Bullets stuck in bore

[Typecaster]

"Colt with 7 in the bore"

Isn't that how they do it it in movies before reloading? (Or is that 10?)
Richard

[KCSO]

My worst was a 270 with a bullet stuck in the bore along with a piiece of wooden dowell and 1/2 of an aluminum cleaning rod pounded into that. I got that one shooting again but it was no fun.

[Char-Gar]

My suggestion would be to never ever use jacketed bullets for very low loads. That is what cast bullets are for. If one of those sticks, it is much easier to get it out.

[John Taylor]

years ago I was playing around with a single shot rifle in 32 S&W. I had some half jacket bullets given to me so thought I would try them out in this old rifle which had a very rough bore. First shot hit the target but there was no boom. I thought that's strange so I looked down the bore and it was plugged. A hard push with a cleaning rod and out comes a jacket with no lead. Great idea for a real silencer.

[williamwaco]

Amazing ideas,

Proof of my recently stated opinion that real experts are worth their asking price.

[WILCO]

Suggestions?

Take it to a gunsmith...........or try pouring a sufficient light oil into the bore and use a tight fitting steel rod or wooden dowel to drive the obstruction out with the hydraulic method.

[clearwater]

Got one of the bullets out. Wouldn't recommend the method, but it worked,
now to get a brass rod and get the other out.
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[Jim]

Just tryin' to help out a bit.

[clearwater]

Thanks, Jim

I used the long deck screw and protected the chamber and help center the screw with a cut off piece of sized brass. Used a dental tool as a center punch to get it centered, then kept slowly turning till most of the lead core was out, then the jacket came out with the screw with a tiny bit of prying.

[WILCO]

Fabulous!

[clearwater]

Bought the brass rod, cut it to length, polished the end and about a minute of
tapping with a dead blow hammer, out came the other bullet.

Thanks for everyone's help.

[Molly]

I'm thinking that for the equipment necessary to do that safely ( as in not damaging the bore ) it would be cheaper to buy an new gun.

Nah, it's simple. Use a v-block to assure alignment when you braze or weld a drill bit to a rod long enough to get past the obstruction. Then go down the the local hobby store and buy a few inches of collapsible brass tubing that will go into the bore and over the drill bit & rod.

Slip some of the tubing over the rod you welded the bit to, and slip a few inches over the drill bit too. Chuck 'er up and drill 'er out. Simple, cheap & easy. The brass tubing should prevent any damage to tbe bore. Always did for me anyhow, and I've done this with obstructions so solid it rang like an anvil when I tried to drive it out with a rod. Pick your bit & rod diameters to fit your bore. Shouldn't be a whole lot left of the bullet, and that should brush out easily.

[Molly]

years ago I was playing around with a single shot rifle in 32 S&W. I had some half jacket bullets given to me so thought I would try them out in this old rifle which had a very rough bore. First shot hit the target but there was no boom. I thought that's strange so I looked down the bore and it was plugged. A hard push with a cleaning rod and out comes a jacket with no lead. Great idea for a real silencer.

Actually, John

It's another great idea without a home. The Viet Nam Tunnel Rats were handicapped terribly by guns with severe muzzle blasts, but they had to have something better than knives or sticks. S&W made up a VERY limited production run of smoothbore 44 magnum revolvers chambered for a rather special 44 case. The interior of the case contained a sort of stubby mushroom that sat on top of the gunpowder. The bullet sat on top of the mushroom. When fired, the mushroom acted as a piston with as travel length of about 3/8 inch or so, and got the bullet up to about 250 to 350 FPS (IIRC) before being stopped by a flange at the mouth of the case. All the gas stayed within the case, and there was NO muzzle blast.

Kinda neat solution, wasn't it?

[Gelandangan]

These happens to me a few times when trying a load for my Whisper.
I simply fill the barrel with WD40 and let it soak a few days either with muzzle or breech resting on top of a newspaper.
When I can see some oil soaking on the paper, i know it is time to tap the projectile out.
Simple and no damage to the barrel.