Has anyone experienced a Bren having an out-of-battery premature discharge ??


I was working with a chap recently on a television show in where a Bren was being used, however I was not on set when this problem occurred. According to the armorer who was there, the primer of one of the rounds (it was older 1950's ammo) had been completely blown out of the primer pocket , and had gone off prematurely and caused the remaining rounds in the magazine to blow out through the bottom of the floorplate along with the spring and magazine follower.

Correct me if I'm mistaken here but doesn't the Bren's bolt design prevent it from firing if it's not in battery ??

I suspected that it may be something more than what was indicated.

Nobody was hurt when this happened , and both the set armorer and the gun rental company armorer have checked the gun and have declared it safe.

I'm just curious if it may be something with the ammo.

Thanks

Gary
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