[ Bren 2 "PDW" Telescoping Stock ]
Hi guys, thanks for tuning in to another video on ForgottenWeapons.com.
I'm Ian McCollum, and courtesy of CZ
I am out here at the range today in slightly chilly Uherský Brod
with a Bren 2 with CZ's relatively new telescoping stock.
They had a fair amount of demand from military and law enforcement customers
for a short-barrelled version of the Bren 2 with a shorter stock.
Instead of a folding stock that makes the gun twice as thick,
they wanted a telescoping stock like you see on HKs and other guns.
And so they actually had to redesign the upper receiver
to have a different profile to fit the rails on this stock, but they have done that.
This is not quite yet, but is becoming, the standard upper for all of the
military and law enforcement Bren 2s.
And what you get with that is one release button, and a telescoping stock.
Now once it's all the way out you can actually drop it in to one of three different positions.
But you can always just pull it all the way out.
So it won't depress in, but it will extend without hitting the button.
So actually a pretty slick, pretty quick, easy system to use.
What we have this on today is the short-barrelled 7.62x39 pattern of Bren 2,
because of course they make these in 7.62x39 as well as 5.56.
It does not use AK mags, before anyone asks.
It uses CZ's original magazine design which fits their same magazine well.
You can see there's a little bit of a straight section at the top of the magazine.
Other than that, essentially the same as an AK mag.
So we're going to go ahead and give this a try, and see just how bad
that metal telescoping stock is in freezing cold weather.
Go ahead and start on semi-auto.
I've not actually fired a Bren 2 in 7.62x39 at all, so this will be interesting for several reasons.
It's actually not bad.
It's not digging into my cheek, it's not scraping.
It's cold because it's metal and it's not coated with anything, and it's ... a bit chilly out.
But actually not as bad to shoot as I was expecting.
How about full-auto?
Oops, that's safe, that's full-auto.
Alright, that is a difficult gun to shoot well in full-auto.
That climbs a lot, both up,
and it's kind of like going at a 45 degree angle off to the left for me as a left hander.
But a lower rate of fire than I was expecting.
Kind of a nice chug - chug - chug, that lets me watch my rounds go chug - chug - chug.
By the way, this is a 9 inch barrel for 7.62x39.
The short-barrelled 5.56 is 8 inch, the short-barrelled 7.62 is 9.
Just for getting the best out of the ballistics of the two different cartridges.
I have one mag left. Let's go ahead and dump the mag as you guys are used to getting now.
And I'm going to see how well I can hold it under control.
It will be a little interesting, I've been shooting 2 and 3 round bursts that climb on me.
I suspect if I have a longer burst it's going to climb at first,
and then I'll be able to push it back down and keep it pretty much on target.
So, let's see what I can get on my steel plate out of a full 30 rounds.
So, the trick to full-auto on this in bursts
is like you have to push into the gun to keep it on target at first.
But not before you pull the trigger.
So ... it takes a lot of practice to be able to get the first shot on target,
and then apply enough force into the gun to control the recoil,
and keep rounds 2 and 3 on.
If you're firing a long burst you have more time before the gun stops firing,
and so you can come up a little bit, and then push back and stay on target.
Which actually I was able to do very nicely with a full magazine.
So it's an expert's sort of gun.
It takes more practice to shoot something with a short barrel, and especially in full-auto.
So if that's what you need, CZ has got the nice compact package for you.
Hopefully you guys enjoyed the video. A big thanks to CZ
for tolerating a bit of my like "eeh" on a gun like this.
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