Hey guys just shooting my first reloads. The first 5 went off fine, on the sixth, there was no bang. Upon further inspection, the bullet is stuck in the barrel and I cannot get it out. Any advice on how to get it out and what might have happened? The casing is very dirty.
Bullet stuck in Barrel
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a brass rod a bit smaller than your barrel and a hammer.
+1. If you get a bloop instead of a bang, it was either extremely underloaded or had no powder at all. A close fitting brass rod and hammer are OP's best bet.
Mark
x2 Its easy to damage a bore without the right tools and know how.
Hey guys, thanks for the responses. It was a 124gr Berry's round nose bullet, loaded with 4gr Tightgroup and COAL of 1.100. The first 2 fired great, felt quite light compared to the factory loads i fired in the clip before. There was no pop, no nothing that i could hear, just a click.. any more ideas would be appreciated. I was hoping they would all go off without a hitch.
It is not possible to damage a steel bore with a brass rod. Brass rod + hammer = bullet out in no time.
1) that's a squib : no powder. You often will not hear the "pop" of the primer with hearing protection.
2) http://squibloads.wordpress.com/reloading/whats-a-squib-load-and-how-do-i-avoid-one/
no doubt. Just weird as i try to look in each casing as im putting bullet in to make sure there is powder in there. is there anything else that could have caused it? ended up getting the bullet out quite easily, couple taps with a brass rod and a hammer, dropped right on the floor.
No, based on your description. if the powder failed to ignite, you would have found a big mess of powder left behind. If the primer failed, the bullet would not have moved into the barrel.
Loading with zero distractions is key; inspection (as you're doing) is next, then using components relatively likely to flow nicely into the case. See the link I put up a couple of posts ago.
The lockout die is great if a) adjusted correctly and b) not inadvertently skipped past. Adjusting it correctly may take some doing - test it with an empty and near-empty case to make sure it's doing its job.
Acrashb,
it seems to be working. With a double charge or no charge, i can still cycle the press, it doesn't completely cripple it, it just adds a resistance to the stroke. Is that wrong?
Keep the bullet on your reloading desk as a reminder to always keep checking for unnoticed errors as you reload.
Thats where i keep mine
X2. This is the right answer.
Squibs are not dangerous by themselves, but can be catastrophic if you try to shoot another shot with a bullet lodged in the barrel. Good thing you caught it.
Brass rod and a mallet. It will come out easy. Happens to most new reloaders at some time. Check, check, check everything, every time.
bullet is sitting on desk as a reminder! ya, after pulling the trigger, i knew it wasn't right, click is not good so I kept gun pointed down range for 60 seconds, proved it safe, then moved onto the AR15, M&P was done for the day
