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Have a question for you experienced folks, (it is my 3rd week and about 500 rounds in a handgun) I had a light load or squib and the bullet got lodged in the barrel it was only about a half inch from the chamber so I just used a brass cleaning road and whacked it back out the way it came. should i have beat it all the way through the barrel or used a special tool? Are their are some recommended practices for doing this without damaging anything. It was western munitions ammo and my brother had the same thing happen to his gun out of the same box of ammo in case someone likes to keep track of that stuff...
 
As long as you don't do any damage to the bore with the implement you are using to push the bullet out, it shouldn't matter which way you push it.
 
Light load or squib, a stovepipe is where the brass gets caught in between the slide and the barrel pointed up like a "stove pipe" . this can be caused by - limp wrist, light load, broken ejector rod, heavy recoil spring.

With a squib just pound it out at the end it's closest too.

- with my experiences .
 
It might be worth pointing out that squib loads can lead to disaster if another round is fired while there is a bullet stuck in the barrel, with a semi-auto the chances of another round chambering properly depends on how far up the barrel the bullet sticks and whether the squib load cycles the action fully. With a revolver the chances are greater of being able to fire another round after a squib. The thing is to examine and clear any obstructions before shooting another round after a squib.
This is obvious to experienced shooters but may not be front and centre to those new to the sport.
 
Thanks guys, I am new and still learning the lingo, it was a squib not a stove pipe, did the old bang bang pop, when I racked the slide to have a look the casing came out but I could see the end of the bullet sitting in the barrel, just happy it wasn't a light load that got stuck at the end of the barrel and chambered another round because I would imagine that 2 bullets in the barrel on a plastic gun would be a best case scenario of destroyed gun.
 
two in the barrel on any gun will usually lead to a destroyed gun. frame material is not a factor, just barrel strength and locking system strength. Good handling on your part, you dealt with it correctly
 
A field expedient fix for a bullet stuck in the barrel is to fill the barrel behind the bullet with water, chamber an empty primed case and fire it. Water is not compressible, so its as though you had a very long bullet. No damage occurs to the gun, as the pressure is very low, and the bullet is gently pushed out, with no fuss or muss. Patch out the barrel to get rid of the moisture and carbon from firing the primer, and carry on. I have successfully used this technique numerous times with a number of different 1911s, although a particularly stubborn bullet might need more than one application.
 
John_in_BC said:
just to clarify for another newbie, how do you know? I would guess it would sound different, but say you are rapid firing?

Kinda scares me a bit.
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You hear the difference and ordinarily in a semi the action doesn't cycle (or doesn't cycle properly). If you have what sounds like a misfire or an unusually quiet/muffled shot (read that as "unusual"), it pays to double check whether there is a bullet in the ejected case, or not.

Rapid fire in a revolver gets dicier, should the bullet pass into the forcing cone and not jam the cyllinder. You have to be conscious of it, just pay attention to the shots.
 
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