While on the subject of firing blanks with the Bren, has anyone had any success using the CanadianBren BFA kit that utilised the short nose crimped blanks. It came with a box of special/modified magazines that would only accept the short rifle type blank, a file to slightly modify the gun feed ramp by chamfering off a sharp 'directional' edge. The barrel was restricted, as was the chamber, to prevent the insertion of a ball round.
Not a UKArmy issue, these were available in BAOR from mixed UK/Canadian Ordnance stock piles where the short blanks were more common. These are mentioned in the Bren EMER's but only in passing with reference to Canadian EMER's
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