bren markII

[infidel]

My quest was successful - markII Inglis 1943



I'll try & get some better pictures. Bore isn't bad, bipod is a little buggered, overall pretty good. not a dewat, semi auto

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[Brit plumber]

Hi Infidel, has it got an original Serial number? I may be able to pin a month of production down for you.

Don't worry about the bipod, its a Brit Daimler/monotype Bipod which would be wrong for your gun. You should be able to pick up a Inglis Mk3 type bipod for a pretty good price in the States. Which parts are worn/damaged? If its the fit on the gas cylinder it could be that its worn or the bipod is badly worn. check the earlier post on the forum about Bren Mk1 gas system upgrades as I've a fealing the early Mk2 guns had the press fit version of the Mk1 gas cylinder (Mk2?3?) which had 2 rows of holes.

Cheers, Chris.

[infidel]

here are a couple of pics. what is the appropriate bipod? You can see that this one is missing the eye for the sling.Not sure how to tell the state of the gas regulator. There is some wear.

[Peter Laidler]

It's not missing the eye bolt loop. That little projection is to stop it tipping over. On the cheap Mk2 and 3 bipods (and variants.....) the sling was attached to the bar below the legs. It also went through the rifle type loop on the butt too. Saves using the big hooks that caused havoc with the wooden butts!

[infidel]

Thanks Peter, the edge of the projection is rough, and it looked like something had snapped off

[Brit plumber]

The Mk3 bipod is basicaly the Mk1 (Adjustable legs) but with fixed legs instead. Your gun is from around the end of October/begining of November.

Cheers, Chris.

[Peter Laidler]

Canada and Australia had different ideas as to what constituted Mk2 and 3 bipods. We (the UK) also had a variant that was authorised on DP Brens and that was a sort of 'home made' Mk3..... where you could use unserviceable adjustable legs, with the inner and outer legs bolted together to become NON-adjustable, but useable on the DP guns. A way of utilising unserviceable bits when/where acceptable

As I remember, the inners and outers were only available as matched sets which was a bit wasteful bacause they WOULD/COULD interchange, even with a bit of simple filing to fit! Oh well.........

[Brit plumber]

Did the Indians call their brazed up Mk1 type bipods the Mk3?

[Gripweed]

If I may ask - based on this discussion, is this Mk3 bipod? Thank you!

[Peter Laidler]

That LOOKS to me like a Canadian simplified Mk1 bipod, called the CMk3. The UK Mk3 was a lightened cheaper version of the cheapened Mk2. It's confusing I know!

The tapered outer legs were shipped across the Atlantic the OTHER way because initially, Canada didn't have the rolling presses necessary to roll the tapered tubes.