Browning Auto Rifle
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Wanstalls Online had a few semi-auto reproductions for sale not too long ago, extremely pricey though. They don't have them listed now, but chances are they will import more if the interest is there. Here is an old post about them:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...ce-Works-M1918A3-BAR-Semi-Auto-Special-Orders
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...ce-Works-M1918A3-BAR-Semi-Auto-Special-Orders
I don't understand. How can the BAR be made in semi-auto and Canadians may own one, but the BREN is not available to us in semi-auto? This makes no sense. The two rifles were contemporaries. They were designed and used for the same purpose.
stencollector
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
http://www.irunguns.ca/store/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=ohio&product_id=354
Irunguns has some coming in right about now. But with the US dollar going up against ours, you will be paying about $7.5K or so. That kind of price tag usually separates the boys from the boys with money and desire.
I kind of echo the sentiment of Kirk1701. I would likekly pay that kind of money for a legal copy of the Bren. But it is understandable why it is not available. This stuff comes from the American market, and something like a BAR has a lot more general appeal to their market than an expensive Bren would have.
Irunguns has some coming in right about now. But with the US dollar going up against ours, you will be paying about $7.5K or so. That kind of price tag usually separates the boys from the boys with money and desire.
I kind of echo the sentiment of Kirk1701. I would likekly pay that kind of money for a legal copy of the Bren. But it is understandable why it is not available. This stuff comes from the American market, and something like a BAR has a lot more general appeal to their market than an expensive Bren would have.
Curse the USA's general appeal. The BREN is a smoother, more pleasant shooter than the BAR could ever hope to be, all due respect to the OP. The BREN is the Rolls Royce of the LMGs. I doubt I'd pay $7500 for one though. Seems a bit excessive.
stencollector
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
I might not for a mk2 copy, but for a mk1...... Lots of superfluous flowing lines, and the capability of adding a few options. I have a few mk1, the mk1M transitional, a few mk1M. a mk2, and the 8mm Chinese guns (all Inglis, but all dewats). Of all of them the mk1 is my favorite.
Interesting thing I noticed when working on a BAR dewat a few years back: the charging handle on the mk2 Bren seemed to be interchangeable with the BAR.
