Thread: Brno Model 1 1950

My BRNO No 2 story.

After a lot of searching over a couple of years my No 1 eventually came sadly from a friend's estate.
I'm sure he would have been happy though for me to have it.

Mine's condition overall was very good, better than anything Tardme peddlers were trying to sell for a grand and up. That bubble seems to have burst now.

Two problems with mine -

1/ The butt plate has shrunk and lifted slightly between the two screws. This is a common issue. Replacements for these are very rare worldwide. There was a Yank making very good replacements but he doesn't reply to emails. Model 2s etc no problem. I'm still looking.

2/ The other problem was the 2 stage trigger. If the first stage was taken up and the shot not taken the trigger would not return to the starting point. This can sometimes be caused by attempts to lighten the trigger spring too much. In my case I could see a very very small depression on the sear surface. I carefully polished it out but the trigger still wasn't 100%.

I then found a guy called jojo_svk selling BRNO parts on Ebay. (He was also active on Rimfirecental at the time.) He is in Slovakia. I thought yeah right. Then desperation set in I thought let's try him. Well, he had an unbelievable range of spares virtually all new. IIRC the only used parts were bolt bodies.
Although I didn't need most of them but because they were available, I ordered a firing pin, a mainspring, a cocking piece, a trigger, bottom metal and 2 butt plate screws and of course a fore-sight protector.

The order arrived pretty quickly (why does it sometimes take forever for stuff from USA) and the shipping cost was very reasonable.
The 2 screws however were missing (something like 2-3 dollars US) from the order. I was going to let it go as I'd only ordered the screws in case I had difficulty removing the old ones should I ever get a replacement butt plate. I reconsidered and politely informed jojo-svk. He replied overnight, was very apologetic, and said that he’d already sent off the screws, shipping at his cost. The package duly arrived and to my surprise he’d sent 2 sets of all the rifle’s screws not just those for the butt plate.

I asked him about replacement butt plates for the No 1. He said he couldn’t help but received many enquiries for them.

My trigger is now superb. Original problem solved.
I also now have spare parts should I pick up another No 1.

Overall a great experience with jojo-svk.