New cast Bren gun pintles

[Ben]

Gentlemen,

I took the pattern to the foundry today. All seems to be well but they are going to confirm once the mould is made.

After a little sweet talking and the pattern being better than he thought it would be, I managed to get him to wave the set up cost. That's good news as it means the pintles will be £45 each for the raw casts (brass) including the lever. Much cheaper than I had hoped for.

I took two other parts to get made at the same time. The cast cover for the headlight wires from the front armour (steel) and the drain fitting for the fuel tanks (brass) both these parts will be £7.50 each.

If you are serious about wanting any of the above parts I'd like to see some money before I get them made. I hope you all understand. Please pm me and we can arrange the first order.

Once I have the first ones I will get one machined so we can get a cost for that too.

Thanks

Ben

[Philliphastings]

Ben - PM sent !

Rest of forum.

The Australian Heavy Armoured car or Rover as it was known also had the same brass pintles fitted. Anyone with a Rover under restoration will require four to make their vehicle complete...

Cheers

Phill

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Phill and the rest of you mob. Just a point of clarification as I am a pedantic sort of a guy. The Rover is actually classified as a Light Armoured Car and not heavy as stated.

Bob

[Lynn Eades]

So Australian armoured cars, and beer, both use the adjective (?) "light", just for the sake of using up irrelevant, or spare words?

[colin jones]

Very true Lynn, but I think you have the right word. "irrelevant"
Colin.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Lynn and Colin - I don’t know what you two are trying to say by emphasising the word “irrelevant”. The adjectives “light, medium and heavy” when classifying military vehicles, especially armoured vehicles, are very important as they portray to the reader the basic capacities and capabilities of the vehicle. It is a way of differentiating between say, reconnaissance vehicles such as a Ferret and a heavy tank. It is also a reference to the weaponry the vehicle carries. It takes no extra energy to use the correct terminology.

Bob

[Lynn Eades]

I guess we were (or I was, at least) being flippant , because it seemed to me that if (some)one had one of those armoured cars, and needed some of those gun mounts, then it would be irrelevant as to whether it was "light" "medium" or "heavy". They would still need the mounts.