Removing squib bullet or bore obstruction with grease - one off tool

[W.E.G.]

Removing squib bullet or bore obstruction with grease - one off tool

This guy in Canada, Rod Henrickson, looks like he has a winning system

Removing stuck bullets from barrels

My YouTube Channel: http://m.youtube.com/channel/UCQmvjhn13MjtnzHJPJELxSwRemoving a stuck bullet hydraulically with high pressure grease. It is very easy...

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Removing stuck bullets from barrels

Pressing out a stuck 357 Magnum bullet with high pressure grease.

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[dobedo]

I just use a brass rod one for rifles and one for pistols.

 

[entropy]

Can he get six plus a broken drill bit out of a 4 5/8" Blackhawk barrel with it? Because that's what I'm currently working on.

 

[a5werkes]

He published a video in 2016 demonstrating his hydraulic lathe setup.....not live chambered cartridges. On this Forum
I started a thread to discuss removal techniques of a live 7.62 cartridge stuck in the chamber, as I had reviewed gunsmith recommended methods since 1940. Lot's of myths, anecdotes and techniques on the subject.

 

[entropy]

This is five jacketed bullets and one jacket only stick in a 4 5/8" Blackhawk barrel. Kid fired 158 gr. JSPs loaded with wad cutter charges. He fired a full cylinder, then reloaded, and the first one jammed the cylinder from turning, as it was splatted against the last one. I had to pound the cylinder out with a dead blow.

 

[1KPerDay]

Can he get six plus a broken drill bit out of a 4 5/8" Blackhawk barrel with it? Because that's what I'm currently working on.

Yeesh… installing a new barrel would probably be less of a hassle.

 

[entropy]

Since the stuck rounds would make it harder to remove the barrel, not sure that's an option. Plus the customer would want to, grampa gave him the gun. And the ammo.

 

[GRIZ22]

I don't know. I've been in the Army in a war zone. I'm not a Commando or Special Operator but i fired plenty of rounds in combat. I've been shooting for nearly 60 years. I was a police firearms instructor for 30 years. I've must have seen millions of rounds go down the tube. I've been there when I've had exactly one squib in all that time. That was with a factory load. Just took a cleaning rod to clear. The bullet was just nudged into the rifling.

Those who habitually have squibs need to take a serious look at their reloading practices and/or their ammunition sources.

 

[Bcwitt]

This is five jacketed bullets and one jacket only stick in a 4 5/8" Blackhawk barrel. Kid fired 158 gr. JSPs loaded with wad cutter charges. He fired a full cylinder, then reloaded, and the first one jammed the cylinder from turning, as it was splatted against the last one. I had to pound the cylinder out with a dead blow.

Might try to set up a fixture in a hydraulic press.

 

[entropy]

If I had access to one, I'd have done that first.

 

[Jerry M]

That video shows not only how to get a squib load out safely, but with the broken pieces of wood, to never try to hammer one out using a wooden dowel....

 

[Steve762us]

Works for flywheels, etc too!

 

[Varminterror]

the stuck rounds would make it harder to remove the barrel

How so?

If you're saying the barrel tenon is bulged because of the squibs, then sure, but the barrel has to come off in that case anyway.

 

[Varminterror]

His set up is pretty interesting - especially his method of sealing the bore on the pressure end. I've done grease/hydraulic extraction on stuck bullets, it works. I've just used hose and clamps on a high pressure grease gun. I'm not sure I'd have a solution for revolver barrel with a fixed front sight, so his in-bore and muzzle seal method would certainly be an upgrade. The screw piston is a good idea as well, and he has a TON of stroke with that filling chamber and long piston.

 

[Onty]

Brilliant! Showing the worst case scenario: bullet stuck in cylinder and barrel, so cylinder could not be turned, removed.

Clearing a Squib from My Revolver - (#35)

Squib is a strange word for a bullet stuck in the barrel of a gun. Recently, I had one of my own to deal with in a .38 caliber revolver I was shooting. Thi...

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[jmorris]

Brass or bronze rod is all I have ever used, have used hydraulics for other stuff (like pilot bearings) though. Might think about it, if I were a gunsmith and took on projects like clearing this barrel...



I keep pistol size squib rods in my range bag and give them to whom ever had the squib for "the next time" and go cut another for the bag.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Nice set up he has there.

 

[Kp321]

I had a 45 cal Ruger Blackhawk come in with a similar to what entropy describes. The difference is my customer’s barrel was full of jacketed bullets. I do t think there is a dead blow hammer that would open that cylinder. I was able to use my jewelers saw to slice the bullet that was bridging the cylinder gajr
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[Kp321]

I had a 45 cal Ruger Blackhawk come in with a similar problem to what entropy describes. The difference is my customer’s barrel was full of jacketed bullets. I don’t think there is a dead blow hammer that would open that cylinder. I was able to use my jewelers saw to slice the bullet that was bridging the cylinder gap and remove the cylinder. The cylinder to barrel gap was the same as my Jewlers saw blade thickness.

 

[entropy]

Yeah, mine is also full of jacketed bullets, 158 gr. JSPs.

 

[a5werkes]

He was lucky he didn't crack the wood grips or shear them off the retaining pin. Especially when he transitioned to his bolt and claw hammer idea. It ended well, but I'd rate this a 9/10 Bubba effort. I would have given it a 10/10 if the dowel broke off in the barrel.

 

[Jim Watson]

Kid fired 158 gr. JSPs loaded with wad cutter charges.

I saw a guy do this with strange results. He wanted light loads but not nasty old lead bullets, so he loaded Speer JSPs with wadcutter level powder charges.
He was shooting them and getting holes in the target. With ear protection, we didn't notice the one that must have had a different report.
But when he got home and cleaned his S&W M15, he felt the patch "jump" and sure enough, the SOB had a bulged barrel.

We went back to the range and dug in the berm and found:
A lead core only. Remember, a hole in the target every shot.
A jacket packed with paper and cardboard.
A bullet with the soft nose rounded over to match the indention in the bottom of that jacket.

We concluded that the jacket stuck in the barrel but the core was inertia pulled and made it all the way to and through the target.
Then the next shot drove the jacket out, bulging the barrel, and pushing it all the way to and through the target.

Smith replaced his barrel for a reasonable fee.

Squib is a strange word for a bullet stuck in the barrel of a gun.

Right. In my youth, reading Gun Digest and old books, a "squib" was an extra light load for the home basement range. A stuck bullet was so rare as to hardly be mentioned.