Removing a live stuck round
- Thread starter fuel80guy
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Is this a factory round or a handload? Are you absolutely sure that an incorrect cartridge wasn't chambered by mistake or an incorrect bullet seated ( eg a 7mm for a .277)? Such things have happened before with less than desirable results when fired.
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- Lac Pelletier Sask
Don't fire it, you may have more then just that bullet stuck in the chamber. Use a wooden dowel and tap it out from the muzzel end.
Fire the round in a safe place. 9 times out of 10 the emty case will eject. I have had this problem with mauser rifles when guys just throw a round in the chamber with out stripping the round off the magazine. "NEVER" try to dislodge a loaded round from the muzzle. A wooden dowel or cleaning rod will just push the bullet back in to the case. A wooden dowel usualy splits and you just end up with a bunch of jambed up dowling in your rifle bore. Fire the rifle. If the case is still stuck then try the cleaning rod or dowel. Gun shops have stuck case removers. It will cost you a few bucks but thats cheaper than a new barrel. If the gun missfires or won't fire the round then you definitly need the help of a pro-gunsmith. This gets messy and involves methods that only a pro should attempt. I remove 1 or 2 stuck rounds a year for guys. Not a big deal but do it sensibly.
Usually the round extracts easily once it has been fired. If not, a cleaning rod will hit the inside of the case and pound it out.
The problem with trying to pound out a life round is that the rod will tend to slide off the point of the bullet and hit the barrel wall. This will damage the barrel. i have seen barrels ruined this way.
The problem with trying to pound out a life round is that the rod will tend to slide off the point of the bullet and hit the barrel wall. This will damage the barrel. i have seen barrels ruined this way.
I would not try to drive out the loaded round with any type of rod. My brother is a bench rest shooter and I remember him talking about an accident somewhere in the states at a bench rest event. Round was stuck in the chamber. The shooter removed the bolt and attempted to drive the loaded round out with a cleaning rod. For some reason the round went off and the base of the case blew back striking his wife in the chest. She died from the injuries. True or not I don't know but I wouldn't do it. This incident may have been written up in a journal published by National Bench Rest Association (I think that what's it's called).
I am wondering.
Where did the cartridge get loaded in the chamber and stuck?
The only place a live cartridge should be loaded into a chamber is where it can be legally and safely shot. If this happened at the range, why didn't you shoot it right there?
Did you bring it home that way?
I'll guess you were loading shells and wanted to see if they would go into your chamber, so you loaded the cartridge in the rifle in your house, or at your loading area. (OK, I'm just guessing at that.)
It is now written out in plain English that a firearm should only be loaded at the place where it will be shot.
I would not have asked on a public net, how to get a live cartridge out of my rifle!
Where did the cartridge get loaded in the chamber and stuck?
The only place a live cartridge should be loaded into a chamber is where it can be legally and safely shot. If this happened at the range, why didn't you shoot it right there?
Did you bring it home that way?
I'll guess you were loading shells and wanted to see if they would go into your chamber, so you loaded the cartridge in the rifle in your house, or at your loading area. (OK, I'm just guessing at that.)
It is now written out in plain English that a firearm should only be loaded at the place where it will be shot.
I would not have asked on a public net, how to get a live cartridge out of my rifle!
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.
burnt_servo
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- right in the middle of b.c.
if you can't get a brass rod a round sttel rod or even a long piece of threaded ready rod ( most canadian tires sell ones that should be long enough ), with several layers of electrical tape wrapped around will work .
I had a cast boolit stay in the barrel yesterday when I was checking something.
The biggest problem for me is when all that powder was dumped into the action.
How'd I get the boolit out?
I used an M-1 Garand take down cleaning rod. I screwed all the section's together,but the rifle on it's butt with the barrel sticking straight up and dropped the rod down the barrel a couple time's and out it popped.
The biggest problem for me is when all that powder was dumped into the action.
How'd I get the boolit out?
I used an M-1 Garand take down cleaning rod. I screwed all the section's together,but the rifle on it's butt with the barrel sticking straight up and dropped the rod down the barrel a couple time's and out it popped.
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...
