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In our last edition, our poll showed that you, the readers, by a razor-thin margin decided the Taran tactical pistol set was fudd crap.  

If you’ll recall my article The Irish Guns Of ‘The Siege Of Jadotville’ Movie , I questioned a curious Bren sniper scene in which an Irish sniper makes a decisive move from his No 4. Lee Enfield scoped sniper rifle to the Bren light machine gun in order to make a precise shot on a man directing the opposing force. The Bren gun does have the reputation of being one of the most accurate machine guns but was not issued as a sniper variant. Thus, the scene, visually appealing as it was, drew scepticism from readers and authors alike. One of TFB’s Managing Editors, Matt Moss, who also runs The Armourer’s Bench blog and YouTube channel, set out to test the plausibility of this choice of weaponry. Let’s take a look at what Matt and friends discovered.

As weapons technology has progressed through generational leaps, it has bee historically common for notoriously frugal militaries to look to adapting their current standard issue to the new development. Generally speaking, these attempts are disasters as the technological leap is difficult to adapt to the old weapon system. Often, these systems are kludgy, if they work.

If you’re in London please take time to visit one of the Imperial War Museums.

The Lee-Enfield family of rifles are well known around the world for having served in some from the 1890s up until today. The No. 4s are regarded by many to be the best of the generally issued guns, and in this installment of TFBTV we take a look at, and do some shooting with a lovely example.