Posted: 11/19/2011 9:27:19 PM EDT
| So, discussing the 8X56R reminded me that I had not slugged my Lee-Enfield's bore yet. So I decided to go ahead with it. I got the lead slug in after greasing it up and the first dowel pushed it down without a problem. Then I put in the second dowel section and as it got to the point where I needed to put in the next dowel, the second dowel split apart and jammed into the bore and it has become intransigent. Efforts to use another dowel to push it down were fruitless and all of my dowels have split apart. Trying to reverse the process with a longer dowel proved equally fruitless. Now I'm stuck with a clogged bore. Any solutions for getting this stuff out of my bore? If it allows me to still finish slugging the bore that would be even better. |
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Damn. That sucks!
Had to deal with wierd shit stuck in customers barrels back in the day, and it can get downright maddening. Usually though, Kroil, a vice, a near bore sized steel rod and a proper hammer gets stuff done. Wood burns at a lower temp than would harm the bore, but save that as a last resort... Are you gonna chop the barrel at all? If so, thread the thing to fit a corresponding nut and a cheapo socket, with a zerk fitting tack welded to it, and use the grease gun to force out the slug and dowels. Grease guns make some amazing pressure. |
| Brass cleaning rod worked, and I used it in lieu of a dowel to slug the bore, all without damaging the rod, thankfully. Hard to use calibers to measure the slug, though. The lands and grooves oppose each other on the two sides measured (so the calipers touch a groove mark on one side and a land mark on the other). |
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Quoted: Damn. That sucks! Had to deal with wierd shit stuck in customers barrels back in the day, and it can get downright maddening. Usually though, Kroil, a vice, a near bore sized steel rod and a proper hammer gets stuff done. Wood burns at a lower temp than would harm the bore, but save that as a last resort... Are you gonna chop the barrel at all? If so, thread the thing to fit a corresponding nut and a cheapo socket, with a zerk fitting tack welded to it, and use the grease gun to force out the slug and dowels. Grease guns make some amazing pressure. That's why I didn't want to go to a 'smith (besides the cost). I could already picture his eyes rolling. |
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Damn. That sucks! Had to deal with wierd shit stuck in customers barrels back in the day, and it can get downright maddening. Usually though, Kroil, a vice, a near bore sized steel rod and a proper hammer gets stuff done. Wood burns at a lower temp than would harm the bore, but save that as a last resort... Are you gonna chop the barrel at all? If so, thread the thing to fit a corresponding nut and a cheapo socket, with a zerk fitting tack welded to it, and use the grease gun to force out the slug and dowels. Grease guns make some amazing pressure. That's why I didn't want to go to a 'smith (besides the cost). I could already picture his eyes rolling. my eyes roll when i get a customer with a stuck bullet in the bore.....rolling with $$$$$ 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Damn. That sucks! Had to deal with wierd shit stuck in customers barrels back in the day, and it can get downright maddening. Usually though, Kroil, a vice, a near bore sized steel rod and a proper hammer gets stuff done. Wood burns at a lower temp than would harm the bore, but save that as a last resort... Are you gonna chop the barrel at all? If so, thread the thing to fit a corresponding nut and a cheapo socket, with a zerk fitting tack welded to it, and use the grease gun to force out the slug and dowels. Grease guns make some amazing pressure. That's why I didn't want to go to a 'smith (besides the cost). I could already picture his eyes rolling. my eyes roll when i get a customer with a stuck bullet in the bore.....rolling with $$$$$ Hence the "besides the costs" part. |
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Damn. That sucks! Had to deal with wierd shit stuck in customers barrels back in the day, and it can get downright maddening. Usually though, Kroil, a vice, a near bore sized steel rod and a proper hammer gets stuff done. Wood burns at a lower temp than would harm the bore, but save that as a last resort... Are you gonna chop the barrel at all? If so, thread the thing to fit a corresponding nut and a cheapo socket, with a zerk fitting tack welded to it, and use the grease gun to force out the slug and dowels. Grease guns make some amazing pressure. That's why I didn't want to go to a 'smith (besides the cost). I could already picture his eyes rolling. I always played it deadpan at the counter. It's in the shop where the cussin' takes place. Folks do a LOT worse and dumber things than get a slug stuck. Yours is worth maybe 50 bucks and a groan. LOL!!! You should see some of the monumental fuck ups 'smiths make at times. "Whaddya mean I rebarreled the wrong M-70?" Comes to mind.;) |