CZ’s Bren 2 is one of the more successful recently developed military service rifles, having been adopted by the Czech Republic and Hungary, as well as entering licensed production in Ukraine. The semiauto Bren 2 MS is a fine rifle on its own merits, but also offers an opportunity to build a near-perfect clone of a current service rifle. This used to be possible with imported rifles before 1989, and is seeing a bit of a revival these days with companies having domestic American manufacturing facilities.
Competition
Tunnels and Door Breaching: Czech Combat 2024 Day 2
Czech Combat is a 2-day, 12-stage practical matching using rifle and pistol, sponsored by CZ and Sellier & Bellot. It is not a Brutality match, although it shares a lot of elements with Brutality. There […]
Semiauto pistol
Colt Z40 Pistol #1 at RIA
However, after only 800 had been sold, Colt backed out of the deal and dropped the Z40 from its catalog. Why? Because they had happened to use a Z40 as the base gun for a […]
Semiauto pistol
Laugo Alien at the Range
Today we are taking the Laugo Alien out to the range – let’s see if the hype is real!
>>7:20 “as on the CZ807, the military version of the Bren 2”
Nope, CZ807 was an Indian-specific version, and a complete dead-end in the neo-Bren story, while the military version of the Bren 2 was the CZ806. Interestingly, the recent Bren 3 is just CZ Bren 3, not “CZ808” of whatever.
>>08:40
The magazine shows caliber designations of 5.56 MM and .300 BLK – the latter caliber is the feature of the recent Bren 3, just premiered in Paris a week ago
CZ is definitely cleaning out its old parts inventory. All the bells and whistles were added to accelerate the process. I do wonder that this includes the heavy profile barrel. It would seem cost effective to use as many shared parts as possible between the military and civilian versions. Expect this model to eventually be using new styles of sights, muzzle breaks, etc. when the parts shelves are empty.