery and botox injections didn’t work

E. All of the above.

[Son]

Son I have a technical question about your photos, the odd and strangely pale distorted faces in your photos, were they caused by any of the following:

A. Drinking Fosters Beer and eating vegemite.

B. Overexposure to cordite powder and the corresponding facial erosion.

C. You actually think you can hide from Gunboard members who have seen the untouched original photos.

D. The plastic surgery and botox injections didn’t work

E. All of the above.

In answer to your enquiry,
A. had nothing to do with it- I don't drink (probably because I don't look in the mirror) Vegemite was never conclusively proven to cause birth defects, and because Fosters Beer was only ever tested on Americans, we are still waiting on the resultant generation to grow up before anyone here actually tastes it.

B. Hmmm, a possibility.....

C. True, but not everyone remembers everything they ever read here on the internet....

D. The quote from the first plastic surgeon was over a hundred grand.... Then we found a bloke pioneering a new technique- using the plastic lid off an icecream bucket, a black marking pen and superglue. I'm bound by contract not to divulge anything more (it is an experimental procedure, and very secret) Total cost was $11.48 and I feel the results speak for themselves.

[Bindi2]

Son you can wear any sort of mask you like if you take me on that sort of sortie to the back rooms. Promise to carry a towel. Those S & Ls still have the WOW factor. PL said about the BRENS. Will even wear white cotton gloves.