BULLET STUCK IN BBL in the field

[hera200]

I keep one of these handy when I'm hunting with a rifle that has ammo that need the bullet jammed. Comes with a belt case.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atsko-1100...048175&hash=item3d881a859f:g:2AIAAOSw5QpcrP3O

SMOkepoler, a nice compact solution for just $20. THANKS.....BUD

 

[freddiej]

I have to disagree with a few people.
now first off was the cartridge as brewed up safe to shoot? if so (pressure was not exceeding SAAMI max) then if you do not spill any or a small amount into the chamber, then clear the chamber of spilled powder. reinsert the case and touch off the round. this should be safe.
I always have a cleaning rod and a cleaning jag that is beat up with a flat point on it to clear projos from the lead. I never advocate getting your projos any closer than 0.010" from the lead. I set my target rounds 0.007" to 0.015" off the lead. hunting cartridges get 0.025" to 0.035" off the lead for velocity and pressure. I get rather good accuracy as well. normally less than 1/2" at 200 yards.

 

[greenejc]

I keep one of these handy when I'm hunting with a rifle that has ammo that need the bullet jammed. Comes with a belt case.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atsko-1100...048175&hash=item3d881a859f:g:2AIAAOSw5QpcrP3O

Oh, I like that. I think I'll get one. I can carry it in the ruck.

 

[stljc2]

If it's just stuck in the lands right at the chamber to rifling transition then most probably it's not stuck to hard. Try removing the casing and tapping the butt of the stock on a soft surface several times FIRST. Unless you really jambed it in there it should jar loose. Now on a squibb..no it won't work, much to far down the barrel for that.

 

[robert l]

Interesting responses--I know we always cleared stuck wads etc. with just the force of a primer in our shotguns( If no rod was available) but a bullet would be much harder to move. I cant really picture exactly what the pressure from the burning powder would or would not do. Thanks for the responses.....BUD

I know one thing that is not going to help your barrel life. and i think i would put more tension on the neck to hold the bullet better.And have you tried a cleaning rod to clear it?

 

[floyd kittrell]

Broke a rifle stock on a guided hunt years ago. JB Cold Weld and duct saved the hunt. Ever since then I take two rifles just in case there's a major malfunction...

And plenty of duct tape !

 

[Sam Summey]

I have seen references on this forum to getting a bullet stuck in the bbl when the bullet has been seated out to far into or touching the lands. I have never had this happen to me even though for many years I carried my BDL REM 22-250 in the field while searching for brave groundhogs that lived along railroad tracks out in the country. I always seated my silver tips touching the lands and never thought about getting a bullet dislodged and stuck. Maybe just lucky.The point of my post is to mention a technique that was brought to my attention a while back and get opinions on whether or not it works and would be a safe procedure. If no rod to dislodge a stuck bullet while hunting, remove a bullet from one of your spare rounds and trickle a small amount of powder into the chamber of the opened rifle. Now SPILL OUT THE REMAINING POWDER FROM THE CASING ONTO THE GROUND. Insert the EMPTY, live-primered ,CASING back into the chamber if it will fit. CLOSE the bolt and fire the rifle< This should dislodge the bullet to clear the end of the barrel. DOES THIS WORK?? Could save a hunt!.....BUD

Sounds like an "Old Wives Tale". Fact of the matter, you can't shoot a stuck bullet out of the barrel.

 

[CVCOBRA1]

I have to disagree with a few people.
now first off was the cartridge as brewed up safe to shoot? if so (pressure was not exceeding SAAMI max) then if you do not spill any or a small amount into the chamber, then clear the chamber of spilled powder. reinsert the case and touch off the round. this should be safe.
I always have a cleaning rod and a cleaning jag that is beat up with a flat point on it to clear projos from the lead. I never advocate getting your projos any closer than 0.010" from the lead. I set my target rounds 0.007" to 0.015" off the lead. hunting cartridges get 0.025" to 0.035" off the lead for velocity and pressure. I get rather good accuracy as well. normally less than 1/2" at 200 yards.

Have you done this? If not don't throw terrible advice out there. "Should be Safe"!!!!!!! shame on you

 

[robert l]

I don't see how the prefer would rest just in the base of the bullet, seems it would fill in along the bullet and never ignite. Actually it seems hard to believe that a bullet would be so loose in the case to get pulled out but somehow tight enough to stick in the lands without getting shoved into the case.

Well thats easy one if he loaded the bullet out past all of the free bore to touch the lands he chambered the round and it pushed into the lands instead of being pushed back into the case.to much neck tension.And it should be very easy to push out with a cleaning rod.

 

[JimmyCP]

I have seen references on this forum to getting a bullet stuck in the bbl when the bullet has been seated out to far into or touching the lands. I have never had this happen to me even though for many years I carried my BDL REM 22-250 in the field while searching for brave groundhogs that lived along railroad tracks out in the country. I always seated my silver tips touching the lands and never thought about getting a bullet dislodged and stuck. Maybe just lucky.The point of my post is to mention a technique that was brought to my attention a while back and get opinions on whether or not it works and would be a safe procedure. If no rod to dislodge a stuck bullet while hunting, remove a bullet from one of your spare rounds and trickle a small amount of powder into the chamber of the opened rifle. Now SPILL OUT THE REMAINING POWDER FROM THE CASING ONTO THE GROUND. Insert the EMPTY, live-primered ,CASING back into the chamber if it will fit. CLOSE the bolt and fire the rifle< This should dislodge the bullet to clear the end of the barrel. DOES THIS WORK?? Could save a hunt!.....BUD

Ive seen fouled cases primer only went off, lodge the bullet 1/3 up in the barrel. I wouldnt re-chamber the shell full powder and drop the hammer as others have stated. Get one stuck 1/3 or half way is hell getting out even with a rod.

 

[robert l]

I keep one of these handy when I'm hunting with a rifle that has ammo that need the bullet jammed. Comes with a belt case.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atsko-1100...048175&hash=item3d881a859f:g:2AIAAOSw5QpcrP3O

Here is your solution.And only twenty bucks.Cant go wrong here.

 

[CVCOBRA1]

I don't believe people are actually recommending this.
Note: not the cleaning rod....... but pulling the trigger on a case full of powder behind a bullet stuck in the lands.

 

[muleystalker]

Happened on a hunting trip on my uncles gun, the guys that said they were bringing cleaning rods didn't. I unscewed the solid SS antenna off the truck and knocked out the bullet from the muzzle end.

 

[BW64]

Ive seen fouled cases primer only went off, lodge the bullet 1/3 up in the barrel. I would re-chamber the shell full powder and drop the hammer as others have stated. Get one stuck 1/3 or half way is hell getting out even with a rod.

WOW!!!!!

BW