Just ordered this.....

harmoniums

I should have it in by mid February!

Longranger

Oh my god! Memories of being shouted at by a plumber who should have been a soldier, cheap booze in finner camp,itchy dress uniforms and paddys day parades! God, I miss the Craic we had in FCA! best of luck with it dude, I love the BREN:D

Savage93

Likewise, days on Kilworth ranges with the Bren & no.4 MkII, great days,
Is this the real deal, auto etc?

harmoniums

Savage93 wrote: »

Likewise, days on Kilworth ranges with the Bren & no.4 MkII, great days,
Is this the real deal, auto etc?

Semi only

FISMA

harmoniums wrote: »

I should have it in by mid February!

How much and from whom was it bought: private or dealer?

Well wear, when she arrives.

You should be able to lay down some nice cover fire with that!

mathepac

They still make these in Indian factories.

gunhappy_ie

Well wear man,

Tis lucky for some :P

Grizzly 45

Werent they rechamberd in 7.62 NATO as well here??
Well wear with it !:D

bazza888

probably my most favorite firearm iv ever been lucky enough to shoot!!:D

deeksofdoom

I still have a scar on my elbow from a hot shell casing going down the sleve of my shirt while firing one of those yokes on Bere Island 20 years ago.

harmoniums

FISMA wrote: »

How much and from whom was it bought: private or dealer?

Well wear, when she arrives.

You should be able to lay down some nice cover fire with that!

All the info is here

www.smgguns.com

It'll be about 3K US all told

harmoniums

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Werent they rechamberd in 7.62 NATO as well here??
Well wear with it !:D

Yep, but to me they look odd with a much straighter magazine.
I believe you can swap out the barrel and replace the bolt to make it 308.
Maybe I'll do that when I get to the bottom of the 303 pile.
heres one:



For sale here:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=266675476

deeksofdoom

harmoniums wrote: »

Yep, but to me they look odd with a much straighter magazine.
I believe you can swap out the barrel and replace the bolt to make it 308.
Maybe I'll do that when I get to the bottom of the 303 pile.
heres one:



For sale here:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=266675476

The Irish army never had their Brens rechambered for 7.62 the Brits on the other hand did.

Tackleberrywho

They were ovely to fire.in .303.
Plesant recoil, quite accurate and selective fire was years ahead of it's time.

I could never understand why they were designed for a 30 mag as on full auto they would be empty in a jiffy.

First machine gun I ever fired was one.

I hear recently the last of them were all fired off when the closed Clonmel and found ammo that was donkies.
I wonder will they go to the stares like the FN rifle did.

Some craic bunny bashing with one of those

Norwayviking

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I could never understand why they were designed for a 30 mag as on full auto they would be empty in a jiffy.

Well most machineguns are designed for shooting in burst,either you have 30 round magazine or 200 round belt.
If you use the full auto it will be gone in no time,and probably not hit anything either:eek:


Some craic bunny bashing with one of those


Bunny bashing,more like a massacre;):D:D:D

kieranfitz

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Werent they rechamberd in 7.62 NATO as well here??
Well wear with it !:D

Dear god no. All purists round here.

harmoniums

So my deposit is paid, I've got extra magazines and a few other bits and pieces (tools, slings, extra spares etc)
The gun (have a hard time calling this a rifle) should be ready by mid February.
I've already reloaded 1300 .303 rounds, got 5K more to go!

One thing I heard is that DSA arms sells 308 barrels and extractors.
With these and the "correct" magazine (a ZB39) you can get the rifle to reliable fire between 10-12 rounds from the magazine (no issue to me in California where I have to block the mags to 10 rounds anyway).

I have not seen the ZB39 magazines anywhere, let me know if you see them.

I cant wait to receive this! My first name is Brendan. I think I'll stencil "Bren's BREN" on the side of the transit case.

kildare.17hmr

bazza888 wrote: »

probably my most favorite firearm iv ever been lucky enough to shoot!!:D

Have great memories of one of those on a night shoot up the glen, great days.....

robbie mars

Best of luck with her looks class

ace86

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

They were ovely to fire.in .303.
Plesant recoil, quite accurate and selective fire was years ahead of it's time.

I could never understand why they were designed for a 30 mag as on full auto they would be empty in a jiffy.

First machine gun I ever fired was one.

I hear recently the last of them were all fired off when the closed Clonmel and found ammo that was donkies.
I wonder will they go to the stares like the FN rifle did.

Some craic bunny bashing with one of those

The Fn rifle has been converted into a sniper weapon recently they put a schmidt and bender sight and a few other things on it as an infantry support weapon and the bren guns are locked away some were, seen one a few years ago made in 1946 and still in 1st day grease never fired.