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  1. Thanks to everyone on the list so far I will be sending PM's out soon with more details and hopefully ordering soon and on that note is there anyone else who would like to add their name before I do this deed.

     

    Regards and Thank you.

  2. Have you ever fired a bren for real? I remember when I was about fifteen, I was at summer camp in the ATC when after our five rounds on the 303's we were given a demonstration with a bren gun. The RAF sargeant first showed us single round fire, although you might be forgiven for thinking it was set to automatic. Followed by automatic fire, he used a full clip in about three seconds. This was followed by "Any volunteers to have a go?"

    Nobody, but nobody had the balls to have a go. I'm up for that. I could only have been about five feet tall, the sargeant sat me on what he described as a firing stool. Looked more like a milking stool to me, he loaded the clip, I pointed the gun at the target, released the safety catch, and on the command of: FIRE I pulled the trigger. The cartridge emptied in about two seconds, the left hand side of the target was in complete shreds, and I lay on my back, looking skywards with the recoil. To be fair, there is very little recoil, but when you are fifteen and five foot nothing weighing about seven stone, it doesn't take a lot to blow you over. There was howls of laughter and the sargeant helped me to my feet.

    To this day I have always had the greatest respect for the bren gun.

     

     

     

    Yes along with a sten, .303, LMG great fun to be had

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