Stuck LIVE 7mm cartridge -- FIXED, pics
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I once got a 270 shell stuck In my 30 06. I hit the bolt handle back with a stick and there extractor let go without damage, so I was in the same situation as you. I wrapped a steel rod with tape and drove the bullet into the case then poured oil down the barrel overnight to kill the powder and primer. I was not actually sure if I had driven the bullet down far enough to let the oil by. But I drove the case out next day anyway. I can't make knowledgeable comments on the safety but I would do it again
Doesn't always work. The stuck 556 case I had wouldn't come out with a hammer. Hence why I built the hydraulic pusher system that eventually removed it.
If a rod is going to be used to drive out the stuck cartridge, it needs to be one that is a close fit in the bore. Tape to prevent steel to steel contact is important.
Something like an aluminum cleaning rod would be a poor choice. A wooden dowel would be worse.
I used to have a set of ground steel drill rods in a range of sizes that would work in different bores.
Something like an aluminum cleaning rod would be a poor choice. A wooden dowel would be worse.
I used to have a set of ground steel drill rods in a range of sizes that would work in different bores.
Try that w an AR15 barrel.
Link? I know of a puller for getting stuck cases out of a sizing die, but not one for a live round stuck in a barrel.
Found it. Not exactly cheap. Be prob $170 cad by the time you got it.
Yep. 1/4 inch steel rod. One layer of Scotch tape to make you feel better. Cut the rod a couple inches longer than the barrel, make sure both ends are pretty square. A block of hardwood, or hard plastic, to hit against, so as to avoid clipping the barrel with a wayward hammer stroke.
A couple taps will do it. Honetly, I'd start with just dropping the rod down the barrel, to see if it would knock it out with momentum alone.
Primers are not that sensitive. They need a very specific crushing of the priming compound to ignite. If you have never crushed a primer in a primer pocket sideways, it's gonna be a weird experience, when you realize it didn't go off! LOL!
Worst mess I have seen was a guy trying to get a stuck bullet out of the chamber (seated too long, stayed in barrel on ejecting the case unfired) with a couple green willow sticks. By the time he was done, the whole barrel was packed up solid with damp wood. Ugh.
Always a challenge to remove a stuck case... more than ONE has detonated because powder was forced back through the flash hole and squeezed the anvil of the primer causing a detonation.. I would not recommend pounding the shell out with a rod.
W T F ? Not a chance in hell!
Did you just make this garbage up or did some numbnuts tell you an old wives tale?
Never happened. Could never happen. Neither the physics nor the chemistry suppports it.
I once put a nail on a primer and hit it with a hammer. I had to hit the thing 3 or 4 times to get it to detonate.
Did you try just sticking a rod down the muzzle and giving it a couple of gentle taps? I've had instances where the bolt wouldn't close but the round was stuck but they have never been stuck so tightly that dropping a rod down the barrel didn't dislodge them.
I've hit multiple primers with a hammer, they always went off on the first hit...
Not that I think they'd go off in the OPs scenario mind you...
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1/4 inch plastic tubing, to protect the rifling.
Heavy industrial grade copper piping.
6 good blows with a small hammer.
Magic.
A special thanks to all the great ideas here! It was a lesson learned for me and a huge overall learning experience. Oh, and no bullet hole in my ceiling!!
1/4 inch plastic tubing, to protect the rifling.
Heavy industrial grade copper piping.
6 good blows with a small hammer.
Magic.
A special thanks to all the great ideas here! It was a lesson learned for me and a huge overall learning experience. Oh, and no bullet hole in my ceiling!!
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Yea, I was pretty surprised when the thing didn't go off. I think the nail was really sharp and just pierced the cup without crushing the cup and anvil together. The point being that primers take a pretty specific set of circumstances to ignite.
If we consider the physics of what he is suggesting, it is simply not possible. Powder is loose granules and pushing on it will just compress the granules together without transmitting pressure down the column. It would be like trying to push an object by pushing a column of sand. Then there is the problem of powder moving through the flash hole, which it is not going to do under pressure. Then even if it did, why wouldn't it just push the primer out of the pocket rather than detonate the thing? There are about 10 reasons why such a notion is just ridiculous.
