Bren Gun... Ooooo....

[Lenny]

 

[Davejb]

Hilarious film, the mad russian has me in fits

[Lenny]

42 minutes ago, Davejb said:

Hilarious film, the mad russian has me in fits

Indeed, one of my favourite films...

[Mav352]

Great film. Did anyone see the tv series? 

[Manu Della Valle]

Yep...great...but look at the indents on the primers...these cartridges have been really ejected by Brenny The Gun!

[DAK D]

I love this movie, it's a classic

Controlled bursts of three to five rounds at a time, oh sod it full auto

D

[HetzersGonnaHetz]

Watched this film with my dad... Bloody hilarious, cheers for sharing!

[dagodave]

Loved this movie wish they made more of Em like this. Tho Snach was good too:)

[Manu Della Valle]

"The Snatch" is #1!

[Guest Fred Karno's Army]

Square or round shaped firing pin  

[Manu Della Valle]

34 minutes ago, Ham & Jam said:

Square or round shaped firing pin  

Oblong...rectangular...PECULIAR!

[william1134]

These guns are really heavy, but I suppose they are quite stable once shooting? I am not sure as I have only handled de-acs.

[Lenny]

Yup, Bren firing pin.

heres a little quizz for you. Tell me 2 interesting things about this...

[Guest Fred Karno's Army]

Didn't the ZB30 or VZ something similar to the Bren    Czech I think it was have this shaped firing pin too ?

Just came across this pic too 

Edited May 13, 2016 by Fred Karno's Army

[Manu Della Valle]

18 minutes ago, Lenny said:

Yup, Bren firing pin.

heres a little quizz for you. Tell me 2 interesting things about this...

 

Laquered steel case for a VZ!

...Brenny's mom!

[Lenny]

Yup, that's one thing... the oblong firing pic indentation gives it away, but what's the other interesting thing?

[Guest Fred Karno's Army]

I can see its DWM and rune marked and date but hmmmmm ........

Thover tut thexperts 

[Manu Della Valle]

Well,
I've been collecting WW2 German 7,92 cartridges in their boxes for a very long time but without my books I cannot say anything about this case!The headstamp reads DWM 1938 SS but IIRC there were NO SS-stamped steel cases...only brass ones!I cannot think of anything else at the moment!

[Davejb]

9 hours ago, william1134 said:

These guns are really heavy, but I suppose they are quite stable once shooting? I am not sure as I have only handled de-acs.

I used to love firing the Bren, if you were good enough,you could get single shots from it as well. It was such an accurate weapon, which could be a drawback for a machine gun, but they were so easy to field strip and reassemble, plus the barrel was easy to change without the use of gloves. Did you know that there was a twin barrelled version made. China developed them in the 50s, but theres only one in existence now. They used the AK47 magazines

 

[Manu Della Valle]

Yes @Davejb...I know that there was a double-barrelled version and yes...it's disgustingly accurate for a MG!