Jammed Taurus PT738
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edwardware
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Sit the slide nose on the bench, so you're contacting just the slide, not the barrel. Push down on the grip, and perhaps slap down on the grip to push harder.
Either the round will eject, or the extractor will tear the rim off. If it tears the rim off, lock the slide back, flag the mag well so it won't drop shut, and go see your gunsmith.
You can push a jammed cartridge out with a punch, but I guess you're not equipped to do so.
Either the round will eject, or the extractor will tear the rim off. If it tears the rim off, lock the slide back, flag the mag well so it won't drop shut, and go see your gunsmith.
You can push a jammed cartridge out with a punch, but I guess you're not equipped to do so.
bdickens
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Smack the back of the slide to force it closed & then shoot the round.
Dan-O
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I personally wouldn’t shoot it until you clear the round.
like others have said, drop the mag, put the front lip of slide on something non marring like a piece of wood, dining room table, gun bench, and push down on the grip.
like others have said, drop the mag, put the front lip of slide on something non marring like a piece of wood, dining room table, gun bench, and push down on the grip.
1942bull
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Wow. I am glad I never had such a problem. Whatever resolves the problem please report back here so we can add the solution to our knowledge.
WestKentucky
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If you pop the slide open and it’s still hard stuck in the barrel, then you can knock it out from the barrel using a soft metal punch of some sort (NOT WOOD which will split and jam it worse). The last one I had stuck that bad was a cheap polymer pistol (keltec maybe, could have been a 24/7 or a pt140) and I put the loose barrel over the top of a punch sank down into a oak tree stump, and then I gently tapped the barrel a few times from the back on a nub that stuck out (used an old wooden bat but a block of 2x4 would do just as well) and it popped the round loose.
WestKentucky
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They can’t do anything as it is either. Even if it HAS to go back to the mothership then it has to be unloaded to do so.
Styx
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Im sure someone or at least a gunsmith at his LGS can knock it loose. Bet it only takes them less than 5 minutes to do so.
WestKentucky
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That was kinda my point, they are going to do the same things as have been suggested here, with the simple caveat being that it’s not their gun and they will care much less about banging on it and destroying it than the owner.
In my opinion there's a serious problem. A squib round that bulged the barrel, a bulged chamber, broken frame rails. Things like that.
WestKentucky
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The more I think of this the more it bothers me. The 738 has an exposed extractor claw. Can OP not just get under that claw with a baby flathead to get the claw past the rim and therefore move the slide back? That leaves room to stuff a wad of soft cloth against the breach face and gently whack the round loose with a rod down the barrel
Trunk Monkey
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Now it's entirely possible that I'm misunderstanding you but are you suggesting that the poster should put a wooden dowel down the barrel on top of a live round and try to pop it out?
No I misunderstood original post thought it was a squib, however kroil oil alone is the answer pour it in barrel and in short time it should loose so the round can be ejected with slide, I suspect the round was a steel case or chamber very dirty.
WestKentucky
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This is among the worst advice I have ever heard, and sadly it is quite often repeated, and sensible enough for people to do it without hesitation. It is very well documented though that wooden dowels can easily split on the nose of a stuck bullet Or stuck case and that gentle bump or tap will drive the split end of the dowel up and around the edges of the bullet making a bad situation worse. Even on a stuck case that has been fired the same thing can happen because when you whack it the dowel can shear off at an angle and be driven down essentially working as 2 opposing wedges.
Trunk Monkey
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Kroil is good stuff
On the TCP, depending on how far the slide is from battery, you may be able to pull the cross pin out and remove the slide from the frame. At that point you'd have a few more options for backing the slide from the barrel
MrChicken
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There's a trick that mechanics use to drive out pilot bushings by using grease and pushing the grease to get the bushing out. I actually watched a video where they used bread instead of grease.
Makes me wonder if that would work if all you had was wooden dowel.
Pack the barrel with grease, fit the dowel either by sanding down or building it up tape or whatever and then give it a whack.
Makes me wonder if that would work if all you had was wooden dowel.
Pack the barrel with grease, fit the dowel either by sanding down or building it up tape or whatever and then give it a whack.
WestKentucky
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I have heard of that exact method being used for pushing out squibs
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