BULLET STUCK IN BBL in the field

[Racemike]

This is a horrible idea. Please don't ever try this. I think your better off to just go back to camp or home and get a rod. If I had to run into the lands to get accuracy I would be bring a rod with me and always firing the shot instead of removing the cartridge. Kind of like a muzzle loader.

 

[Racemike]

Back in the 80's I had a ruler 22-250 fifty loved it with bull barrel shot great I made up some sizzling loads for it the trouble was I couldn't get the bullets out far enough into the lands so I started shooting it single shot and hah same thing happened bullet got stuck. Got a cleaning rod one piece tapped it out . Sold that rifle to a friend who only shot store bought Ammo. Bought a browning single shot bull barrel and never had the problem again. It was a tack driving son of a gun out to 400 yds which in those days was plenty good for coyotes , ground hogs, and what ever. That gun liked bullets right up in the lands.

 

[hera200]

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.

MULEY STALKER, Now that is good quick thinking using the vehicle antenna as a rod! As long as the vehicle isn't endless miles from the place the round got jammed. But everything can't always be perfect.THAnkS for the suggestion.....BUD

 

[kiwikid]

OMG, Kiwi, that sounds like a teenage boy experiment!!!

It was indeed a teenage boy experiment, I was about 16 at the time and after being told that primers had very little energy I decided to see for myself. It was in the mid Seventies. If nothing else I learnt that if I had a squib load to check to see that the barrel was clear. Forty years later and I have never had a squib load.

 

[Velvet]

Something similar happened to me recently. The bullet was stuck. With the cleaning rod tapping gently, the bullet comes out without risk.
What happened to me is that when I pulled the case back, it scattered almost all the powder in the chamfer/action. The complicated part, was that a kernel of powder, got into the bix & andy trigger that stopped working immediately. The positive part is that I learned to disassemble and clean these triggers.

 

[Lenny Foffa]

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

 

[Lenny Foffa]

I really do not that solution at all. Please carry a steel cleaning rod on all your hunts , and if possible a small Nylon or Brass mallet. I have seen a barrel badly damaged by SNOW that got into the bore !!! A simple steel cleaning rod, with correct Caliber Brush and Mop should always be with you. Lenny

 

[Wild_Bill]

DONT DO IT

As a Gunsmith please dontvever try it. Mabe small piece of dirt or grit was the reason this time the projectile got stuck if you have sufficient neck tension .005" into the lands will be fine.
If you are worried get a 4" long brass rod made up that slides down the bore.
Remove the unfired case and bolt
Place rifle facing vertically on its butpad and drop the brass rod down the bore. If its lightly in the lands it will come out.
As for projectiles stuck further down the bore take to a Gunsmith and we can remove them without damage with hydraulic pressure.

 

[foul bore]

several things could happen, all but one are bad

 

[VTbluegrass]

I've had to knock three bullets from a barrel over the past 15 years of reloading. One was a squib 9mm from a progressive press that loaded for IDPA, luckily I noticed the odd report in the middle of my string of fire. Required a vise and a wooden dowel to remove that bullet. Another was chasing accuracy in my Remington 700in 270. Just stuck a bullet touching the lands at the range and it was easily tapped out with a cleaning rod. Decided 1/4" wasn't worth it for shooting deer under 300yards and everything is now loaded well off the lands. Thirdly was subsonic loads in 300 blackout and like the previous situation decided the tiny bit of accuracy wasn't worth the potential of a non functional firearm.
As a hunter the potential for a plugged barrel is a slippery path away(three times in one rainy season when I got my new Kimber, seriously I thought my Remington was haunting me) so I always carry a multi piece rod and patches to clear the barrel. As for loading ammo for hunting I just stay off the lands, full-length resize, and cycle ammo before the season so I know it will.

 

[Willys1948]

I would never ever try this! I would take a little of my drinking water or water from a stream and fill the barrel up to the top (it will likely hold pretty well since the bullet is stuck in the lands). Whittle a stick to a point where it will fit into the barrel and enough to let it enter the barrel when you give it a "little whack" and the hydraulic force will dislodge the bullet. A little whack can be done with the back of your Buck knife, small rock or some other hard instrument in your pack. Wipe off the water and reload. If this doesn't work, forget about that big trophy you are hunting and go back to camp, the closest town or home and get a rod to tap it out. Your eyes, face or life depend on it!! Don't win a Darwin Award!

 

[Charles De Salme]

I have been miles from no where. Got a stuck bullet. Had to remove the antenna from my Jeep and pop it out. Now I carry a military cleaning rod in my back pack

 

[Mulehunter1]

I'd never try that .

I have one rifle that likes the bullet into the rifling . 90% of the time it will pull the bullet out of the case when ejected . how I hunt with this rifle is to not chamber a round until I have a shot . if I loose out on the shot opportunity I fire the the round off at the end of the day , to avoid getting the bullet stuck .

Why would you do this try another bullet until you achieve your accuracy .

 

[jimbires]

Why would you do this try another bullet until you achieve your accuracy .

it don't bother me . I only long range hunt with it . I hunt groundhogs , and watch clear cuts for deer . I have plenty of time to cycle one from the magazine into the chamber .