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"In battery" indicates that a rifle is ready to fire, a round is in place and the hammer is cocked.
"Detonation out of battery" indicates that the round went off before it was supposed to.
It could have gone off in the magazine, as it was being chambered, or as the bolt closed.
In a revolver, it would mean that a chamber in the cylinder that wasn't lined up with the barrel discharged.
Revolvers and multi barrel pistols that are charged with black powder are noted for this.
Black powder is concussion sensitive and a chamber can detonate when the chamber next to it was discharged.
Putting the wrong ammo in a gun with a tube magazine can also cause this.
The primer can be touched off by the point of the round behind it causing all the rounds in the magazine to detonate.

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