While on the subject of firing blanks with the Bren, has anyone had any success using the Canadianicon Bren 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 UKicon Army 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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