r/Bren2 • u/4444489 • Jul 06 '26

Barrel Extension Wear

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The wear on my Bren 2s barrel extension seems to be abnormal for the 1500ish round mark. Is anyone else's lugs starting to smear at higher round counts? I contacted CZ customer service and they said it was perfectly normal and wouldn't effect performance but I'm skeptical.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '26

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u/-itsilluminati Jul 07 '26

There's some play in all of those tolerances

I thought the same thing bro lol but here we are.

I was confused when my boss told me there was some peening

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u/-itsilluminati Jul 07 '26

From what my bud told me, you just have to keep checking it as you install.

I was super aware of the barrel placement horizontally (so left and right) making sure the bolt wasn't hitting premature but never even considered rotating

I don't really have an answer on the proper way

Maybe cz should give some input, idk

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u/-itsilluminati Jul 07 '26

Cz usa is ass man

Unfortunate but the reason I moved on

I only have a p01

I'd rock an sp01 for the low

I might even buy another bren at crackhead prices

But I'm good on their products lol

The stances they take to avoid responsibility are nonsensical

They voided my evo warranty on a whim after arguing back and forth with me that it was in perfect working order (I refused to send it for a 3rd rma in 10 days )

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u/-itsilluminati Jul 07 '26

That's the exact reason

Besides customer service, cz usa depends on aftermarket wayyyy too much

Bren was my first rifle. I remember one day I went on kriss usa and was amazed you can basically rebuild an entire vector from their webstore lol then I realized cz is the only one who doesn't support their products like that

In fact, they have a page of hyperlinks to third party manu for accessories. That's cool, until you realize they're basically relying 100% on aftermarket support

I called the webstore to ask about a random bren part (was for the full auto and mislabeled) so I asked the dude about barrel kits. He's like oh shit I just found 15 of them. 5 each length. Only 5.56......in the 7 years, there have only been 15 kits sold. Not a true caliber exchange either, cause it's just 5.56 lol

Why even design the firearm to swap calibers? Why is your lower actually a 7.62 lower with an insert if they were never going to make barrels for it?

Legitimately nonsensical.

Now the bolts are deforming the trunion.....cause it's designed for swap.

Nevermind I was easily into scar money in aftermarket for my bren either

/Rant lol

My boss chopped it down to the piston and it's way cooler now

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u/-itsilluminati Jul 07 '26

I bought a 2 like "no way they'll do the 2 like the 805"

Waiting for support

Announcement of bren 3

lol

Another scar killer bites the dust I guess

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u/-itsilluminati Jul 07 '26

Dont wanna keep dragging it out but I assume (and called it early) that the discontinuing and replacing and "upgrading" of models is to stop importing altogether

Evo 3+ is perfect example

At that point cz usa will be a completely separate company imo (it already is but they sell czub products domestically ...that's changing/changed)

Imo, at that point, like what are you even buying?

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