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Posted: 03 December 2006 at 2:36am

Originally posted by cinetog

I owned one years ago, I paid $1500. I would never pay 5000$ for one. I collect firearms and the plain truth is that this is a very low quality gun that only cost about 300$ when it was new. It's basically a piece of junk, with many flaws, anyone who say different doesn't know guns. Although I suppose as a collector gun some people might like to own "Sonny's Gun". But as far as shooting it, it's a piece of poorly made of hardware.

HAVE TO DISAGREE... I own two Brens. In fact, they are consecutive serial numbers. One Bren is a totally reliable shooter, digests ANY 10mm ammo, great trigger pull and clearly more accurate than any other factory weapon I've owned. The second one is not so great. A soft barrel (less than 28 Rockwell) and not recommended for full loads. The fit is not near that of my shooter. It is still far from the piece of junk you describe.

BTW... I'm an original purchaser and the Brens NEVER sold for $300 unless you found a divorce sale.

I guess the BIGGEST problem/fear is no spare parts inventory ANYWHERE should something ever break. Guess I did good by having a backup parts gun.

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Posted: 02 September 2006 at 1:39pm

Well Bren Ten I admire your optimism. It must be that legendary British resolve, always keeping fath no matter what the situation. But if you ever do decide to "jump ship" I'll take you to some gun clubs and let you shoot some weapons you have probably only read about.

God bless America and God bless The Second Amendment.

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Posted: 01 September 2006 at 12:22am

220 Bren Ten,

Totally understand your view point - which is well said and absolutely true. I find it moronic to the extreme that the very people whom want to lecture about gun control have no experience with them. And usually find it ok to have armed security gurards protecting them anyhow- talk about double standards.

As for heading to the US-its an increasingly tempting prospect-but being born in the mother of all democracies, those of us old enough to have been allowed to be free men once, have a tendency to feel that we have to stop the rotten apples before they ruin what is left of the country. And perhaps attempt to corrupt the undeniable fairness of the liberties of the rest of the world.

The country is a sinking ship now-a shadow of what it what just 10 years ago and sadly laughed at by the rest of the world .It was not always like that. And as the lights of freedom once again go out in Britian some of us stay to try and limit the damage and do what we can until the day that what Winston Churchill described as "the sunny uplands" of democracy can return.

Heres hoping we can do that soon

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Posted: 29 August 2006 at 6:28am

man why don't u brits just move here. The Brady Bill is no more. I personally am a firearms enthusiast with a hefty collection of weapons and i'm only 22 years old. I was brought up around guns and know how to use them for defense. Unfortunatly I live in one of the two states here in the US that do not allow concealed carry of a firearm, good old Wisconsin. I would go insane living in a country where I couldn't own a firearm. All that shows is your government doesn't trust you and why is that? I was in london 2 years ago and its a nice place but even alot of people there are dissatisfied that they can't own whatever they want. And the pro-ban people talk about how we have such bad gun crime but the reality is if you take out the inner city crime meaning the ghettos and such we would have almost zero gun crime. Yes there are a few wackos that go and shoot up a post office or what not but banning legal ownership of firearms won't help that. It will only hurt people from defending themselves.

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Posted: 28 August 2006 at 2:05am

WAYFARER

TBH with the state of our bars and the drinking culture I'm not sure the UK public should be allowed weapons so easily, ever - not that I want to debate the subject.

There is no debate. Trying to pair honest,everyday citizens whom deem that owniong a firearm is as reponsible as having a spare tyre in a car, or a fire extinguisher in there home - with a youht culture of access alcohol and guns is madness.

There are only 3 types of gunowners in the UK.

1) The Amatuers. These tend to be 99% of the armed forces, Navy, Airforce, and Armed Police, They tend to have about 20 hours of on range training and are taught to believe they are the best.

2) The Criminally minded. They tend to have complete access to any type of firearm you want. Not only proving the UK handgun ban totlay defunct (handgun crime as only reason 65% SINCE the handgun ban THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT ALL YOU ANTI-GUN BRADY BED WETTERS- TRY AND IGNORE THOSE HONEST FIGURES FROM THE HITLER LIKE SS HM GOV'S OWN FIGURES-THE REAL FIGURE IS LIKELY HIGHER. MUCH HIGHER. PROOF FOR THE WHOLE WORLD GUN CONTROL DOES NOT WORK!"

3) The Experts. They tend to be ex forces. Have about 20 years exprience with firearms. And are not allowed to own pistols or semi auto firearms due to the fact that this demographic of people. Mainly farmerrs, hunters, lawyers, surgeions, doctors, bank managers, policemen, enforcement officers nurses etc etc. Have been found guilty of a crime they never committted, And branded as child paedophile murderes.

The drinkers and clubbers tend to use bread knifes and stolen cars to kill people....oh but thats already illegal right.

So should we ban them?????????? NOPE The UK government just agreed 24 hour drinking laws in UK. And the drink fueled crime is going up monthly!

Want to ban something REALLY DANGEROUS?

Ban the NAZI's who Ban!

TBC

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Posted: 18 August 2006 at 1:48pm

Originally posted by Bren Ten

This of course does not apply to Great Briain- The Mother of ALL Democracies. Where subjects are refused to own, shoot, or have a right of self defence, whilst the rest of the world daily have these rights.

Yeah, yeah, rub it in, why don't you pal! LOL

TBH with the state of our bars and the drinking culture I'm not sure the UK public should be allowed weapons so easily, ever - not that I want to debate the subject.

