GW Staar
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The overwhelming majority suggest driving it out with a brass rod.
I believe burning away as much of the snake as possible would be important as....to take an extreme example, 3m of tightly packed rope in a barrel will never be driven out the other end as it will only compact upon itself. So I think the snake would have to be burnt out as much as possible prior to attempting to drive it out with a rod/brute force.
I will have to go to the hardware store after work tomorrow and get the necessary supplies. In the mean time I will soak it in Ballistol.
My gut tells me this brush will fold in on itself once I start to try beat it out given as 243winxb's photo illustrates there is a long way to go.....I get the feeling I will soon end up with a large paper weight.
I can see I was wrong about the brass brush's center, (never cut one apart) but having a twisted wire in the middle, like a regular brass bristle brush, is even better, to prevent the material from compacting upon itself. The diameter of the twisted wire center can't be that much smaller than the bore....therefore how in heaven is it going to fold anywhere....it may move from side to side a couple of mm's but so what.(and I even doubt that...you got bristles interwoven in nylon all around it.)
In my opinion, burning is not going to do much unless it is hot enough to melt the brass. I'm betting that it's the brass bristles that's holding the thing in there, not 3m of rope....but you could maybe hook the rope with a #22-#24 fish hook and alternately push and pull to keep it from bunching up any more.
Best of luck to you. BTW, if all else fails a gunsmith could run a .17 caliber bore drill through it.....paper weight....never.