Bren Reloading

[Jeffbig]

Hey guys,
Is anyone reloading for their Bren? I will be picking mine up within the next two weeks and once I blow through my 1,000 rounds of boxer primed commercial ammo I plan to reload it with 174 gr. FMJ (Privi) bullets and reuse it a few times. I'm thinking I should keep my pressure on the lower end, in the 34,000 / 36,000 CUP range. Any thoughts or experience on this or reloading for the Bren in general?

 

[6.5SH]

Hey guys,
Is anyone reloading for their Bren? I will be picking mine up within the next two weeks and once I blow through my 1,000 rounds of boxer primed commercial ammo I plan to reload it with 174 gr. FMJ (Privi) bullets and reuse it a few times. I'm thinking I should keep my pressure on the lower end, in the 34,000 / 36,000 CUP range. Any thoughts or experience on this or reloading for the Bren in general?

May find more info in the Vintage sub forum. One of the better Bren threads and source of folks with experience:

BREN gun semi-auto build...vintage sniper? 1.5 MOA groups. VIDEO UP!

I've read in two different sources where the BREN was so accurate it was used as a sniper rifle for long range shots. There is a scene in the movie "The Siege of Jadotville", about the Irish UN peace keepers in the Congo, where a sniper is asked if he can make a shot at a long distance and he...

www.snipershide.com

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Hey guys,
Is anyone reloading for their Bren? I will be picking mine up within the next two weeks and once I blow through my 1,000 rounds of boxer primed commercial ammo I plan to reload it with 174 gr. FMJ (Privi) bullets and reuse it a few times. I'm thinking I should keep my pressure on the lower end, in the 34,000 / 36,000 CUP range. Any thoughts or experience on this or reloading for the Bren in general?

Yes. I’ll look up the load tomorrow.

Make sure you use .311-2 bullets! .308 isn’t going to work well.
Sirhr

 

[cal50]

Just loaded and test fired this load from my MKII

 

[pmclaine]

Just loaded and test fired this load from my MKII

WTF?

We need to see the target.

 

[cal50]

WTF?

We need to see the target.

No target when I was test firing a MKII build.

Part of my problem is/was the 1942 MKVII ammo I was using for testing.