Partial case stuck in chamber

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I've been doing some work on my friend's rifle, trying to figure out why it won't chamber a cartridge. it looks like part of a case got stuck in the chamber. any ideas on how to remove it?
 
This worked for me-
Run a cleaning rod down the barrel into the receiver. Screw on a borebrush, I think I used a larger caliber to insure grip, then pull the brush into the chamber until it sticks. Push down into the receiver again. When the bristles reversed, they should have grabbed the case well enough to push it out.
Cheers.
 
I think it would be best if your friend took it to a gunsmith...

What model of action, what cartridge?
 
lister said:
This worked for me-
Run a cleaning rod down the barrel into the receiver. Screw on a borebrush, I think I used a larger caliber to insure grip, then pull the brush into the chamber until it sticks. Push down into the receiver again. When the bristles reversed, they should have grabbed the case well enough to push it out.
Cheers.
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I have used Chamber brushes to do this, but from the reciever end.

I have also used 20ga & 12ga brushes to grab seperated cases in .223 & 30-06 respectively, also from the reciever end as well.

This is of course assuming that the brass isn't melted into the wall of the chamber.......

I have also done some pretty "sketchy" things trying to remove stuck cases as well.......
 
If a bore brush pulled from muzzle to breech doesn't work, you need a tool called a broken shell extractor. Brownells sells them.

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Try inserting a spend piece of brass in the extrator claw, then chamber the brass. Usually this works as the case will drive itself into the broken piece and then pull it out.

I've also read and heard guys doing the same thing with a loaded round and that often works as long as you're safe about it.
 
Or get a tap big enough to fit into the cartridge, build some sort of extension to screw it into the brass, remove with a cleaning rod inserted from muzzle
 
I have a win M88 that I tore the case head off a stuck case. Went to my gunsmith for help, this is what we did...

Closed the action and inserted a cleaning rod down the muzzle until it touched the bolt face, marked the end of the barrel on the rod. Removed the rod and lined up a case with the mark on the rod and made another mark on the rod corresponding with the bottom of the case. Then we inserted little bits of kleenex down the muzzle and tapped them down tight until we were past the second mark on the cleaning rod, then we opened the action, inserted the rod down the muzzle again until it contacted the top of the kleenex, lifted the rod above healf way out and then just dropped it...pop out came the stuck case. The kleenex was packed tight enough and high enough that it went above the case mouth and caught on the mouth of the case enough to drive it out.

Might want to try this and see if it works for you.
 
Tinman204 said:
Try inserting a spend piece of brass in the extrator claw, then chamber the brass. Usually this works as the case will drive itself into the broken piece and then pull it out.

I've also read and heard guys doing the same thing with a loaded round and that often works as long as you're safe about it.
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can't chamber anything, that's why I have the rifle right now...
 
This is common with enfield actions. There is a special tool you can buy, but iv always found that sometimes by holding the rifle virtcialy and tapping the butt on hard ground will knock it loose. .

Have you looked down the barrel to see if you can see light from the otherside? If not then the back of the case is still intact and inserting a cleaning rod from muzzle side down and giving a good tap on the rod should do the trick. If you can see light, then this is an incipiant head space seperation in which the back portion of the case seperates from the shell due to too high pressure of a load. Loose chamber tollerences (most of these old girls have loose chambers) and weak brass.

As stated, there is a special tool to remove these. Iv also used a blade scredriver from the reciver end to pry the case out (make sure you get the blade inside the case and not on the chamber)
 
If you're not in a big hurry, the broken shell extractor is the gold standard

You'll also have it if it ever happens again. I have one for each bottleneck cartridge I reload for.
Haven't needed them...yet

.30-06 version stock at Brownells.

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gave my buddy back his rifle with the diagnosis... I just wish whomever fired the last shot would've been watching the brass that came out... gotta be about the front half of the case that's still stuck in there.
 
Well what I would do is clean the rifle with the brass in it see if that makes it come out if that doesn't I would add oil to help loosen it up then try tapping it out with a cleaning rod or a screw driver but instead of prying it I would wedge it in then twist to try and make it come loose add some more oil then work it out slowly and hope it falls free after loosing it up

You can also try air pressure what you do is tape the nosle of an air hose to the end then try blowing it out
 
Stevebot-7 said:
My only suggestion would be something like a dental pick. Might be able to reach in the chamber and hook the brass out.
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And this is a great way to ruin the chamber. Digging around with sharp steel is likely to scratch the chamber. I know, as I inherited one that was done that way, and it is unlikely that you can be 'careful' enough and get a stuck case out.
In my experience, I either used a brass bore brush from the chamber end, pushing it into the barrel just past the case and pulling it back. If that doesn't work, then a lead ball driven from the muzzle also worked.
 
Al-Sway said:
And this is a great way to ruin the chamber. Digging around with sharp steel is likely to scratch the chamber. I know, as I inherited one that was done that way, and it is unlikely that you can be 'careful' enough and get a stuck case out.
In my experience, I either used a brass bore brush from the chamber end, pushing it into the barrel just past the case and pulling it back. If that doesn't work, then a lead ball driven from the muzzle also worked.
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I wasn't sure if there were brass picks or similar a person could get, just an idea not necessarily a good one.
 
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