Don’t forget the trigger pull with it’s homey, sentimental feel of your granddaddy’s craftsman staple gun.
The Bren Ten Curse
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Don’t forget the trigger pull with it’s homey, sentimental feel of your granddaddy’s craftsman staple gun.
“That” market is paying low 5 figures for a gun that is desirable and collectible *because* it was a commercial failure and wasn’t made in great numbers. The fact that it is iconic in an i FAA lus failure sort of way actually helps.
Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to tool up and produce a limited number of pistols that, beyond a very niche market, would need to compete with newer, better and far less expensive pistols isn’t a business plan that will lead to success.
If there was a demand for the Bren Ten, they would be on the market. There is no curse, the gun is just a lousy design.
DWalt
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Had it not been for its association with Miami Vice, the BT would have quickly been forgotten forever. Regarding Jeff Cooper, there are probably dozens, maybe hundreds, of those on this forum who are superior gun experts.
Design was fine and based on the CZ75. The issue was execution
Yeah no kidding
I’ve been an advanced pistol collector for decades. I know what the Bren Ten is and what it isn’t. Not quality, but a lot of cool factor.
Well if someone decides to bring the Bren Ten back to market I’m definitely a buyer. I knew about the gun and wanted one way before Miami Vice. It’s a cool looking gun regardless of what a bunch of naysayers are spewing.
LVSteve
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Same game with the Steyr GB design being messed up to become the Rogak.
This thread makes me want a WILDY...........
Rock185
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Cool thread, think I missed it the first time out. I'm out of popcorn now.
1026! My dad had one, unfortunately some lowlife wanted it more than he did. Still hoping it will show up on the serial number search and find its way home.
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Interesting that such a short lived production pistol has such a cachet, a mystique. The 10MM Auto seems to be out of fashion at present.
As others have said, had it not been for the TV series, "Miami Vice", the Bren Ten would have been little more than a footnote in firearms history. As for the 10mm Auto being out of fashion, it is sort of, but like the .41 Magnum, it still has a strong following. Based on what I have seen on my local retailer's shelves, it's quite a bit more popular than .41 Magnum.
BigMuddy
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I would have to say the opposite. I believe the 10mm is more popular now than at any time in its history, even more so than the brief period when it was the FBI’s choice cartridge. It has gathered quite a following as a “bear buster”. Would not be my first choice for that role but a great cartridge nonetheless.
Dan
Four years ago, or even two years ago, the date of this thread, I would have agreed, but today it seems all the rage.
Is the red dot craze finally ended?
What is the next shooter's fad.
Did anybody ever put a red dot on a 2-inch j frame?
Chambered in 10mm, I am on to something
LVSteve
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A certain bulk seller was advertising the Rock Island 1911 in 10 mm for $379. Don't know if that was a misprint or the guns are bankrupt stock.
My 22 TCM was $349+ tax. Got it in my hand for just under $400. It is the double stack 1911 RIA 5" with lots of bells and whistles. Came with 3 mags. It is the TAC model. Same frame as the double stack 10mm, just different slide and barrel.
Rosewood
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Never owned anything in 10mm or .40, do not plan to start now. But I do have a .400 CorBon barrel for a M1911 and a die set. That will duplicate the 10mm’s performance if ever needed. Only sacrifice is magazine capacity.
I like Miami Vice as much as the next person but have never understood the fascination with the Bren Ten. I don't mind 10mm, I have a Glock 20. The the Bren Ten is, in my view, about the ugliest pistol ever produced. Or barely produced.
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