Stuck bullets in barrel
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same as everything else, hammer ,hard end jag, and LIGHT taps- if the bullets are stacked, they should exit the chamber one at a time- and use needle nose pliers to extract the bullets- but get it VERIFIED by a smith before you use it again- it may NOT be usable- - the barrel may have expanded under pressure- and if u can take the bolt out to make the job easier
Don't try and remove them with a cleaning rod or anything made of wood.
Steel is best with a perfectly flat end close to the bore diameter. A little electricians tape on the steel rod to protect the bore. The rod only long enough to exit the barrel.
If light taps don't produce movement, use heavier taps. If that fails you can always heat the barrel to the point of melting lead...
Steel is best with a perfectly flat end close to the bore diameter. A little electricians tape on the steel rod to protect the bore. The rod only long enough to exit the barrel.
If light taps don't produce movement, use heavier taps. If that fails you can always heat the barrel to the point of melting lead...
Go to a welding shop.
Get yourself a couple Bronze Filler Rods, 1/8 inch size by whatever length they are (24-36 inches), and one of 3/16ths.
Hammer one end of each 1/8 inch rod flat.
File them to a point, with a cutting edge down each side, file the edges of the spread section to be smaller than needed to fit in the bore. Look up pictures of "Spade Drills" to see what I mean.
Use the bronze drill you just made (harder than lead, by a lot, but softer than the steel of the barrel) to drill out the majority of the lead that is there. The larger rod is used to drive out the remains.
Cheers
Trev
Get yourself a couple Bronze Filler Rods, 1/8 inch size by whatever length they are (24-36 inches), and one of 3/16ths.
Hammer one end of each 1/8 inch rod flat.
File them to a point, with a cutting edge down each side, file the edges of the spread section to be smaller than needed to fit in the bore. Look up pictures of "Spade Drills" to see what I mean.
Use the bronze drill you just made (harder than lead, by a lot, but softer than the steel of the barrel) to drill out the majority of the lead that is there. The larger rod is used to drive out the remains.
Cheers
Trev
I've used this method on an old pellet gun when I was a kid, only I used a straightened coat hangar... The bronze rod is a much better idea.
Worked to get about 4 inches of pellets out.
Am I the only one that would just keep shooting until all the bullets finally came out? Seriously how does this happen though. 1 or 2 and even 3 I understand, but even then. It would feel and sound different emmediately. Heck I have a fear everytime I hear a light shot and check the barrel. Havent gotten one stuck yet though luckily, sometimes I swear it sounded way to quite to have come out though.
Valid point kevi, but my train of thought goes like this...
Lesson learned class is dismissed and gun goes into the scrap heap.
But, the next lessons are the tips on how to remove....
There are some great guys offering tips and ideas.
Rob
Yeah, but that is to be determined after they are out, and the barrel cleaned thoroughly. I would suggest that an avaerage rimfire barrel would likely withstand the pressure bau a higher power cartridge, likely not, but that's just theory, and reality has a way of confounding those!
The usual chain of events is a single dud round gets a bullet lodged in the barrel, then a few more get stopped, building a blockage that usually defies hammering as a means of loosening.
My first experience, was with a gun that had been crammed full of assorted crap in order to convert it to a toy for a kid. Fully stuffed barrel. Mostly lead bullets, but some other stuff, know not what, it all came out with the bronze drill, and eventually the bore came clean.
Lots of pretty good pictures of guys running more than a full cylinder through a revolver, on line. I clearly recall one that the fellow had, that he said had only stopped when the action ceased to work. Barrels like that make pretty good cross section show and tell pieces, if they are actually damaged, but again, I would be looking to getting the bore cleared out THEN assessing the damage, if any.
Some pictures for the audience's perusal, including a few showing why trying to shoot the obstruction loose is a bad idea.https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&...j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1j0i24k1.su2UppoTvpc#imgrc=_
Cheers
Trev
funny how even when you know better it slips your mind. I once blew the end off of a Win model 12 pump I think it was I was hunting birds a few flew up. I up with shotgun pulled trigger, bird kept going I racked slide and pulled the trigger. Great big bang and really hard recoil.
there was the muzzle peeled like a banana. After the shock wore off I had a look at first shell and the crimped section had fallen off and the shot had all fallen out of the shell. wad must have stayed in barrel at muzzle when I fired it. Win. trap shell. Sent the shell off to Winchester wanting a new barrel. Nope no deal.
there was the muzzle peeled like a banana. After the shock wore off I had a look at first shell and the crimped section had fallen off and the shot had all fallen out of the shell. wad must have stayed in barrel at muzzle when I fired it. Win. trap shell. Sent the shell off to Winchester wanting a new barrel. Nope no deal.
I was standing beside a dealer test firing a Grand Power K22 X-Trim when we both heard a round go off "different".
From the rupture of the case at the rim, my best guess is the brass had a weak/thin spot that let go.
The bullet travelled 4 of 5 inches. Came out (at home) with a very light tap from the breech end.
It was the first time for me in a rimfire.
