Shell stuck in my AR chamber, Help?
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Travis Bickle
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- Upper Lower Middle Alberta
Put a cleaning rod down there and hammer it out from the muzzle end.
It's a hardened steel rifle barrel, you won't hurt it.
That's a classic M16 'Nam stoppage son!!
It's a hardened steel rifle barrel, you won't hurt it.
That's a classic M16 'Nam stoppage son!!
Tarrantula
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This happened to me in my Cz858 once at the range...extractor ripped the corner right off of the casing. Cleaning rod and hammer got it unstuck no problem.
can you operate the bolt?
If its stuck in there and the bolt is still in battery (locked), just mortar the rifle. While pulling on the charging handle, slam the stock on the rifle in the ground.
If the bolt is still in battery do not pound it with a cleaning rod!
Ah just read your answer, nevermind, you'll need to pound it out with a rod then.
If its stuck in there and the bolt is still in battery (locked), just mortar the rifle. While pulling on the charging handle, slam the stock on the rifle in the ground.
If the bolt is still in battery do not pound it with a cleaning rod!
Ah just read your answer, nevermind, you'll need to pound it out with a rod then.
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Ahh...ok. As others suggested pound away !
To make a long story short, the steel case does not expand as well to seal the case body against the chamber walls ( obturate ) . The result is there is a bit more carbon buildup form gases in the chamber wall
Contrary to popular belief it is not because many steel cases are lacquer coated . This has been discussed to death on the internet
Eventually build up can stick case in chamber
Here is a pic of Wolf 7.62 ( NON lacquer coated BTW ) that actually ejected out of a AR . Ejection became sluggish about 30 rounds before I saw this lying on the ground !
I kept pounding away ( another 200+ rounds ) before it finally stuck a case . Didn't take too much to pop out
I always have a chamber rod with a 44cal brush to make a quick pass in the chamber periodically when shooting the steel case 7.62 and 5.56 . You would be surprised how much crap comes out of the chamber
Ahh...ok. As others suggested pound away !
To make a long story short, the steel case does not expand as well to seal the case body against the chamber walls ( obturate ) . The result is there is a bit more carbon buildup form gases in the chamber wall
Contrary to popular belief it is not because many steel cases are lacquer coated . This has been discussed to death on the internet
Eventually build up can stick case in chamber
Here is a pic of Wolf 7.62 ( NON lacquer coated BTW ) that actually ejected out of a AR . Ejection became sluggish about 30 rounds before I saw this lying on the ground !
I kept pounding away ( another 200+ rounds ) before it finally stuck a case . Didn't take too much to pop out
I always have a chamber rod with a 44cal brush to make a quick pass in the chamber periodically when shooting the steel case 7.62 and 5.56 . You would be surprised how much crap comes out of the chamber
Awesome, thanks
I always carry a brass rod for such occasions or knocking out a squib round (which I had to do a couple weeks ago).
And one of these...
Where did you purchase these from?
Home Depot for the brass rod. Comes in a 3' length and various diameters. I just cut it down to 26" and put a couple wraps of electrical tape about 4" from the end to help center the rod when it is in the bore so I'm knocking the bullet out from the tip and not wedging between the side of the bore and bullet. The remaining 10" cut-off I used for pistols.
The broken case extractor I got from Brownells. One for 223 (part # 080-000-441WB) and other for 308.
The broken case extractor I got from Brownells. One for 223 (part # 080-000-441WB) and other for 308.
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- WMU248 near Edmonton
see the russians had it right when they cut fluted chambers
you need to get the chamber fluted then you won't have problems.....
you need to get the chamber fluted then you won't have problems.....
Bolivar
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
see the russians had it right when they cut fluted chambers
you need to get the chamber fluted then you won't have problems.....
Just a bit hard on brass though eh? As a reloader I would kind of not prefer a fluted chamber.
