Lee Enfield 20 round Magazine?
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If you ever find out who is making repro's let me know. Chances of finding an original are about as good as getting hit by lightening three times on a Thursday between 12 noon and 1pm while wearing your bright yellow polo shirt on the corner of Hastings and Main.
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- Pile of Bones, SK
I saw one once, a Ranger had it in his No4. Very cool stuff. Wish I could find one myself.
Cottage Hill Bill
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- Pensacola, FL USA
Here's a picture
of mine in a SMLE
As far as I know no one is making repros.
of mine in a SMLE
As far as I know no one is making repros.
20 Round LE Mags
I think I remember that some posters on this site (Riflechair?) were considering modification of Bren gun mags. David Thomlinson (late of NFA) once wrote an article that unpinned disassembled Bren gun mags were legal. I think that if you cut off the bottom of a LE mag and cut the top of a Bren gun mag and joined the two you would have a large capacity LE mag. Since the modified mag would no longer fit a Bren gun, this should be OK but ????.
I think I remember that some posters on this site (Riflechair?) were considering modification of Bren gun mags. David Thomlinson (late of NFA) once wrote an article that unpinned disassembled Bren gun mags were legal. I think that if you cut off the bottom of a LE mag and cut the top of a Bren gun mag and joined the two you would have a large capacity LE mag. Since the modified mag would no longer fit a Bren gun, this should be OK but ????.
.. Realistically, using a full length Bren Gun Magazine (30 rounds ) would be as "unwieldy" as all get out ! Even the 'Magazine, shortened to 20, would be cumbersome. Which is I guess, the reason they weren't all popular or widespread. ( I think the Germans tried the same sort of idea for Trench Warfare in WW1 )... David K
Yes, it is going into a bolt gun, but it comes from a machine gun. It was designed for the machine gun, and it would become prohibited if left unpinned.
It has to be designed for the bolt gun. The AiA mag supposedly fits into the M14s. Ten round bolt gun mag into a semi is fine. Not the other way around.
- Location
- Pile of Bones, SK
- Location
- Pile of Bones, SK
of mine in a SMLE
As far as I know no one is making repros.
You are a very lucky man to own that very rare magazine.
fat tony
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I recall a long time ago, I read in a long out of print book by J. David Truby, there was a quick blurb on a VC home made ak-47 that used .303 Bren gun magazines, supposedly the metal to make it came from a downed US aircraft in Vietnam.
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Cottage Hill Bill
CGN Regular
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- Pensacola, FL USA
Vimy Ridge,
I am very, very aware of that. I stumbled on it when a WWI collection was being broken up. One of the few times in my collecting when fortune smiled upon me.
I am very, very aware of that. I stumbled on it when a WWI collection was being broken up. One of the few times in my collecting when fortune smiled upon me.
"...what was it worth?..." No. 4 mags run about $30 to $35Cdn. No. 1 mags run about $40Cdn. The modified BREN mag, if you could find one, would be worth a bunch more. Can't say as I've ever seen one.
Like Vimy Ridge says, BREN mags are evil all by themselves. Only the original 10 round mags are exempt.
Like Vimy Ridge says, BREN mags are evil all by themselves. Only the original 10 round mags are exempt.