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Posted: 18 August 2006 at 5:18am

I owned one years ago, I paid $1500. I would never pay 5000$ for one. I collect firearms and the plain truth is that this is a very low quality gun that only cost about 300$ when it was new. It's basically a piece of junk, with many flaws, anyone who say different doesn't know guns. Although I suppose as a collector gun some people might like to own "Sonny's Gun". But as far as shooting it, it's a piece of poorly made of hardware.

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Posted: 01 August 2006 at 5:38am

Originally posted by bren10man

And I have a Ted Blocker Lifeline holster for it...like on Season 1 into midway of Season 2. Galco Jackass/Miami Classic holster is nearly impossible to find, more rare than the gun itself.

Well hush my mouth, you so funny!

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Posted: 10 July 2006 at 9:20pm

Where did you find the airsoft Bren Ten?

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Posted: 08 July 2006 at 3:57am

Ball Bearings are circular metal balls. Produced initially in the early 20th Century to act as a liquid barried for working machine parts; they were also able to be fired with some accuracy although limited velocity out of air pistols.

As for Europe, it continues to have on the whole far less restrictions to firearms then the USA. For example-it is legal in the US to own semi auto rilfes with a flash suppressor. Rifles and pistols with silencers. Full Auto Machine Guns. Full capacity magazines for semi-auto pistols Yes the brady bill is fading out now in the USA. NO waiting period for Guns. No need in many countures to have a CCW let alone a licence to possess a gun. No restirctions on ammunition. No restrictions on travveling with a gun or ammo.

Howvere the government have for once and for all ended the deabte on gun control-here we have a pacifists wet dream Total and utter ban on hand guns. What they do NOT publicise is that SINCE the ban on handguns, handgun related crime and death has increased by almost 70% a year based on the governments own figures. Prove if it were again needed that Gun control does NOT work-unless you are Hitler!

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Posted: 02 July 2006 at 2:21pm

Yes Slick Nick, it�s legal to own firearms, but I think it�s harder than in the States. Don�t take my word on it, but I think in Spain the people that own guns(other than police oficers) are, mainly, hunters.

Excuse my ignorance but, what is "ball bearing"? Is it guns with little bullets shaped like a ball? If so, it�s like in Spain, where we have "pistolas de aire comprimido"(compressed air guns) and "pistolas de balines"(little bullets guns). I think the "compressed air guns" are like "airsoft guns" and reach further but I�m not sure. As I said, I�d like to get in the (aim) shooting world but right now I�m an ignorant as far as that topic is concerned.

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Posted: 25 June 2006 at 6:37pm

Originally posted by lkennedy31

Man JSCrockett! You are soo lucky! I finally found the white linen suit( to me the most important part), white espadrille-like shoes and plain pastel T-shirts for�100 Euros total, and now I�m looking for the final complements: shield, gun and holster. The problem is I live in a small Spanish town and in the few gun shops there is they don�t have any�idea of what a Bren Ten or S&W look like. I�m looking for an airsoft gun(I like guns, but only for shooting practice) and by the way, what does BB stand for? This post is really for Spanish Vicers, like Gina but, are there more Spanish members who can give me any tips on this? I guess I�ll have to go to Madrid or any other big city to find it. Oh well, it�ll be worth it.

BB stands for ball bearing.

So it's legal to own firearms in Spain? I know that Europe is really restrictive, but I never assume that every country has an out-right ban. A few years ago I heard that's illegal to own pistols and rifles in Greece, but you can buy as many shotguns as you want to.

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Posted: 25 June 2006 at 1:16pm

Man JSCrockett! You are soo lucky! I finally found the white linen suit( to me the most important part), white espadrille-like shoes and plain pastel T-shirts for 100 Euros total, and now I�m looking for the final complements: shield, gun and holster. The problem is I live in a small Spanish town and in the few gun shops there is they don�t have any idea of what a Bren Ten or S&W look like. I�m looking for an airsoft gun(I like guns, but only for shooting practice) and by the way, what does BB stand for? This post is really for Spanish Vicers, like Gina but, are there more Spanish members who can give me any tips on this? I guess I�ll have to go to Madrid or any other big city to find it. Oh well, it�ll be worth it.

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Posted: 20 June 2006 at 10:35pm

You may have already checked this, but what about

Good luck! Personally, I'd love to find one, too. I'm a Glock Girl, but a Bren Ten, would be a nice addition to my little collection.

Crockett Rocks!

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Posted: 31 May 2006 at 11:52pm

watercop - you have PM.

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Posted: 26 May 2006 at 11:03pm

Keep checking Gunsamerica for a Bren Ten. There as not been a Bren Ten for sale on gunsamerica.com (other than the overpriced Jeff Cooper model) in a long time.

About three weeks ago there was a 45 Bren Ten Marksman on gunbroker.com. The first bid was $970 and it sold for around $1,300.

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Posted: 25 May 2006 at 9:36pm

I own one, paid $1500 for it 6 years ago...prices are up and down.

Mags: gun came with one, bought 2 more for $110 apiece...

I have box, manual, spare parts, Norma ammo (4 boxes of it, not to shoot but to collect), 1984 catalog, gunrug, etc.

I also paid $150 to have slide chromed 5 years ago....1 year after I bought it.

And I have a Ted Blocker Lifeline holster for it...like on Season 1 into midway of Season 2. Galco Jackass/Miami Classic holster is nearly impossible to find, more rare than the gun itself.

Airsoft BB gun? No thanks for me...only the real deal is how I go.

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Posted: 06 March 2006 at 7:25am

Originally posted by JSCrockett2006

I have an airsoft replica Bren Ten. Didn't cost anywhere near $5000. The effect is great if you're not looking for a real firearm.

Man, I've been looking everywhere for one of the marushin bren tens... everyone's sold out. :(

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