SpitfireXI Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I have always wondered how one aims a Bren gun with that magazine on top. Is the magazine at an angle to allow the shooter to aim? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 No, the sight's just not straight on top of the gun but a bit to the left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by Sergei: No, the sight's just not straight on top of the gun but a bit to the left. Both sights are offset to the left. Or you could put the gun on a tripod. <small>heehee</small> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Did they use the Tripod often? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Here's a colour photo of the tripod setup. Not to forget the three-wheel mount: From this angle it is also easy to see how the sights are set. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Sergei: No, the sight's just not straight on top of the gun but a bit to the left. Both sights are offset to the left. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I know there's been some kind of running gag among the CW mob on this board relating to the Bren tripod. I just haven't ever been able to surface the original thread. Any hints? Is it really worth it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Probably not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Definitely not. A Tommygun mount? You see something new everyday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I fired a bren about a month ago. It rocked, and aiming it was surprising easy and instinctive. I suppose there is probably some paralax going on, but at practical ranges I doubt it'd be much of an issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by JonS: I fired a bren about a month ago. It rocked...That's probably why the use of the tripod became mandatory. To steady it, you know. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 *slap* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 No - slapping it doesn't work - I last fired one 25 years ago but even I remember that you need to squeeze the trigger ........ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogface Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Originally written by the writers of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels: Dog: What the **** is that? Mickey: It's me bren gun. Dog: Couldn't you have thought of something more practical? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I have been told by my father-in-law that it's failing was that it was so damm accurate that you did not easily get the spread for suppressive fire. I suspect also that with small magazines it was never really intended for that role but was required to fill it. Of course him being left handed - might have meant Brens would have been awkward. Not PBI fortunately 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 dieseltaylor, ISTR that the Bren had a singleshot setting and was used to "snipe" at times precisely because it was so accurate. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 The Bren does have a pretty low rate of fire, so single shots aren't too difficult to achieve even without the corresponding sear setting, so I understand. Also the single shot or short burst was claimed to be useful as it made it difficult to distiguish it from the rifles, thus reducing the ability of the enemy to target it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvidae Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 ok,, what is the model and year of that norton ? is it a 500 single ? does it have a ricardo kit ? the side car is blocking my view , AAHHHRRRGGGG!!!!!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 The Tripods 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 flamingknives, Good point on masking the nature of the weapon from the foe! Suppose same approach could be used with the BAR, too, allowing for different cartridge types (.303 vs.30 '06), of course. Did the British/CW load the Bren mags with AP, as the U.S. did with the BAR? Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Originally posted by JonS: *slap* No, really. I heard it from a guy who said he read it in a book. And the guy was an Aussie. An Aussie wouldn't lie to us, would he? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Originally posted by John Kettler: dieseltaylor, ISTR that the Bren had a singleshot setting and was used to "snipe" at times precisely because it was so accurate. Regards, John Kettler Ian V. Hogg and Mike Chappell said that a crafty Bren Gunner could "play a tune" on the Bren by firing a set of shots in a specific way that could be used to signal tactical moves by the rifle section. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Originally posted by Sergei: The Tripods Whatever happened to David Aitken? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I'm left-handed, and I used a Bren a couple of times when I was in the Air Training Corps. I got a rap on the knuckles once for shooting singles when I was supposed to be firing bursts. I wasn't doing it deliberately, honest! Even so, it was easy to get all the burst shots on a NATO man target at 200 yards, even for this spotty 16-year-old! Jeez, that was 30 years ago..... wunwinglow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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