Bullet stuck in barrel - with a twist

[wiscoaster]

Now that I've got my Traditions Kentucky percussion pistol barrel done, I thought I'd get some practice with bullets and patches. I cut a patch to size, lubricated it with moose milk, started it and rammed it down the barrel. Ok, so far so good. Now I need to get the bullet out. I have come prepared!! It's for this reason I bought a maintenance rod and some handy attachments, including a bullet puller. So after mounting the barrel in a vise, I screwed in the puller mounted on rod and pulled with all my might. It came an inch or two and stopped. Needing to get a better grip on the rod than I could with hands alone, I clamped a vise grip onto the end. This isn't going to slip off!! Again, pulled with all my might, but with no further movement, I added a bit of torque to the pull and ...

... the damn accessory fitting and bullet puller snapped off where the fitting screwed into the rod, and so now they're both stuck in the barrel along with the bullet they're screwed into, and no way I can think of at the moment to get them out.

So bright ideas are needed!! Thank you!!

 

[TDM]

You can find a grease fitting that matches your nipple threads and use a grease gun to pump the bullet out.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Now that I've got my Traditions Kentucky percussion pistol barrel done, I thought I'd get some practice with bullets and patches. I cut a patch to size, lubricated it with moose milk, started it and rammed it down the barrel. Ok, so far so good. Now I need to get the bullet out. I have come prepared!! It's for this reason I bought a maintenance rod and some handy attachments, including a bullet puller. So after mounting the barrel in a vise, I screwed in the puller mounted on rod and pulled with all my might. It came an inch or two and stopped. Needing to get a better grip on the rod than I could with hands alone, I clamped a vise grip onto the end. This isn't going to slip off!! Again, pulled with all my might, but with no further movement, I added a bit of torque to the pull and ...

... the damn accessory fitting and bullet puller snapped off where the fitting screwed into the rod, and so now they're both stuck in the barrel along with the bullet they're screwed into, and no way I can think of at the moment to get them out.

So bright ideas are needed!! Thank you!!

If and I say if there is no powder in, just place a cap on the nipple and try that. Point in a safe direction.

Larry

 

[duca]

Wow!!

 

[TDM]

If and I say if there is no powder in, just place a cap on the nipple and try that. Point in a safe direction.

Larry

I think he should use the grease gun. Cleaning up the mess will help insure he doesn’t try such a thing again I hope.

 

[Edm]

You could cut a hole in the bottom of the barrel like that rifle someone posted yesterday...

 

[Spillikins]

I don’t understand the OP at all. You deliberately dry balled?

 

[TDM]

Now, now. It probably seemed like a good idea to him at the time.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

I don’t understand the OP at all. You deliberately dry balled?

I have done it, others do it. When you are not at the range and itching to see what works, you check it out that way. He planned on removing the ball a respectable way, but that failed. He didn't have a back up plan.
Larry

 

[wiscoaster]

You can find a grease fitting that matches your nipple threads and use a grease gun to pump the bullet out.

YES!! Brilliant!! Now that you mention it, seem to recall seeing a YouTube video on this technique many moons back.

 

[wiscoaster]

If and I say if there is no powder in, just place a cap on the nipple and try that. Point in a safe direction.

Larry

No, no powder (!!!!), I did try igniting a few caps with the vent hole on the outside plugged, but it didn't budge a fraction of a millimeter.

 

[wiscoaster]

.... You deliberately dry balled?

No, the ball was properly rammed with a lubed patch cut to size. The only thing missing was the powder charge. Yes, the ball seated farther down than it would with a powder load, but that doesn't explain why it jammed partway back out.

 

[wiscoaster]

.... Cleaning up the mess will help insure he doesn’t try such a thing again I hope.

No, I'll try anything not knowingly lethal or injurious at least once. It's the best way to learn what not to do. And to not lead a boring life.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

No, no powder (!!!!), I did try igniting a few caps with the vent hole on the outside plugged, but it didn't budge a fraction of a millimeter.

If you have some 4F put a dab of that in the nipple. Then try again. Grease works, but it is soooooo messy. I hate grease, never have used it.
Larry

 

[Spillikins]

I thought I'd get some practice with bullets and patches. I cut a patch to size, lubricated it with moose milk, started it and rammed it down the barrel. Ok, so far so good.

This is what made me think you did it deliberately.

 

[TDM]

@wiscoaster Read this thread:

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/free-barrel-offer-and-proposal.155153/

That was a great thread!

 

[smokepolehall]

Unscrew nipple, dribble powder in drum.Then reseat ball n put cap on n fire

 

[2 shots]

have we been here before?

 

[leadhoarder]

Now, now. It probably seemed like a good idea to him at the time.

That feeling lasted as long as a flash in the pan.

 

[wiscoaster]

Unscrew nipple, dribble powder in drum.Then reseat ball n put cap on n fire

No, not in my basement. Technically, that's discharging a firearm, and against the law in the jurisdiction where I live. I'll try the grease gun.