Patch stuck in rifle barrel

Reply 2 - Apr 23 rd , at pm. Muzzleloaders have a stuck ramrod puller. For when your ram rod gets stuck. Reply 3 - Apr 23 rd , at pm. That's a body-man's dent puller with a longer screw! We used a similar tool to yank alternator rotors off Yamaha crankshafts back in the day.

I still have some expanding mandrels I made for pulling bearings out of blind bores. Reply 4 - Apr 23 rd , at pm. Stuck patch in the barrel, use a steel or brass rod, heat it hot on one end, push it down barrel into patch, a couple of reheats and a lot of smoke and the patch is gone.

Reply 5 - Apr 23 rd , at pm. Good idea if its only the stuck patch but does it work when the patch is still wrapped tight around the cleaning rod? Reply 6 - Apr 26 th , at am. All of this is good info, but Tell me more about that Martini! Reply 7 - Apr 26 th , at pm. This was my very first Martini Cadet. They have multiplied since then. Bought it from a gun shop owner who had taken it in as a trade. Already converted to R and a heavy barrel including about fifty fired and reloaded cases.

Pulled the bullets as I don't fire somebody else's reloads and found the bullets had been swaged down at the rear, the thickness of the brass. Next time in his shop, quizzed him about this and his answer was that when he went to fire the rounds he had reloaded they wouldn't chamber so he had run them though the sizer again?

Tight chamber and I had to neck turn the cases. Because of the scarcity of rimmed cases and the barrel wasn't that good got my local gunsmith to re-barrel it into a standard 1 in 14 twist , Nicely done octagonal tapered to round, new stock and another local guy who used to do work for the flash and very expensive shops in London engraved the action and the start of a love affair with single shots.

But then you remember this blog that offered troubleshooting techniques on removing a stuck patch and you relax. So what happened? Well, Otis patches provide degree coverage inside your barrel. This is accomplished by a unique patch-tying method and allows for multiple calibers to be cleaned with one size patch. Now, how to remove the stuck patch.

A stuck patch can happen to the best of us. Take some solvent and apply a generous amount to the patch from both ends of the barrel. Let it sit overnight. Remember to keep your firearm in a safe place and out of reach of children. In the AM, go ahead and pull the cable out. It should break the stuck patch free.

Wooden dowel from other end w could splinter if too much force applied by multiple hammer whacks. Edited would to could. Have you tried shoving the cleaning rod down the other end of the barrel? I thought about going down the other end, but I've really been preached to never do that as it is very easy to damage the crown FIRE burn it out. Maybe I'm just being too cautious, but this is my very first AR that I just built from the ground up this afternoon, and it's kind of my baby, or Frankenstein's monster if you will.

Quoted: I thought about going down the other end, but I've really been preached to never do that as it is very easy to damage the crown Opposite end with a cleaning rod. May need a small mallet, it's stuck, don't over think it. Alright, good advice. I'll give it a shot from the other end. Edit: After a few good mallet taps to the cleaning rod from the other end, it begrudgingly came out.

Thanks for talking me up to it everyone If I trim the patches a bit, do you think I'll have any problems or should I go try and find even smaller patches?

The easiest way to get it out is compressed air. If it won't come out by running compressed air through the chamber you need to seal it better. I have a buddy who made an adapter for his muzzle loader. I'll definitely remember to try the compressed air if it ever happens again. Thanks for the help everyone. The patches should be 1x1". Its one of those cotton cloth patches isn't it I went to the Hoppes synthetic ones in the smaller orange packaging If your getting things stuck in your barrel, DONT put anything in the gas tube.

The others already gave good advice so good luck and don't mar your barrel, go slow. Thanks for the advice on the synthetic patches.