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    Bren Parts Set/Display Gun and a South African Bren

    A friend has a parts set with the torch cut receiver. He has cut out reside from the cutting torch and assembled the receiver parts on the butt slide. He intends to use it as a display gun for his study.He keeps the receiver parts from sliding off the front of the butt slide some nylon electrical cable ties.

    He was wondering if he could tack the pieces of the receiver together with a small amount of weld at each of the cuts so they don't move when he operates the bolt. I am concerned that the BATFE might view any effort to reattach the receiver parts even for display purposes as turning the parts set into a machine gun.

    Does anyone have experience with this?

    Fifteen years ago I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a Bren gun picked up by a U.S. CID officer visiting the Alamein battlefield a few days after the end of the battle. He somehow got it home, hid it in his basement, and registered in 1968 during the amnesty. It was made in 1938 and has S. African property marks on the receiver. I was able to buy it from his son. I have shot it many times and it is truly the ultimate light machine gun.
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    Fifteen years ago I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a Bren gun picked up by a U.S. CID officer visiting the Alamein battlefield a few days after the end of the battle. He somehow got it home, hid it in his basement, and registered in 1968 during the amnesty. It was made in 1938 and has S. African property marks on the receiver. I was able to buy it from his son. I have shot it many times and it is truly the ultimate light machine gun.
    I'm afraid I know nothing about Brens held in the USAicon, but I'm intrested in the Bren you have that is 1938 dated. I am sort of the surviving Bren gun registrar in the UKicon and would like to add yours to the list. Being a 1938 gun it would be a reasonably rare Mk1 Double Dovetail and if its a battle field pick up, it most probably is very original. Do you have any photo's? I have a few 1938 guns myself but unfortunatly they are all UK spec deactivated (Dewats). I may be able to give some more info on the gun you have, if it has south african markings, there is a guy in SA that may be able to tell me more about it (And pass on to you). Cheers, Chris.

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    I will dig it out and see if I can get pictures for you, plus give you the serial number over the weekend.

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    Hi, Did you ever find the details of the gun?

    Cheers, Chris.

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