Help with Squibs

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Ok, first off, I am an idiot.

There, that’s out of the way...Here’s the problem...

I was shooting my new Henry Big Boy X yesterday using some old 38special mouse fart loads. They were really light loads and I was cycling as fast as I could and didn’t recognize the first squib until it was too late. I put at least one more, possibly two more rounds through it. In fact the last one seemed to just be a light pop as well - might have also been a squib.

Light loads (possibly all squibs) and heavy barrel so barrel doesn’t look damaged/bulged...

Anyway, bullets are about 1.5-2” from the muzzle. Took it apart and tried pounding it out with a brass rod and a hammer. Squirted some oil down the barrel as well. They are well and truly wedged in there. After about an hour of pounding I managed to move the bullets about 1/2”. My brass rod is starting to deform from the pounding.

Question...Any other tips/tricks to clear these projectiles? I will keep pounding but would really like to try something else.

Appreciate any insight and feel free to rem8 d me what an idiot I am while you are at it.

Thanks
 
You want a flat ended steel rod at least 5/16" in diameter. Wrap a bit of tape at the end to build up the diameter to make it a close fit in the bore. Do this every 6 inches. It will reduce rod flex when pounding on it. Make the rod as short as possible. Drive out the muzzle. Use about a 2 pound hammer...

You can always point the muzzle down and heat the muzzle enough to let the lead run out...
 
Sorry to hear that. Some days $hit just happens.
Hopefully you can get it cleared without any damage.

If you are only 2in from the muzzle you might try using a tape wrapped drill bit to put a hole through the bullets. That will make them more compressible and easier to move especially if the muzzle is choked a little. Its not likely but could be because of the front sight or just the way it's rifled.
Will make it even more important to have a rod the right diameter though.
 
If you could find a cap the same thread as the threaded muzzle and put a grease nipple into it then use a grease gun to pressure them out.
 
vagrantviking said:
Sorry to hear that. Some days $hit just happens.
Hopefully you can get it cleared without any damage.

If you are only 2in from the muzzle you might try using a tape wrapped drill bit to put a hole through the bullets. That will make them more compressible and easier to move especially if the muzzle is choked a little. Its not likely but could be because of the front sight or just the way it's rifled.
Will make it even more important to have a rod the right diameter though.
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NO NO NO do not do this. The flutes of the drill will cut through the tape in a heartbeat and irreparably score the lands/bore in the next heartbeat.

You can drill holes in the slugs if you want but use a drilled steel drill guide. I would use a rod that is very close to bore dia. and tape that to be a slip in fit. make the drill guide long enough to be gripped with something like vice grips outside the bore...you don't want anything turning against the lands at all. Now the drill guide will keep the drill bit "centered" in the slug nose and should safely drill through without danger to the bore.
 
NO to the blank idea!!!!!!

Very bad idea to put any additional pressure into this barrel as it could blow up especially with multiple bullets stuck so fast they can't be pounded out. There have been 2 accidents at my range with the same guy who cannot reload safely and cannot recognize the need to stop shooting when the firearm goes pffffttt not BANG. The last time caused an injury that required medical attention and expulsion from the club.

Don't shoot anyone else's reloads.

Don't shoot mouse fart rounds as fast as you can. Pause between each round

Don't shoot
 
guntech said:
You want a flat ended steel rod at least 5/16" in diameter. Wrap a bit of tape at the end to build up the diameter to make it a close fit in the bore. Do this every 6 inches. It will reduce rod flex when pounding on it. Make the rod as short as possible. Drive out the muzzle. Use about a 2 pound hammer...
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This is the right way. I managed to get a jacketed one stuck in a revolver once. Steel rod is way better than brass. Take your time make sure the tape is correct. Also a good penetrating lube is good also, Kroil is my favorite. If unsure seek help. Not worth the damage.
 
Innavedaw said:
Ok, first off, I am an idiot.

There, that’s out of the way...Here’s the problem...

I was shooting my new Henry Big Boy X yesterday using some old 38special mouse fart loads. They were really light loads and I was cycling as fast as I could and didn’t recognize the first squib until it was too late. I put at least one more, possibly two more rounds through it. In fact the last one seemed to just be a light pop as well - might have also been a squib.

Light loads (possibly all squibs) and heavy barrel so barrel doesn’t look damaged/bulged...

Anyway, bullets are about 1.5-2” from the muzzle. Took it apart and tried pounding it out with a brass rod and a hammer. Squirted some oil down the barrel as well. They are well and truly wedged in there. After about an hour of pounding I managed to move the bullets about 1/2”. My brass rod is starting to deform from the pounding.

Question...Any other tips/tricks to clear these projectiles? I will keep pounding but would really like to try something else.

Appreciate any insight and feel free to rem8 d me what an idiot I am while you are at it.

Thanks
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I would bet money that it has a bulge, however small it will be, I have never seen a barrel that was "squib jumped" that didnt have a 'findable" bulge. Bulges can be very small and sometimes only on part/one side of the circumference of the barrel. You sometimes cant see these faint bulges just by looking at the profile or running your fingers along the contour of the barrel until you know where it is and then it is usually "feelable".

Two ways to find a slight bulge;

1st can be done before the slugs are removed, hold the barrel up to a window, now snuggle up to the barrel and look down the "shine" of the polished outside finish of the barrel , if you see a very slight curve to that reflection that is where the bulge is.

2nd is, after removing the slugs, patch up a jag with a very tight fitting patch and run through the bore...it has to be a tight fit...and you will instantly know when you find the bulge, the patch that is very tight in the rest of the bore will all of a sudden loose resistance to its travel....and I bet the loose spot corresponds to the outside reflection curve in the first test.

Slight bulges will have varying effects on the rifles performance depending on what you shoot through it...jacketed slugs will not be noticeably effected at all but cast slugs might and very probably will start to lead up at the loose spot from gas shearing.
 
Innavedaw

How is this going for you?

Have you cleared your barrel yet?

Everyone is waiting for your response...
 
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