Jim
10-24-2012, 02:22 PM
I've been doing a good bit of subsonic testing recently with my H&R 223. When I start with a new bullet/boolit powder combination, I load several rounds with diminishing charges of powder to find the lowest charge that will expel the bullet from the barrel. This eventually results in sticking a bullet.
I've come up with a method that works really well for me in getting the stuck bullet out. I set up my redneck lathe (electric drill in a vice) and put the end adaptor section of a .22 caliber ramrod in the drill, female end out. I set the drill to turning and took down the threaded end until there was only a dimple left showing.
http://floydpics.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/dscn1274-e1351100879801.jpg
I put the rifle barrel in a rubber jawed carpenter's vise, muzzle down and dribbled a bit of 90 weight oil in the chamber. After a few minutes, I relocated the barrel to horizontal, placed the ramrod with adaptor in the muzzle and snugged it up against the nose of the bullet. With a light weight rubber mallet, I gently tapped on the handle of the ramrod and bullet backed right out.
http://floydpics.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/dscn1275-e1351100925180.jpg
It's definitely different, but it works, right?
I've come up with a method that works really well for me in getting the stuck bullet out. I set up my redneck lathe (electric drill in a vice) and put the end adaptor section of a .22 caliber ramrod in the drill, female end out. I set the drill to turning and took down the threaded end until there was only a dimple left showing.
http://floydpics.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/dscn1274-e1351100879801.jpg
I put the rifle barrel in a rubber jawed carpenter's vise, muzzle down and dribbled a bit of 90 weight oil in the chamber. After a few minutes, I relocated the barrel to horizontal, placed the ramrod with adaptor in the muzzle and snugged it up against the nose of the bullet. With a light weight rubber mallet, I gently tapped on the handle of the ramrod and bullet backed right out.
http://floydpics.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/dscn1275-e1351100925180.jpg
It's definitely different, but it works, right?