Split Case Removal

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I think that's the term - I had a 6.5mm case split in two, the front half is still stuck in the breach of the gun (Krag 6.5mm). Anyone know where to get the tool to fix this prob - or if there is some trick to getting it out?
 
A small rat tail file will work. Take the bolt out and put the file in the stuck case and turn left. It should grab it and spin it out or you could buy a stuck case remover from brownells or something.
 
The one time this happened to me I pushed a large-for-caliber cleaning brush on a cleaning rod through from the muzzle end. The forward part of the case wasn't stuck hard and it just came out on the brush.

I've heard that a Bic pen or Sharpie marker shoved into the chamber will often pull the front piece out. You have to find the right size pen for your caliber.

Let us know how it works out.
 
if you have a bullet (not complete, just the bullet) star at the muzzle and push or tap it thru, as if you were swaging your bore. the bullet should catch and remove the split casing. you now have a swaged bullet of your bore for future purposes. it's a win win. :D
 
Take a lag screw 3-4" make sure in the mouth of an empty case the threads don't cut through into the neck.Remove bolt insert into chamber from the rear using a socket with extention if needbe tighten a 1/2 turn til you feel it bite into the brass.Remove socket and use a non ferrous /non marking lever to pry gently against the bolt head.It should pop right out................Done this on a SAKO hornet several times and a 340)/.222...............Harold
 
I keep a shotgun cleaning bronze brush on a short rod. If a case splits and leaves the front half in the chamber I simply remove the bolt and push the brush into the open back of the brass and pull it out. It's tougher to get the brush out of the brass later than it is to get the brush out of the chamber!
 
The method I have used several times with a split case on my 303's is very simple, but you must be careful not to scratch the chamber. You need strong hands, as I am a mechanic this is not a problem. Remove the bolt and insert a small to medium sized blade or flat tip screwdriver into the chamber about midway. Tilt the screwdriver with the edge of the tip digging into the brass by pushing down on the screwdriver shaft with your right hand while holding up on the screwdriver handle with your left hand. Pull rearwards with the screwdriver towards the buttstock, and the case should come out. Worked for me several times.
 
The method I settled on for these chores is to use a tap of the appropriate size, cut threads in the case body, them stack some washers at the rear of the receiver and thread a bolt in. Just like removing a stuck case from a die, but with no primer pocket the tap must be bigger.
 
I have used the cleaning rod down the bore with an oversized bronze brush, works sometimes. I shy away from using tools, but sometimes you have too. Ideally the best way to remove a split case is to get a split case extractor. 6.5mm is smaller than most out there but they do exist.

Try numrich or brownells

Here's an example.

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Hey guys, thanks for all the suggestions. Hey pblatzz, I found one for a 6.5 arisaka - that's the closest I could get to a 6.5 krag. How important is model specification - or is it all about bore size?
 
wyleekyotee said:
Hey guys, thanks for all the suggestions. Hey pblatzz, I found one for a 6.5 arisaka - that's the closest I could get to a 6.5 krag. How important is model specification - or is it all about bore size?
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It may be a combination of neck size and case length..

No one mentioned this is referred to as a head separation not a split case. A split case is simply that... it is in one piece and has a split.
 
broken shell extraction

IIRC one of the uses for cerrosafe chamber cast material is to remove stuck cases by casting through the broken shell and driving it out from the front. This would be for that occasion when nothing else seems to work. This would give you very good purchase on the front of the brass without damaging your chamber or poking around with sharp objects.

270 totheend
 
Before you do anything, try ane empty into the chamber, sometimes it will pull-out the other one; or just sell your Krag to me. Problem solved.
 
wyleekyotee said:
Hey guys, thanks for all the suggestions. Hey pblatzz, I found one for a 6.5 arisaka - that's the closest I could get to a 6.5 krag. How important is model specification - or is it all about bore size?
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May/should work, It's the front of the extractor that grabs the case on the inside. So as long as you can insert the extractor into the chamber and over the extractor and pull it back it will work. The 6.5 arisaka is it longer then the 6.5x55??
 
wyleekyotee said:
Hey guys, thanks for all the suggestions. Hey pblatzz, I found one for a 6.5 arisaka - that's the closest I could get to a 6.5 krag. How important is model specification - or is it all about bore size?
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6.5 krag? Is this a norwegian Krag? if it's in 6.5x55 swed... Let me know.
 
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Brownell made an copy of my broken case remover, in form of an .223 case with two hooks.

All what you need to do, is take a thin metal rod, and file a hook at the end, and file metal away and taper towards the hook, and when you insert this rod into the rear end of the chamber and the broken shell, you can "feel" when the hook goes over the lips of the cartridge case, and the with a gentle pull, you should have no trouble of removing the broken and stuck case from the chamber.

My broken case remover is easy to make, and will fit any rifle caliber. Never leave home without it :)

Cheers,

Snowhunter
 
I am truely facinated to see how my invention of a broken sheel extractor has been copied by both Brownell and Numrich Arms.

My original invention, the broken shell extractor, as posted in these page few years ago, was much simpler. Just a metal rod, with a hook filed at the end, and it was very easy to "feel" when the hook come over the libs of the broken shell, and then with a gentle pull, the hook would pull the broken sheel out.

I recommend to use brass of bronze metal rod for making you own broken shell extraxtor, which will, unlike the cocpies made by Brownell and Numrich Arms, can and will only fit certain calibers. The Numrich Arms copy of my broken shell extractor, appears to be more useful for more than one caliber ?

For these two companies to copy my broken shell extractor, and then produce different broken shell extractors, one for each different caliber, is no more than good marketing $$. A simple and cheap metal rod in which you file a hook at the end, as well as file and taper towards the hook, will be as effective in removing broken shells from the chamber, as well as being able to be used on most caliber with ease :)
 
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