Mosin Barrel Blockage

[emcon5]

Did you ever get this fixed?

[McNally M.]

Nope. I bought a 5/16" diameter brass road and began to tap the wood dowel from the receiver end out the muzzle. While I managed to recess the dowel about an inch further into the barrel, nothing emerged from the muzzle. Which leads me to believe that all I've done is splinter away the wood and that's why it appears that I've "pushed" it an inch.

5/16" is just slightly too large and catches on the rifling grooves, so I'm going to have to make it a tad thinner before I attack the dowel again.

[shda5582]

I didn't post before, but I had the thought about blowtorching the sucker as well. I couldn't imagine it not working.

Barring that, why not try grabbing the bit sticking out of the receiver end with a pair of vice grips and yanking?

[Baboosh]

Why not get a thin metal rod glowing red hot and then shove it into the barrel? It'll eventually burn away at the center of the wood and then once you are all the way through smack it with a copper rod? The wood should splinter at that point relieving any pressure.

[Grendl]

I think Baboosh solved your problem. It'll take time, but it'll work. Use brass, not steel.

[Fishslayer]

Hey guys, I have a problem that I would like to bring to you and hear your advice before I do anything drastic. One of my Mosin Nagants has a completely blocked up barrel. The culprit? A wooden dowel rod that some numbskull wedged into the full length of the barrel in an attempt to clean it. I have tried tapping the rod at one end with another dowel rod but no progress has been made. Its stuck in there incredibly well and I haven't the slightest idea as to how to remove it. Any suggestions?

Are sure there's not a bullet at one end of the dowel? If the former owner tried to dislodge a bullet with a wooden dowel it's possible that the dowel spintered & jammed. Brass rod from the other end is the only solution I can think of.

[McNally M.]

No bullet in the barrel, that I'm sure of. Also, there is no longer any piece of the dowel wood sticking out of the receiver, it's been tapped about an inch down the barrel.

The blowtorch or red hot rod idea will be my next approach. Tapping away at the blockage is only removing the surface of the dowel rod that I am striking by splintering it, which is not wholly effective.

[IntoForever]

Get a screw, slowly screw it in and out going deeper each time. Once the obstruction is broken up a bit, use the screw to pull the debris out. As you need to go deeper, weld the screw onto a steel rod and continue. Be careful to not break the screw off in the barrel (replace regularly) and use a brass sleeve to align the screw so as to not hit the grooves and lands.

[Grendl]

I like this one too but I'd make sure to use a brass screw.

[bigbossman]

When the BP boys have a stuck ball in the chamber, they stick a compressed air hose on the nipple and blast it out.

Do you have access to a good compressor?

[Eljay]

The other muzzleloader trick involves a grease gun. The problem here is getting a good seal, and that it appears he's got an awful lot of contact area if I understand the situation properly. It's going to take a lot of pressure.

Personally I'd go with the brass rod and just plan on having to hammer the bajeezus out of it. Heating the barrel will make it a little easier.

[Tonymin]

Easy,
Put the gun in the transporter room and dematerialize the dowel down to the planet surface.
Done...

[NotEnoughGuns]

beating on the dowel probably wont do any good, 120 psi air wont move it either. I would go for a extra long drill bit 3/16" of 1/4" and try to drill the center out of the dowel. Then pushing it out will be much easier. Cheap long drill bits can be had at harbor freight.

[knucklehead0202]

soak it with diesel and set it on fire

[shda5582]

soak it with diesel and set it on fire

I was just thinking this, but maybe a bit more refined.....say like soaking the dowel in flammable liquid and then setting it on fire? Not sure what, if any, damage that would do to the barrel though.