Re: BREN/BAR THOUGHTS

In a message dated 3/1/02 5:22:14 PM Central Standard Time, 
DAWGFACE47@webtv.net writes:

> anyway-some LMG thoughts about old  and reliable  

The Bren was a little heavier than the Browning, but not much. The 
interesting thing to note is that the 30 round Bren magazines were prone
to 
malfunction when loaded fully. It over-stressed the magazine spring. It
was 
customary to carry magazines loaded with 28 rounds instead of thirty. I 
assume the gun crew loaders (in their copious free time, under fire in
scanty 
cover) thumbed a couple extra rounds ijnto the magazine that was going
next 
into the gun, but who knows?