Wad stuck in the barrel

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I went goose hunting today and the last load didn't sound right. The barrel is now obstructed with the wad. The shotgun is a Baikal MP-153 semi-automatic 12 gauge. I took the barrel off the gun and used a branch to push the wad back. The wad is now stuck at the gas port.

I am considering buying a dowel the size of the inside diameter of 12 gauge shell and pound out the wad.

What do you think? Which way should I push the wad out? Is the gas port just a hole in the barrel or is there more to it? What can I damage if I punch too hard?

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It should push out easily. Treat it like a blow gun and blow the wad towards the chamber.
 
I usually just cut a shell a half inch above the rim, dump out shot, pull out wad and dump powder. Put the primed rim in the gun and shoot in a safe direction. With the only force coming from a naked primer, it usually shoots the stuck wad out and you go about your business. But this is incase there arent any sticks around
 
Engine carbon cleaner such as ProForm or TEC dissolves thermoplastic so spraying it down your barrel & waiting 30 seconds should dissolve any galled plastic in your barrel and eat up the wad turning it greasy.
 
Most times a wad just pushes out without the need of solvents. If you pushed it with a branch then the dowel will get the job done. I'd suggest taking the barrel off and pushing the wad back toward the breach particularly if you have a choke tube in the gun.

FWIW, I have had a couple of times where wads were stuck in the barrel to the point they had to be pounded out. No damage was done to the barrel in either case.
 
Good for you to check the barrel. Could have ringed it.

In the field, as mentioned above, just use your knife to cut the mouth off a shell, dump the shot, pull the wad and dump the power (or most of it) and use the primer to blow the wad out.
 
You absolutely need a specialized tool to remove a stuck wad. Wad are notorious for sticking in a shotgun bore, and only specialized tools can be used with success to free a stuck wad without causing damage to your expensive shotguns. Stuck wads have been around for decades and here is the tried and true tool that every shotgunner needs in their field kit.

Wad Knocker
 
Radiohead said:
Actually when I picked up the spent shell off the ground, some powder came out. It's as if not all the powder burned.
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Lots of things it could be. Weak primer, bad powder, improperly positioned wad. Was it perhaps a Winchester factory load?

In any event you did the right thing to check and to ask for help when you weren't certain about how to get the wad out.
 
I'd like to see the wad that could stay put with a 1/2 hardwood dowel and mallet.Drive it out.The barrel is removeable.
 
funny thing about wooden dowels - in my dad's kit there's a 3 piece WOODEN rod with brass fittings that is used to CLEAN SHOTGUNS- it was made BEFORE the enfatuation with metal
 
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