So, with a couple of hefty work bonuses I wasn't expecting and some luck, I ended up with this.
CZ BREN 2 with Aimpoint PRO. That alone is very cool, but the story that comes WITH it is also very cool. First, BREN 2 rifles and pistols are a little hard to come by - all the Czech production is pretty much going to Ukraine, with a new assembly shop being set up somewhere IN Ukraine right now. But dagnabbit, I wanted one. So, they looked.
3 months later, they found one, said it was all they could find. I'm good with that. So, in she came. I opened the box and realized this was a trade show gun, being that a few minor items were missing, things I really don't care about, so no big deal. Since the choice was this or nothing, heck, I'll take what I can get. I broke it down mostly for a cleaning and it's pristine - it may have been handled, but it wasn't shot other than the factory. So, party, bonus.
Until I made it to the range. Nothing more disheartening than hearing CLICK when you wanted BANG. But why? No primer indent, and that means...hey, waitaminnit!
Yep.
Firing pin was ground down, a common safety feature with trade show guns. They either remove or grind the firing pin so it's effectively neutered and safe during the show. I sent pics to CZ, and they overnighted me what is probably the last BREN 2 firing pin in the US. I appreciated that quite a bit, and after all, I told them I would take it, so that's on me.
After all this, how did it work?
This was two days ago, when we braved the heat, with my recovering wife who insisted on coming, to try to get the red dot sighted in. I managed to get it reasonably sighted in for 50 yards before we had to retreat - she was as flushed as the Cowboy's chances for the Super Bowl, and as red as a baboons hiney. So we skedaddled - 110 in the shade. But I was already impressed.
Today, with my son playing nanny for the wife at home, I joined a buddy at a local wildcat range for a few minutes. i did NOT adjust the Aimpoint PRO red dot, but it was still simple to hit the 3/4 scale IDPA steel at 100 yards.
That's my buddy's rifle on the left. He tried the BREN 2 Carbine and asked only one thing - "You're selling this for how much?" Yah, not.
I was told before that the Carbine barrels are not as accurate as the other pistol length barrels - I will endeavor to find out for certain if that is true or not.
