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Originally posted by Black306
Thought I would give you guys a [good news] update.
I ended up working on the rifle this weekend. Rather than buying a bore scope, I used a cleaning rod to measure depth from the end of the barrel to find out if the round was live; found out it was a spent case.
Now, that I was OK knowing it was a spent case, ran some CLP down the barrel, let it soak for ~1 hour while I did some errands; errand included going to Home Depot for a 3' 1/4" aluminum rod. After giving the rod a few love taps, case popped out.
Not sure what caused the case to be stuck in the first place. There was a wisp of rust, but not nearly enough to get it stuck. Cleaned the bore and chamber, now a new round drops right in. The stuck case doesn't drop in; there's drag when it's about 1/4" from being fully seated. The open end of the case is bent, but I wonder if that's from someone else trying to push out the case.
PS. Looked up the price of new rounds.
I ended up working on the rifle this weekend. Rather than buying a bore scope, I used a cleaning rod to measure depth from the end of the barrel to find out if the round was live; found out it was a spent case.
Now, that I was OK knowing it was a spent case, ran some CLP down the barrel, let it soak for ~1 hour while I did some errands; errand included going to Home Depot for a 3' 1/4" aluminum rod. After giving the rod a few love taps, case popped out.
Not sure what caused the case to be stuck in the first place. There was a wisp of rust, but not nearly enough to get it stuck. Cleaned the bore and chamber, now a new round drops right in. The stuck case doesn't drop in; there's drag when it's about 1/4" from being fully seated. The open end of the case is bent, but I wonder if that's from someone else trying to push out the case.
PS. Looked up the price of new rounds.
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