Bren Bren Gun Mk2 Semi-Auto .303 Rifle

No License Required. Deactivated to the latest UK/EU spec plus we can send direct to your home.

A wartime Bren Gun Mk II by John Inglis and Company, Toronto, dated 1943 — deactivated to current UK specification and presented complete with its correct Mk II bipod and a period-correct 1937 Pattern webbing sling.

The Mk II was introduced in 1941 as a purposefully simplified evolution of the Mk I, with manufacturing changes designed to accelerate wartime output. The most visible distinction from the Mk I is the replacement of the drum-pattern rear sight with a folding leaf sight graduated to 1,600 yards. The simplified butt and revised trigger group further distinguish it from its predecessor. Chambered in .303 British, the gas-operated, tilting-bolt action delivers a cyclic rate of 500–520 rounds per minute from a top-mounted curved box magazine, with a 25-inch barrel and overall length of 45.5 inches.

John Inglis and Company, based on Strachan Avenue in Toronto, was awarded a British-Canadian joint contract in 1938 to produce Bren guns following heavy equipment losses in France. By 1943 — the precise year of this example's manufacture — the Inglis plant accounted for some 60% of total global Bren output, eventually delivering over 100,000 guns to Allied forces by the war's end.

The inclusion of the correct non-telescopic Mk II bipod and a matching 1937 Pattern sling adds considerably to the completeness and display value of this piece. Deactivated to current UK specification. A solid, well-documented piece of Commonwealth arms history.

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