To bad about the chamber. Its probably going to be a minimum of $200.00 to set the barrel back a couple of turns, re-index the sights and or hanger, re-chamber and set the forearm back to match up with the hanger. I seldom try to give people advice on stuff stuck in barrels. There are enough disasters happening out there without me trying to add to it. I have seen guys drill out half their rifling trying to drill out stuck bullets. Bent barrels trying to do the same thing by pounding bullets out with brass rods. I have seen 2 brass rods stuck in barrels because the ends flared from impacting on stuck bullets. I have seen rifling damaged by wandering wood screws. I once saw a chamber that a guy had threaded. In other cases the neck and throat trying to remove the case with a tap. A classic was a guy that had re-chambered his gun by trying to get a broken case out with an easy out. I have seen cases where guys have tried to beet out loaded rounds with cleaning rods. In one case a guy who tried to pry a loaded round out of a 94 take down with a screw driver to the point that the primer was crushed. Why that one did not go boom is beyond me. I guess he was being followed by a moon shadow. The hammer and screw driver trick? That has been done to DEATH! Stuck bullets, cases and live rounds are disgustingly simple to remove if you have a barrel and action wrench, lathe, mill a full gauntlet of drills and taps. An oxyacetylene torch, TIG and a ten ton press can come in handy as well. I had one apprentice years ago that was exceptional. Not because he did great work but because he would often walk up to me or Larry mid way through a job and say (show me how to do this because I can’t see any way of doing it without creating a disaster). Turned out to be a pretty good gunsmith but in the end left to work as a machinist. Guess he was smarter than me! Rod
