Removing a live stuck round

[Suputin]

I had a really bad one the other day. Case stuck 85% of the way into the chamber on an AR15. Tried to pound it out with a steel cleaning rod ... no dice.

I ended up making a fitting for the muzzle so I could attach a high pressure grease gun. Fill barrel up with water, attach grease gun and pump. "Pop" out flies the primer without moving the case a little bit. Oh well, at least the round is safe now.

Next step, make a collar to fit the barrel extension .... after removing the barrel from the upper. Drill and tap case head and extract with a bolt. Fricken HUGE PIA but it came out safely in the end and now I have all the tools should it ever happen again.

 

[zuke]

Yes, these are the valid questions.
If you are not sure that your sized cases will chamber, maybe you should try one without a load in it, be gentle to get it in the extractor groove, and if you distort a case seating a bullet, don't even try it, as minimal distortion will make a case bind. If you accidently chambered a wrong cartridge at the range, then pounding it back is about your only choice, If you are afraid of it going off, tap the bullet into the case with a wooden rod, and pour a little oil in the barrel, and let it sit vertical with the barrel up for a few days, then tap it out with a dowel, the oil is to deaden the primer, so the bullet has to be back far enough that it does not grab on the neck of the cartridge. If you are over zealous with the oil it will make a mess when you put the dowel in...

NEVER EVER EVER USE A WOODEN ANYTHING DOWN A BARREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHEN!!!! it break's or split's then you'll be in a sh^%pile of trouble.