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02-03-09, 10:56
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Bren LMG mount
Hey David. Is this where you got your Lewis:
http://www.foxflier.com/lewis/ I recall you mentioning it to me. It does look quite good in the photos. How does it look 'in the flesh'? Cheers Darryl 
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03-03-09, 03:38
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Darryl, that's the one all right. I didn't like their plastic stock so I made one out of walnut and used an old Lee Enfield butt plate.I also flipped the bottom part of the magazine over and glued some fired .303 brass in the grooves for a more realistic look. I'm going to put the barrel pipe in the lathe to put the grooves in it too. I made the stock extend up through the action part to give more strength and used a piece of 3/8' black iron pipe for the barrel. This made it pretty sturdy.
It looks good when you're back a ways but the plastic hasn't got any fine details in it. Everything is kinda rounded off. For the price it does the job. I know if I drove around with it mounted in a truck the guys in the striped pants would have me stopped in record time. The attached pic shows the stock and barrel I made
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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12-03-09, 08:23
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I came across these two pix on the G503 forum
http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic...motley&start=0 It looks like a Motley Mk5 with the four springs and round tubing gun support arm and it has the cartwheel type sight. The 303 Browning looks heavy enough that they couldn't mount two or the counterbalance would be overpowered.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2 Last edited by cletrac (RIP); 12-03-09 at 08:32.
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15-04-09, 23:21
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Arjan,
You might be interested to know there is a Bren LMG mount in The Netherlands. The Rekwisieten Commissie Koninklijke Landmacht has one in their collection - see the attached picture (source: http://www.vriendenlegermuseum.nl/ev...dagen_2005.htm) HTH, Hanno
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11-01-10, 00:16
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Here's a picture that I found on ebay. It was the cover of an American Rifleman magazine.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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25-01-10, 03:02
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I bought a 1942 Anti Aircraft Small Arms Training Manual and it has three pages on the Motley mount so here they are. On the 2A1 it says to install the mount on the fourth and ninth holes from the front. This mounts the seat forward of center on the box so the gun barrel goes over the cab and you can't shoot the driver. The drivers would have liked this feature!
It also states that each gun gets four of the 100 round drum mags and thirteen regular 30 shot mags.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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04-02-10, 20:50
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I got that American Rifleman magazine off ebay and it had this pic of an early pogo style mount. The truck is an 11 cab F15 by the look of it. It's not high enough to be a 4x4. This is the only pic I've come across of the early style mounts in a truck. It's interesting to note the sling fitted to the Bren. I guess they wanted to be ready for anything! There's also a chain and rope draped around the pintle hitch.
The third pic is a rather cumbersome looking quad Bren mount.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2 Last edited by cletrac (RIP); 04-02-10 at 20:55.
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