Subject: Bren Newsletter (99/SEPT/18)

Subject: POSSIBLE PROBELM WITH BREN/MARKSMAN SPECIAL

Hi All,

This was posted by a gentleman named "Unitas" on the Glock/ Bren message board. Might want to take a look at your Brens if you plan on firing them. I have not heard of this problem in the past but it doesn't hurt to be careful. It is described as being present in the Marksman Special but check your Bren 10s anyway. Better to be safe than have a grenade in your hands :)

Mike Bonomo
"Deputy"

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Unitas:

I just found all of this Bren Ten activity. I would like to see it in production again. Or is that really in production for the first time? Anyway, I had one of the Marksman Specials a couple of years ago, S/N MSM217,and thought it was one of the neatest designs out there. I like how it seemed to be it's own tool kit, i.e.; the recoil spring guide tip acted as a screwdriver, and the mag was a bushing wrench. None of it was needed probably, but interesting nonetheless. I had to trade mine off because I was about to die resisting the urge to shoot it. I have wanted a reproduction for a shooter since I bought that one. FYI, if someone has one that they are thinking of shooting for the first time, here is a tidbit of information. I responded to an ad in Gunlist about 4 years ago and bought a spare mag, and a manual. It turned out the seller happened to be the former owner of the Marksman shop in Illinois who had them made up. He warned me of some slide failures in the Marksman Special. He said to check the interior of the slide for irregularities like porous appearing, or rough areas. He basically said those were doomed for failure. He used to have a serial number list of bad slides, but lost/destroyed it years ago. I wish I could remember his name, but I wrote it and his number on a piece of paper which I sent with the gun in it's box.