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Delrin rod for range emergencies

ive got a jag with dmaged tip im gonna grind off for the this
I did the same thing years ago, but it is an aluminum jag with the pointed tip broke off. I keep that cleaning rod in my truck. I have had to use it a few times for my friends. Mostly from them seating the bullets to long for their chambers and hopefully noticing it before forcing the bolt closed. Glad I have it, in the places we shoot, out in the middle of no where.,
 
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A really stuck bullet will destroy the ferrule on a cleaning rod.

I carry (in my truck) brass rods in different diameters for rifle (don't remember if I can clear a .177, but .20 through .308 is covered) and have a selection of rods in my pistol box. Brass rods are available at most hobby shops and a lot of hardware stores.
Why would a bullet get "really stuck"?
 
Needless to say, stuck a bullet when trying to unload and show clear at the range.
Listen to the advice of getting a solid brass rod. 36 inches long, and just let it drop from the muzzle. Using the rod weight as inertia it will clear the bullet with no possible harm to the bore. If you start hammering on wood, Delrin, aluminum, etc all bets are off.

Worst possible scenario is to start hammering on a wood rod in the bore. Due to the grain, it will split and you wind up driving the broken pieces over each other. Now you have a real challenge to remove.

I keep a spare cleaning rod tube and keep an assortment of rods for each muzzle diameter I shoot.
 
Anybody have a source for a delrin rod for 6mm, say 3 feet long? Needless to say, stuck a bullet when trying to unload and show clear at the range. Thanks in advance.
just make sure you pull that rod out before you shoot. my rule is to never let anyone use it and i take it back to the car before i do anything else. ill use it to get a bullet unstuck in somebodies gun if the need it. its surprising how many have been left in guns and fired.
 
just make sure you pull that rod out before you shoot. my rule is to never let anyone use it and i take it back to the car before i do anything else. ill use it to get a bullet unstuck in somebodies gun if the need it. its surprising how many have been left in guns and fired.

I ALWAYS pull the bolt, place rifle in a vertical position, guess which way is pointed up, drop my 5" brass rod down the little hole, bullet and rod falls out.

Safe if done this way, and easy to have in box at the line.

As far as I know a guy in Michigan died from not removing a rod from rifle, and Tinkam lost an eye.


Later

Dave
 
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IMPORTANT related info:

Occasionally, I would run into a BR shooter who had a mirror contraption mounted to his bench rifle. He told me that it allowed him to use his left eye while shooting his righthanded heavy bench rifles. He went on to tell me that a few tears prior he was shooting alone on a private range when he inadvertently left a brass rod in the barrel after removing a stuck bullet. Firing a subsequent bullet caused a catastrophic failure of the action and he was gravely injured and lost his right eye. He was just lucky to get help fast enough, while coping with the event alone, before things got critical.

Be careful guys, flukey accidents do happen.
 
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I ALWAYS pull the bolt, place rifle in a vertical position, guess which way is pointed up, drop my 5" brass rod down the little hole, bullet and rod falls out.

Safe if done this way, and easy to have in box at the line.

As far as I know a guy in Michigan died from not removing rod from rifle, and Tinkam lost an eye.


Later

Dave
safety first for sure- i know guys have been severly injured and killed from leaving a rod in a bore. i dont wanna do that.
 
Cleaning rod if you're into that sort of thing.
This is what I use and I'm not sure who but someone makes a screw in piece that fits the front of the bullet comes in different sizes, all you have to do is unscrew your Jag screw this piece in and push the bullet out
 
I never had to be concenred with a bullet lodge in the lands because I never seat bullet close to the lands. However, with that said, it is wise to carry some means to clear and unexpected obstruction in the bore.

I personally carry an old Hoppe's 3 piece aluminum rod in my range SUV. I like the fact that it can be broke down into a compact unit for storage.

In the field, I carry a 3" piece of solid brass rod. On rare occasions, I have two Remington varmint rifles where the extractor* will fail to eject a spent case due to worn rims on the fragile 223 Rem rims. I simply drop the rod down the bore and gravity energy drops the case out of the chamber.

* Even after the extractors were replace with new extractors.
 
I have a Delrin (Acetal) 1/4" dia rod for knocking out bullets stuck during touch & jam measuring. It works well and I don't worry about crown wear as long as I keep it and the barrel clean. I don't think it would work for a bullet midway down the barrel though.
 
safety first for sure- i know guys have been severly injured and killed from leaving a rod in a bore. i dont wanna do that.

Taking the bolt out assures the bullet and brass rod clear the chamber.

The cartridge should already be pulled.
 
I bought a used .22 cal aluminum rod at our local gun store ($2). I don't put anything in it, I leave the end open. Pointy bullets go right in the tip. A little tap on the end and out they come. Mine says J.C. HIGGINS on the can.
 
I ended up going to Ace hardware and for $8 got a 3/16 inch solid brass rod x 36 inches. Thanks for the advice. I hope I never have to use it again. One time in 50 years of shooting.
 
Why would a bullet get "really stuck"?

Squib load. Primers can force the bullet into the rifling (occurs more with pistols than rifles, I think.) A bullet that stops within the barrel can be really tough to extract.

Normally, the stuck bullet from jamming a rifle bullet and trying to unchamber the loaded round will stick a little, but is reasonably easy to clear (the powder is another story.)
 

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