Bren Gun... what's it worth?

[JetRanger]

A friend of mine (yes, he's properly licenced.) is thinning the herd and it looks like the Bren Gun will be going.
He's had it for 30 years and has no idea what to ask: it has been fully converted to semi auto only. He has only fired it a few times... the last time being 20 years ago.

Can anyone help with a ballpark figure?

p.s. I'm not buying it.

 

[gaff]

not with out more info. ,pictures, condition , spare parts, barrels, mags? good luck getting it transferred to a new buyer.

 

[Dyspnea]

If its convert auto the it falls into 12.3 prohibited, unless you have that on your liecense you can never own it, unless it is dewatted.

 

[#4mk1(T)]

If its convert auto the it falls into 12.3 prohibited, unless you have that on your liecense you can never own it, unless it is dewatted.

And there's the rub. It's likely worth more as a dewat.

 

[AK]

And there's the rub. It's likely worth more as a dewat.

And certainly transferable to its new owner much sooner.

 

[#1bcshooter]

Might as well have it dewatted .
If he try's to sell it to another properly licenced collector it will end up going to the RCMP forensic lab to ensure it is properly converted .
They will say it is not & he will never see the gun again . They will permanently deactivate it .
But it will end up becoming a piece of rebar or some other recycled metal object .

 

[FALover]

Depending on make/model/accessories it could get up to $1700. Condition would have to be good. There are buyers out there but only a limited few. A word of caution,if this is his only 12.3 and he sells it he will lose his 12.3 grandfathered privilege. p.s. I am one of the limited few.

 

[Shooting Centre]

FWIW the new RCMP guidelines for deactivating firearms means that even deactivation will cause a long delay in transfer too.

 

[Kampfhamster]

What are the chances of this beauty being exported?

 

[Claven2]

What are the chances of this beauty being exported?

Just about zero.

 

[haha49]

Might as well have it dewatted .
If he try's to sell it to another properly licenced collector it will end up going to the RCMP forensic lab to ensure it is properly converted .
They will say it is not & he will never see the gun again . They will permanently deactivate it .
But it will end up becoming a piece of rebar or some other recycled metal object .

Id say no then I would ask for a short term to lend it to the new owner as a screw you...

Just ask can I lend the firearm till the transfer is complete?

 

[red_bailey]

Id say no then I would ask for a short term to lend it to the new owner as a screw you...

Just ask can I lend the firearm till the transfer is complete?

You don't seem to understand: the RCMP will take it into their possession for ‘assessment’ and won't release it for maybe a year, if at all; there is no opportunity to lend the fire-arm.

This has been a common operating procedure of late when it comes to the 12(3) Converted Automatic class. If you leave one sitting in your safe, it goes un-noticed. But when you want to start moving it around, all of a sudden they pop up and say that the lab must examine it to determine if it has spontaneously un-converted itself. The Transfer is frozen until they take their sweet time on this.

They're flexing their muscles, because they can. It seems strange that they would harass what must be, for fear of doing anything to lose their Prohibited status, the most compliant group of fire-arms owners in the nation. Fact is, they can't examine a 12(2) automatic and find fault with it (it's not going to get more Prohibited), so they have to settle for 12(3) and hope they can find it has been classified in-correctly.

 

[36 hamon]

yep so far just over 1 year and still waiting for my FAL

 

[gaff]

word from the crime lab says they have a back log . 90 or so guns to be checked. enough work to keep there jobs until 2015

 

[John Sukey]

Thankfully I live south of the border! My CANADIAN Bren works like it's supposed to..

 

[flying pig]

John do they need any heavy duty mechanics where you live and also do you need a new friend? Lol

 

[John Sukey]

John do they need any heavy duty mechanics where you live and also do you need a new friend? Lol

I wouldn't know as I have been retired for 20 years. However we do have open pit copper mines that use LOTS of heavy equipment.

 

[WestIslandRifle]

Contact location snapshot or felcan they can buy almost everything best chance of selling it

 

[purple]

The bureaucratic controls on the 12(3) category are one of the most odious aspects of the whole process. Somehow these people have convinced themselves and their political masters that the 12(3) firearms must either be confined to the safe or the smelter in the interests of public safety. I`ve never heard of one of these firearms being used for criminal purposes, either before or since the controls were imposed. It seems that the typical urban gangsta finds it preferable and more convenient to use one of the much more concealable handguns that they procure through illegal channels. Maybe I keep missing it on the ever-vigilant CBC, but I`ve just never heard of a BREN or a BAR being used to knock off the local Seven-Eleven store. The whole thing strikes me as control for the sake of control.