SIG - SwissArms CQB Owners Help!

[X-man]

Well,

I hate to admit it, but I screwed up royally this morning. I was having some problems with a new magazine and wanted to do a function check to see if the rifle was stripping the rounds from the mag freely. Wasn't anywere near dummy rounds so substituted some once fired brass instead that I had in my range bag. It stripped the first round fine and ejected okay as I worked the action manually. Let the bolt go to strip the second round and the front edge of the brass case must've caught on something and caused a minor jam.

Instead of dropping the mag free, I simply worked the bolt to clear the jam...of course the rifle then started to strip another case from the mag and I got a quasi double feed mess on my hands. I removed the mag and then did your standard jam clearing drill. The first case dropped free, but some how the bolt went forward about 2/3 of the way and jammed solid. I'm pretty sure the lips of the case must be deformed and/or crushed.

Nothing I've tried will budge the bolt!!! Can't pull it back, can't push it forward into battery and I can't field strip it with the bolt jammed like that. I tried gently tapping using a wooden dowel inserted into the barrel, but that didn't work and I didn't want to wail on it for fear of causing any damage.

Any ideas, thoughts or tips would be greatly appreciated. Frankly, I'm still amazed at the complete FUBAR I managed to create. Right now I just want to get my rifle back into operation.

 

[Grove]

Is there by any chance you can take a pair of shears or wire cutters and cut the stuck brass in half then pull one side loose, enabling the other half to drop out of place?

Probaly not the best solution, but it may very well work.

 

[redleg]

If I understand this correctly you have a partially chambered fired case jammed in the gun. I would recommend using a steel rod down the barrel and hammering it out. You could also try using a block of wood on your cocking handle and then hammer ing it to open, but that may damage the handle. Some WD40 down the bore may help things out.

 

[CanAm]

Can you get at the extractor with a pick and release the bolt from the case?

 

[X-man]

Thanks for the replies guys! Got it sorted out. I had the rifle stored for a few weeks and had greased 'er up good, as we've been having a fair bit of humidity and temp swings. I think I figured out what happened: a couple of the once fired brass must've come from my Rem 700 bolt gun, and not the CQB. Must've had a bigger chamber. That combined with the grease served to create a kind of vacumn seal. A single tap with a wood dowel and it popped right out. Brass was in perfect condition? Go figure. Got everything degreased and I'm back in business!

 

[Kampfhamster]

nothing said.