Urgent: Cleaning Rod Stuck in Bore.

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I hate to bring this up but why don't you just take it to a gunsmith before you wreck it? I'm somewhat stuborn but not stupid.
 
Because I'm not paying him hourly for something he wont be able to get done right away.

The kid that originally owned this rifle used all sorts of ammo in this gun, including those piney mountain tracers. He never cleaned it for as long as he's owned it (he's the original owner, he bought it new). I watched him put the brush in, I verified that it was a .22 brush before we even inserted it. Another buddy put the brush in the gun, and when it got stuck, he tried pulling it out before I could even tell him no. Then it just wouldn't come out. At all.

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To the right on the shelf and in that plastic bag you can see all the rounds that came with the deal, and as you can see they're a mixed bunch. In the bag he just poured out different boxes if ammo into, much to my ire.

*sigh* I guess you can never win.


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Even a .22LR needs to be cleaned from time to time (albeit infrequently) to remove leading. That said, a simple brush in the bore (from a BoreSnake, or one attached to a quality 1-pc rod) every 1-2k rnds. will do the trick. Centerfire firearms (as well as .17cal. RFs) must be cleaned to retain decent accuracy (at least when using jacketed bullets), and need to be cleaned somewhat often (how often depends upon many variables including the quality of bbl, the chambering, and projectiles used). I would highly suggest investing in a good .22caliber (for nearly universal use) 1-pc. rod made of either Stainless Steel (Pro-Shot) or Carbon Fiber (Tipton).

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I don't know what made me do it, but I picked it up, put a set of vicegrips on the rod coming through the receiver, and just started whaling on it, and fwoop, came right out. I've got the brush end of the bore-rod soaking in solvent, now. We'll see where this goes.
 
LJ-MosinFreak-Buck said:
I don't know what made me do it, but I picked it up, put a set of vicegrips on the rod coming through the receiver, and just started whaling on it, and fwoop, came right out. I've got the brush end of the bore-rod soaking in solvent, now. We'll see where this goes.
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What did the freed rod look like after annexation of the bore?
 
No different really than it did when it went in, oddly enough. My take on it is that it slipped over the brush (because I didn't think enough to cut the hollow-part off or to use the solid end first) and the brush pretty much hooked itself to the hollow ends' threads.
 
LJ-MosinFreak-Buck said:
No different really than it did when it went in, oddly enough. My take on it is that it slipped over the brush (because I didn't think enough to cut the hollow-part off or to use the solid end first) and the brush pretty much hooked itself to the hollow ends' threads.
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Holy hell, I'm cornfused...so, what's left in there?
 
Dang! I was reading along and hoping for VICTORY!!! Ya did win a battle though, so keep at it! Regardless of how the rifling might look when you're done, as long as it's safe - try it out. It might still shoot fine.

Trying to visualize this and can't. Just never had something like that happen. Hope you'll post up the outcome. Good luck with it.
 
shootr said:
Dang! I was reading along and hoping for VICTORY!!! Ya did win a battle though, so keep at it! Regardless of how the rifling might look when you're done, as long as it's safe - try it out. It might still shoot fine.

Trying to visualize this and can't. Just never had something like that happen. Hope you'll post up the outcome. Good luck with it.
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Won a battle, now to win the war!
 
Well I went with bigger and better "guns," AFAIK. Last I knew, there was a better concentration of ammonia in Windex than there is in Hoppe's #9, so I decided to let it sit in Windex for a while.

I can see into the bore, there looks to be a brass ring around the brush, which seems to be preventing travel in either direction.


~On The Road Again...~
 
Been there done that.
Get a full brass rod. Not the cheap one with a hole in it that are like a pipe. Make sure the rod fit in your 22 barell. Buy the right size.
Put kroil oil and let it sit for a couple days.
Remove the muzzle brake
Put the rod in the barell and cut it 1 inch and half longer. When you will whack it, it won't bend
Remove the barell from receiver
Put a metal washer at the end of the barell and tape it. It will protect your crown
Put barell on ground chamber first, put the rod in it and whack it with a normal hammer.
If the rod gets all in the barell, extract it, cut another piece 1 inch and half and whack again. But I don't think you will need to do that.
 
Got it soaking in ammonia now, rods are solid brass, minus threaded areas, which I've taken to cutting off. I can not, however, get the remaining rod to budge, hence another chemical soak. Will try hammering again tomorrow.


~On The Road Again...~
 
Read my instructions carefully it will work with minimum damage. At worse, you will ned a new barell and will not damage your receiver. Hammering can break your aluminium receiver.

Your problem is the same than a bullet lodged in a barell.
 
I learned a long time ago as you just discovered that if a task foils my efforts to resolve and doesn't require urgent action THE BEST THING I CAN DO TO ENSURE SUCCESS is to put it aside and leave it until I can come back with a cool calm unfrustrated mind. Nine times in ten I'll accomplish what I set out to do right off the bat on that second try
 
I'm doing what I can afford to do right now, funds are extremely limited because I am trying to get my license back. I can't afford to buy the tools I need to do any of this so I'm doing this the only other way I have. If I don't get it out by the time I get my license back, I'm going to let Smith & Wesson deal with it. Then I'll have a new barrel. Either way.

I did read your instructions, but I have not the means to do any of them.


~On The Road Again...~
 
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