Need help ASAP!!! Stuck patch!

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Gentlemen, I have pulled a rookie mistake to top them all (almost). While running a cable brush through the barrel of my .223 stag upper, the patch has bottle necked in the chamber. In my haste I have tried cleaning rods, rubber mallets, jags, and even attempted to burn out the sucker. I have soaked it in oil, attached the cable to a vice and tried to Sampson the thing out. I've tried using pliers to pull the excess patch out of the chamber but have had no luck. Please give me some suggestions, any suggestions, and if you can't leave out the criticism then at least be gentle, I've already beat myself up over it.
 
What exactly is currently stuck there? Just the patch, the cable and the patch or the cable, patch and the attachment holding the patch?
 
Everytime that has happened to me I have managed to pull the patch out with a Hemostat.
 
with-out looking, but I would try a wood dowel of a size just smaller than the bore. Wood is much less likely to damage the barrel.

protect the muzzle depending on which way your driving it... Slow and steady, take your time.
 
I'm in no position to make recommendations, so take this with a grain of salt, but I've also removed a stuck patch with a thin wooden dowel.

It's kind of amazing how tight those patches can get wedged in there, ain't it?
 
DO NOT Use a wood dowel!!!

If it cracks & splits, the tapered ends will wedge together in the bore.
And then you got a bore obstruction you can't get out.

See if you can unscrew the cable from the patch and jag.

Then get a brass or steel rod just under bore size (3/16") and drive it out the back.
Neither one will harm the bore in the slightest.

Thats why they make cleaning rods out of brass & steel.

rc
 
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RC called it. Ive broken a wooden dowel off in a barrel, if you thing the patch is hard to get out try a dowel.......
 
How do you recommend disconnecting the cable from the attachment? Just using pliers to torque the cable from outside the muzzle?
 
Basically yeah, twist it till it comes off. You might get lucky and manage to get the patch to loosen itself while you're bothering with the cable. I know it's hard to do when your gun is inoperable, but calm down, take a deep breath and be patient with it. You'll get it out.
 
The better tool is a brass rod that's just smaller than the bore and just longer than the barrel.

Use with a big hammer.

BSW
 
For some reason I was under the impression you had pulled your tool apart in the bore somewhere.
Yeah, if you still have the end sticking out of the muzzle, just latch onto it and turn it till it comes off the patch adapter.
Then if the bottom end is still stuck at the throat, you can punch it out with a rod.
 
If you get the cable unscrewed, stick a 120 PSI Air hose nozzle in the muzzle and give her a shot.

It might just blow it out.

rc
 
The OP described having "Patch, attachment, and cable" stuck in chamber of barrel. Presumably the cable is in the barrel and if the cable cannot be unscrewed from the attachment, dowel or rod wont do much good.

I will admit that I got a patch cut for .30-.32 cal (2"x2") stuck in a smaller caliber barrel (the patch over the jag tip and wedged around the cleaning rod). I got out, but I had to kick myself in the rear a few times in the process.
 
Success!!! The attachment did not unscrew however the resulting torque on the entire line was enough to cause the patch to break loose and rotate. Also while torqued the cable stiffened and allowed me to push the blockage free of the chamber in a reverse fashion.
Next question before I start a new and much more exciting topic, given the multitude of techniques I used as stated previously, where and what do I look for to ensure I didn't cause any damage tapping crap into my chamber?
 
Yeah so I apologize that my ENTIRE previous post when re-read sounds like sexual innuendo. I swear this was not some attempt at subliminal debate. That being said. Thanks for the help.
 
I would say to do a visual on the chamber, then inspect a used cartridge for scratches etc, close the bolt on the used brass, and inspect it again when it is extracted for scratches etc... you could also use a piece of cloth and wipe it in the chamber to feel for scratches...
 
The only thing that worried me was the part about trying to burn it out!

How exactly did you go about doing that?
And how hot did you get the barrel with the cutting torch? :D

rc
 
Well since the obstruction was just where the chamber becomes bore, I put some Otis on the patch and lit it to see if I could burn off any patch, to no avail. Not enough oxygen supply.
 
I've been guilty of trying to burn a patched roundball out when loaded dry. I used a blowtorch and alcohol.

Sometimes I don't think I should be trusted with tools! But once I did get it out it appears the alcohol and or flame from it did dessicate the patch and make it a bit thinner. That may have been the effect of the alcohol alone, though.
 
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