Subject: Bren Newsletter (99/OCT/13)

From: Rob

I am interested in buying a Bren Ten and I understand that you may be able to help me out.

Thanks,
Rob


Hi Rob,

I'm including your letter in our Bren 10 Newsletter because we have an excellent source for Bren 10 pistols in the form of ESF Sales. Their e-mail address is:
esfsales@bellsouth.net
Ask for Erv. He's a great guy and he'll give you a fair price.

Mike
P.S. If you would be interested in receiving the Bren 10 Newsletter let me know.

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From: Jay Ely

Michael,

Thanks for listing me in/on the Bren Association newsletter.

Can you tell me more of the organization such as it's mission statement/purpose, is it an informal channel for information or something more formal like trying to preserve and even revive the Bren?

Is there enough interest out there with the Bren owners to approach a reputable magazine manufacturer to have a run of reproduction magazines made? I would like 2 more but the approximate $300.00 price tag is a little steep.

Thanks

BTW: I was lucky enough to purchase an unfired NIB Bren. Since nothing I own is purchased just to look at I have fired it but not very much. I have shot only my own hand loads; 155gr lswc @960 fps 300 ft lbs and the Federal 180 gr hydroshock 1030 fps 425 ft lbs in it. My hand loads are a little light and some times the slide does not come back completely so I get a miss feed. The Bren also does not like the small truncated cone of the 155 gr bullet. I get a feed failure were the round is jammed at about a 60 deg angle in the mouth of the chamber. I don't have any issues with the Federal ammo. As a point of interest my EAA Witness in 10mm will shoot my hand loads just fine. I have a copy of Ayoob's article on the Bren and he mentioned the inconsistency of the Norma ammo. I hope that was were the broken pistol issue rests.

Do you know if any one has tried to contact Dornaus or Dixon to "interview" them regarding the Bren? That would be neat.

With Colt apparently bowing out of the consumer handgun market what do you think the chances are for Triton (I think that is right) to bring the Bren back??

Jay


Hi Jay,

We are a VERY informal group of Bren admirers/owners although we have had one "conference" where we took pictures of Brens (and Glock 10mms). We are hoping that Triton Cartridge goes through with it's plan to revive the Bren 10. I wouldn't worry too much about Colt withdrawing from the marketplace. They've been on a downslide for quite some time. Their quality control is terrible and most of what they have is not popular anyway.

Bren mags...they can be obtained from Forrest, Inc for $110 each.They are REPRODUCTION mags and not originals but I think they function just as well. I think if and when Triton cartridge goes into production that price would drop considerably. The neat thing is they are already 10 rounders so no worry (yet) from the Brady Bunch.

I wouldn't know where to start looking for Dornaus and Dixon but I bet they are pretty tight-lipped about the Bren fiasco they created. We have heard that Jeff Cooper is pretty reluctant to dicsuss the Bren 10 though. Wonder how he'd feel if it was re-introduced? ;)

Mike