Spruced up my Bren 805!

I'll admit that the CZ Bren 805 is about my favorite duty/military carbine. CZ discontinued it in 2018 in favor of the Bren 2/806 which seems to have some issues. I've been on the fence about whether to sell mine or keep it; love the rifle but parts could be an issue down the road.

Well, ultimately life is short! I love the gun so I decided to spruce it up a bit. If I ever sell it down the road the buyer will get some bonus parts. I added Keymod rails on the sides and bottom from KNS Precision. They used to offer M-Lok as well but they're discontinued now. I prefer Keymod over M-lok but the latter seems to be more popular now. I stuck a BCM stubby VFG on the bottom rail. Next I replaced the stock with a Magpul ACR with an adapter from Dan Hagan Designs. IMO it's the best folding stock out there. Lastly I replaced the stock mount that came with my Aimpoint PRO with a 1.57" Scalarworks mount. It's vastly lighter, less bulky, and put the PRO at the 1/3 lower cowitness vs the absolute cowitness height of the original.

It's wearing a Surefire X300 Ultra right now but I'll replace the light when I decide what to go with. Maybe I'll put my Cloud Defensive OWL on the Bren 805.

Yeah, semi-auto purchased around maybe '16? I forget the date.

TheBruce said:

Very nice. I have an 805 pistol in FDE brand new in the box, also bought the folding stock adapter and planning to get a tax stamp for SBR so I can get an ACR stock on mine as well. I'll have to look into those keymod adapters, haven't seen those before.

Also, to each their own, but IMO that purple mag has got to go.

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Hahaha! Purple is my favorite color and I'm a Vikings fan but my notion of color-coding doesn't seem to be brilliant. I've got some red ones and purple ones but the bulk of my stash is black. I could see getting another 805 if the price was right, especially it's the only way to have parts. Definitely getting the pistol version and getting a tax stamp to SBR it would be sweet! I love the gun, great balance, reliable and a great trigger for a mil-type gun.