Bren Ten
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Production history
Designer: Michael Dixon, Thomas Dornaus
Designed: 1983
Manufacturer: Dornaus & Dixon Enterprises, Inc.
Produced: 1983–1986
Number built: 1,500
Variants: Bren Ten Compact Models
Bren Ten Pocket Model
The Bren Ten was a semi-automatic pistol designed to advance the state of the art in sidearms, combining a new more powerful round with a weapon of greater strength and accuracy. The cartridge developed as the 10 mm Auto, while the gun was a larger and stronger version of the 9x19mm Parabellum CZ-75. The Bren Ten was produced only in small numbers before the company went bankrupt. A subsequent attempt to resurrect it by Peregrine Industries as the Falcon and the Phoenix were also unsuccessful as that company, too, succumbed to financial pressures and dropped production of the pistol.
The Ten remains a weapon of some controversy. Many enthusiasts consider it to be one of the best pistols of its era, and the 10 mm Auto is one of the most powerful semi-automatic pistol rounds available even to this day. Quality control, however, was poor; many of the guns were delivered with missing or inoperable magazines for instance. The magazines were very hard to come by and cost over $100 apiece. Norma Ammunition Company's 10 mm Auto ammo was made in large quantities in Sweden but there was no pistol to use it before Colt launched the Colt Delta Elite, a 10 mm version of the M1911 pistol in 1987.
