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Posted: 9/6/2005 12:40:35 PM EDT
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Jeff Cooper helped design/promote the BREN-TEN, Might find info from him or google.
The first ones were shipped without mags and at one time (early 80's) you could find guns but no mags. Local gun shop had a couple last year and they are very well made firearms. More CZ than Smith. I think they sold for around $1500. I would go to the gun boards/auctions for rough prices. I would love to have a Bren...  Also, Gun Digest ran an article on them in the late 70's but I don't have the issue number available. It was the most in depth article I have ever seen. If you can find an old copy of Combat Handgun digest, Cooper usually promoted the gun there every annual printing. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 12:42:23 PM EDT
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sonny crocket on miami vice used one. as far as i know he is the only one th got mags with his
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Posted: 9/6/2005 12:55:01 PM EDT
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WOW!
 this one is BNIB, w 2 mags and he wants $250!! It's from a guy I work with. He is a shooter too and did not know much about it! I am gonna let him know that they can bring a good dollar. Anyone know how much the mags go for? Samuel |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 12:55:33 PM EDT
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They are highly collectable, rare, exotic and pretty cool
Very much like a CZ-75 on steroids. Models were standard 10mm, Special Forces "Dark" 10mm(black slide, stainless frame), Special Forces "Light" 10mm(all stainless), Military & Police 10mm(all black), Marksman 45ACP. Marksman 45ACP is probably the best working gun, because of the 45ACP caliber. Special Forces "Light" is probably the most expensive and collectable. Last time I looked, which was a couple years ago, they were going from $1500-$2k. However, the early model magazines were not reliable, and often would "self-eject" out of the gun while you were shooting. Later models were a bit better. Magazines will cost you at least $125 each(used) if you can find them, and you can't be sure if they will work reliably in your gun. Full power 10mm loads can break these guns, so be careful. Parts must be bought from collectors, since D&D has been out of business for 20 years or more. Good luck. If it were me, I'd keep it as a safe queen, with only occasional firing, or no firing. If you want a similarly designed gun to shoot, try a EAA Witness 10mm. Almost identical, and cheap. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 1:05:36 PM EDT
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Buy it now! Definitely worth the $250 price tag. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 1:17:52 PM EDT
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Run with cash in hand. They are very rare and collectable. Watch-Six
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Posted: 9/6/2005 1:25:11 PM EDT
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Dedicated website for the Bren-Ten
www.bren-ten.com/index.html  "Coolest '80s TV show EVER!" nordicg3k.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/miami_vice_theme-mono.mp3 (free 30-second clip of the theme song). |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 1:31:33 PM EDT
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Ask about it over at AmBack Forums There is an OIF vet there, goes by the name Bren10man - he knows all about the pistol.
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Posted: 9/6/2005 1:48:49 PM EDT
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Just got off the phone with the guy on the way home. He said "$250 like I said, I will never shoot this thing and like my .40's better, it's yours"!
Wooo hooo! I am going to get it  sell it and buy me a Glock foutee  just kidding.Samuel |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 3:25:40 PM EDT
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Be careful. I've read that they are a bit fragile.
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Posted: 9/6/2005 3:37:46 PM EDT
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they are a great pistol, I would love to own one (and i normally hate 10mm.....)
For $250 you should either buy it, or tell him what it is worth (the honorable route) and still buy it if he will cut you a deal |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 4:18:22 PM EDT
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To collect yes, to shoot, especially in a life or death situation, NO! Even Jeff Cooper who had some input and such on it acknowledged that it was a good design but the execution sucked badly. Fragile and unreliable, mostly due to the manufacturer. Once the word got out, sales dried up and the company folded I believe. Crappy mags and even in the beginning, almost unobtainable.
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:35:32 PM EDT
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fxntime: The company had financial problems going into this thing because their magazine supplier in Italy went belly up which exacerbated their problem. So the company shipped the pistols without mags, and To heap insult on top of misery, Orange County CAlif D.A. sued them. Eventually everybody that needed a mag got one, but unfortunately the company Dornus & Dixon couldn't survive.
Buy this gun but remember, if you break anything, a firing pin, extractor etc, you will have to have a gunsmith fabricate you one. This gun probably can't take too many full-power 10mm ammo. The factory ammo from Norma was pretty big medicine. The 10mm Glocks and S&W(1000-series) guns are the only one really engineered from the ground up to handle the constant die of factory full-power 10mm loads. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 5:47:44 PM EDT
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Good for you! Never shoot it! Put it on an auction on Guns America or Gun Broker and buy the custom .45 you have always dreamed of with the profits! 
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Posted: 9/7/2005 5:59:05 AM EDT
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Big fat +1 here. The Bren Ten is a curio. It looked like a good idea at the time but was plagued by problems and D&D never really had a good solid run of them; the gun was pretty much stillborn. The EAA Witness was what the Bren Ten should have been. I wouldn't shoot it for fear of breaking something. |
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Posted: 9/8/2005 1:03:04 AM EDT
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If I did buy it I would sell it.
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Posted: 9/8/2005 1:06:00 AM EDT
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get a G20 and blast it.
don't shoot a bren look for cracks before you buy it, sounds too cheap or person is clueless |
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Posted: 9/8/2005 8:32:54 AM EDT
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One of Jeff Cooper's personal Bren Ten's is up for sale on Gunsamerica.com They want $7,900.00 for it. A lot of engraving and gold plating.
Maddog 
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Posted: 9/8/2005 4:45:56 PM EDT
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I told the guy the value of it. He said he didn't care. I have been reading up on them and it is a later model. The mags alone are like $140 each! I think I will probably sell it. I been wanting a new Sig or a Springfield 1911 but have not had the cash. Samuel |
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Posted: 9/10/2005 6:42:37 AM EDT
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It's not Cooper's personal gun. It's a fake. Check the link for more info. Suspicious Bren Listing |
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Posted: 9/10/2005 7:03:58 AM EDT
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For $ 250? Buy it and resell it if nothing else.
I believe there is a small Brenten forum somewhere out on the net. |
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