Live Round Stuck in Chamber

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Vandee

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Hi all, I am not a gunsmith but hoping for some possible solutions to this problem. A buddy of mine has a live .223 round stuck in the chamber of his Howa 1500 action. Neither of us have the tools to remove a barrel. We have tried pulling the rim of the case and we have also tried pounding it out using a rod down the barrel. No dice. Local gunsmith will not touch it with the live round in it. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.
 
Vandee said:
Hi all, I am not a gunsmith but hoping for some possible solutions to this problem. A buddy of mine has a live .223 round stuck in the chamber of his Howa 1500 action. Neither of us have the tools to remove a barrel. We have tried pulling the rim of the case and we have also tried pounding it out using a rod down the barrel. No dice. Local gunsmith will not touch it with the live round in it. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.
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Spray WD-40 or some other oil lubricant down the barrel let it sit for about 10 minutes - tap it out using a rod (not pounding it out) make sure the end of the rod is big/wide enough to push down from the bullet - depending on what your doing the rod perhaps slipped on the side of the bullet - now you probably damaged the rifling
 
A couple of options... but NEVER use a wood dowel... if you have already tried to tap it out - don't try to shoot it out. The bullet may be back in the case already.

1: Find an actual gunsmith

2: Use a steel rod close to bore size, Tape around the steel every couple of inches to insulate the rod from the bore. Flat ends on the rod. Make to rod so it only protrudes the muzzle by 2 inches. Make sure the last few inches in the bore are taped. Place a thin piece of plywood on the muzzle with a hole in if for the protruding rod. This will protect the muzzle. Grip the barrelled action in a vise solidly. Remove the bolt. Use a 2 pound hammer and tap fairly hard... the bullet will push into the case and eventually stop and compress the powder... then hit it harder ... you will be surprised how hard it may be... but it will drive out. Now there are those who will say it may blow up... but compressing powder does not do that... and if it were to go bang (I have never had one go bang) the case would blow out the back...
 
You could try what Dennis above has typed, but use grease in front of the rod.
Hydraulic method.

Not sure iff'in there be a Y/T video showing this process.

Post #4 is an option if the bolt will close on it.
But try this in the bush.
 
Once "pounding it out" hasn't worked I would never recommend firing. No telling what has been done to the projectile by now.
 
Listen to the retired gunsmith.

I would assume that when the gunsmith does this, they are in a 'safe room' of some sort, so if it does go off it is contained. I would hope that you do this outside at a location where it is safe to discharge a firearm, rather than in your basement.

guntech, any thoughts?
 
Grouse Man said:
Listen to the retired gunsmith.

I would assume that when the gunsmith does this, they are in a 'safe room' of some sort, so if it does go off it is contained. I would hope that you do this outside at a location where it is safe to discharge a firearm, rather than in your basement.

guntech, any thoughts?
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What causes a bullet to go through a barrel with such velocity is pressure... developed because the bolt is closed and the brass has sealed off the breech of the barrel... if the brass is free to blow back that extremely high pressure will never develop.

And I do not foresee the powder every igniting from being compressed by pounding the bullet back into the case... be doubly safe and do not be inline with the bore at either end...
 
An alternative method is hydraulic. You need a short close fitting rod. Tape to get as close to a piston fit as possible. Fill the bore with oil. Start the piston into the bore and smite it a sharp blow. The pressure will either punch the bullet back into the case, or push the cartridge out. If the former, add more oil and repeat. This method is messy. Take the barreled action out of the stock so that the wood doesn't get oiled.

As mentioned previously, do not use a wooden dowel.
 
DO NOT TRY SHOOTING IT OUT. GUN OR YOU OR BOTH WILL BE PERMANENTLY CHANGED. Not in a positive manner. Listen to Guntec and Tiriaq. These are safe and proven methods. The gun will not go off as the anvill in the primer is facing the wrong direction and many handloads use compressed powder charges with a compound leverage press. Do the math.
 
If the barrel is threaded it would not be hard to make an adapter with a grease fitting on the end so you could pump the round out with grease.

Overhauling brake calipers at my shop we sometimes had to resort to this method if compressed air could not get a piston out.
 
laurencen said:
like the idea of a grease gun, have to make something up like that for the odd time I get a jamb,
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I did that once. It worked like a charm. Hardly took any pressure at all. Never had to use the custom fitting I made ever again. Of course, this requires a threaded muzzle. The only real trick to it was to fill the barrel up to the top with water before attaching the grease gun. Otherwise you end up pumping a ton of thick grease into the barrel, which consumes a bunch of grease and makes a giant mess that has to be cleaned out.
 
Vandee said:
Hi all, I am not a gunsmith but hoping for some possible solutions to this problem. A buddy of mine has a live .223 round stuck in the chamber of his Howa 1500 action. Neither of us have the tools to remove a barrel. We have tried pulling the rim of the case and we have also tried pounding it out using a rod down the barrel. No dice. Local gunsmith will not touch it with the live round in it. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.
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Find a different gunsmith who can help.

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