After trying pulling the brush backwards I took a chopstick and tapped it into my .223 until it was solidly lodged in the broken casing and then putting the cleaning rod in from the barrel tapped the stick and casing out.
While a broken shell extractor (already got it on order from Brownells) would have been my first choice at least I know that a softwood stick with a staight grain and a good taper will do the job if nothing else is available.
While a broken shell extractor (already got it on order from Brownells) would have been my first choice at least I know that a softwood stick with a staight grain and a good taper will do the job if nothing else is available.