Forgotten Weapons: The Legendary Bren Ten, and....

[Talyn]

If you love large-bore pistols, especially the 10mm, odds are you’re a fan of some of the more obscure models. Perhaps the perfect example of a 10mm pistol that makes fans’ hearts skip a beat is the Bren Ten, because it’s so hard to come by but it also pioneered the 10mm cartridge.

Forgotten Weapons: The Legendary Bren Ten

and....

The Bren Ten: A Historical Failure​

Sometimes, even a quality, well-designed (mostly) product will fail. It happens all the time and can be for any number of reasons. Such was the case with the Bren Ten pistol, as explained to us by none other than Larry Vickers. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a California company called Dornaus and Dixon teamed up with Jeff Cooper, yes, that Jeff Cooper, to create a gun to replace the Colt 1911 as the next “gold standard service pistol.”

The Bren Ten: A Historical Failure

 

[Sld1959]

Get yourself a few pastel shirts pants and jackets, a Miami Classic shoulder holster, a Detonics Combat Master in an ankle rig and a fake Ferrari and you have a real blast from the past with the Bren Ten.

 

[BET7]

Don’t have a Bren Ten , but I do have a nice leather holster w/ double mag holders (made and shipped from Turkey. @KillerFord1977 would love it ), to hold my Desert Eagle 50AE.
I’d love to find a reasonably priced Bren 10 though (Always looking to add to my collection ).

 

[Sld1959]

Its funny one tv character would carry what are now two relatively rare pistols in the same episodes. Have not looked up either but I think both the Bren and Detonics are at least semi rare.

 

[Annihilator]

Most don’t know that when you bought a Bren Ten, most didn’t come with any magazines, you had to wait and order one from them, no charge though, they actually had more guns made then they had magazines for them. When I was younger I was at a gun show in WV, dealer had a NIB Bren Ten with 2 magazines included for $500.00, at that time I didn’t know you could transfer it from WV to Ohio, so I didn’t get it……arrrrgggggggg.

 

[Sld1959]

Most don’t know that when you bought a Bren Ten, most didn’t come with any magazines, you had to wait and order one from them, no charge though, they actually had more guns made then they had magazines for them. When I was younger I was at a gun show in WV, dealer had a NIB Bren Ten with 2 magazines included for $500.00, at that time I didn’t know you could transfer it from WV to Ohio, so I didn’t get it……arrrrgggggggg.

Been there know that feeling.