Was shooting my CZ Scorpion Evo SBR with a Dead Air Ghost can earlier. Noticed one shot sounded different and stopped shooting. Cleared the gun and pushed a wood dowel down and it was obstructed. It was about 1-2" from the end of the muzzle but with it being a scorpion, it's fairly difficult to get a dowel in from the chamber end. So I put the wood dowel in the muzzle and started tapping it with a hammer. The bullet moved a couple inches and has come to a complete stop. No amount of tapping or hitting the dowel harder will even budge it.  

I thought about trying to find a brass rod that fit well and using it with a heavier hammer or maybe a hardwood dowel. 

Any suggestions? 

Not familiar with the scorpion, but how hard would it be to pull the barrel and vise mount it to be able to work from the chamber side?

Spray some lube in there and give it a few more tries with the hammer?

I'd say soak it in kroil overnight and get a brass rod just under the diameter of the bore.  Tap it lightly w/ a 3 lb sledge or start w/ a deadblow.   Although a steel rod of the right diameter wouldn't deform like brass and wouldn't damage the bore.

Squibed plenty of times, but not that tight.
Definitely try and pull bbl and soak. Id use acetone & atf.
Would try pressing out before hammering.

I've used a bolt wrapped in electrical tape to remove bullets before. Obviously electrical tape is not the end all for protection, but done properly, the tape will do a good job keeping the bolt centered and thus keep the tape intact.

One could probably do similar with a 1/4 drive socket that is undersized for the bore and again wrapped in electrical tape, as it would be more likely to remain square on the bullet nose.

Apparently it is somewhat common to use a primed case (not a blank, and not a loaded round!) with 1/3-1/2 of the normal powder charge to expel a stuck bullet. You can find it in Hatcher's Notebook, and you'll find others online who have done it. I've never tried it, and I'd certainly be leery of doing so, but it would be a lot quicker than other methods.

I'd also consider heating up the barrel... the hole will get larger that way

The coefficient of thermal expansions for copper and lead,are higher than that of steel.
The bullet will expand greater than the bbl and tighten-up.
You'd do more good cooling the bbl.


I too would be cautious of using pressure to dislodge an obstruction. The bbl's thickness would hold much weight in my final decision.

After soaking gun oil all weekend it only took a few light taps with an aluminum rod and hammer to get it to come out. 

Awesome.

I've done the primed 1/2 powder trick once, but on an 8mm Kaiser.  I don't think I'd be too comfortable doing it on a semi auto.

I'm curious as to what ammunition caused this issue.