Help, stuck case in chamber, live

[OkayShooter]

It wasn't that tight if a brass rod was able to remove it...

Freezing that the metal contracts might have helped, the warmer WD40 might gave it a buffer.

Same as a compression fit where you freeze one part and heat the other one contracts, one expands.

 

[guntech]

Hoppes # 9 as well as oil will kill a primer.

In 45 years of removing stuck cases from chambers I have never experienced any problem with the 'loaded' case firing on removal. I had some that required pounding with a 2 pound hammer... I have always stood to the side not in line with either end of the barrel and the bolt always removed... if the powder did ignite pressure would not build up as it normally would when fully contained.

 

[Juster]

Good to hear it all worked out. I expect a gunsmith could fix it in 10 mins while you wait though, for a reasonable sum.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

Hoppes # 9 as well as oil will kill a primer.

In 45 years of removing stuck cases from chambers I have never experienced any problem with the 'loaded' case firing on removal. I had some that required pounding with a 2 pound hammer... I have always stood to the side not in line with either end of the barrel and the bolt always removed... if the powder did ignite pressure would not build up as it normally would when fully contained.

Thank you sir.

 

[tjsudbury]

Relief!

I let it sit outside -15 for an hour. Sprayed a bunch of Wd-40 into the bore and let it seep in. Sat the action on a solid wood table, inserted a brass rod and it took about 10 really hard hits with the hammer to get the bugger out. Thanks guys

Now take that brass rod and beat on your teenager with it. Ten or fifteen good, hard wacks should be about right

 

[Robert Nicholson]

Hoppes # 9 as well as oil will kill a primer.

In 45 years of removing stuck cases from chambers I have never experienced any problem with the 'loaded' case firing on removal. I had some that required pounding with a 2 pound hammer... I have always stood to the side not in line with either end of the barrel and the bolt always removed... if the powder did ignite pressure would not build up as it normally would when fully contained.

How frequently does this kind of thing happen? Is it something that is waiting to happen to any of us when we get a slightly deformed cartridge?
Or is it something that you have to work at to make happen to you - thru inexperience and over zealous jamming?

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

I know my very careful buddy got a .338 case stuck in a full length die once. He figured it was because the brass came out of a loose chambered gas gun..... Not sure if that's true or not.

 

[bsand]

I know my very careful buddy got a .338 case stuck in a full length die once. He figured it was because the brass came out of a loose chambered gas gun..... Not sure if that's true or not.

Not enough lube.

 

[bandoleer]

...my teenager chambered a round that was fire formed in another gun. Really forced it in, then tried to poke it out with a wooden dowel. Ended up pushing the bullet into the casing and broke off a piece of the dowel...

Now what are you going to do with that teenager?

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

Thought so too. Everyone makes mistakes, even the ultra careful (by careful I mean OCD).

 

[tokguy]

Google Freezing the Balls off a Brass Monkey
That will help clarify things as to why.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Relief!

I let it sit outside -15 for an hour. Sprayed a bunch of Wd-40 into the bore and let it seep in. Sat the action on a solid wood table, inserted a brass rod and it took about 10 really hard hits with the hammer to get the bugger out. Thanks guys

Whew I feel for yah I came close on one of mine awhile back it was nerve racking

 

[coach71]

Now what are you going to do with that teenager?

I'm sure he didn't sleep too well last night. Lesson learned.

 

[kamlooky]

If yer nawt fruck'in up, yer nawt dewn anything.

Lesson learned is a positive note.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

I didn't know you could write in English!!!!