Glad you got it. It's happened to many of us and it sure does make your stomach fall out when you realize what it is....Lol, that hydraulic fluid will give me at least 200 fps I bet. So basically it’s a 6.5 PRC now.
I’ll report back on how she shoots!
I fuking said point it 45deg down angle into a bucket, with some rags in it !! Catches the grease and the stuck bit of lead.
Not much, mostly powder. My earlier (shorter) rounds actually showed more promise before I stuck the bullet, jumping it might tighten things up a bit. I haven’t messed with seating depth tests much to be honest, have you guys had good luck with those?
Oh yeah, it's a huge difference. You can either do big jumps in 4 groups or do a ladder with .005 per or .010 per and then dial it in further.
I literally had a note in my data book to do a seating depth test next, lol. I’ll probably try in .003 increments as EC suggests. Will report back here if anyone’s interested.
Not sure how it will work for you if the slug is jacketed but Ive removed jammed .457 cal. lead with the help of a long ream undersized by about 1/8" from Home Depot plumbing department. It drills out the center 90% then you have to chip/tap away the remaining ring. Food grade silicone gel helps protect the barrel and makes everything slippery enough to get the remaining ring out easier. Alcohol will clean out the silicone. I have learned a lot the hard way.
It’s out but thanks, might help someone else out that stumbles on this thread.
I foresee this approach coming nearer expelling the bullet with a LOT of velocity as opposed to a slow push IMO. YMMV
Had a friend have the same problem at a match and that's exactly what we did to remove it. It works.
I'm scare to death of doing this, and more scared of the consequences if I miss it somehow and put another round through.
HEAR, HEAR !!! Make her feel useful!Send it to Kamala she can just suck the bullet out.
The chances of not powdering, firing, and proj getting stuck far enough down the barrel that you can chamber another round is almost zero.
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I have done it in 308 and 223 and never even had it drive the bullet out the case. I had to pull the bullet to find out, no powder in the case.
Thanks, iceng....... That is definitely reassuring and good to know. I'll keep checking my charges just out of habit now and to save me from embarassment, perhaps, but will worry a lot less. Happy trails!
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SO, not to make it hard to sleep, but..... I shoot 308. I hand load. I have light neck tension. 175g, sellier and bellot primer. I have been told "it had to be a mischarge as a primer can't launch the round" Well, in my setup it CAN! The only extra item in my setup is I use MOLY. Perhaps that changes the entire equation?? Anyway, I had my first squib in my bolt gun (~3500 rnds of reload in this rifle). the bullet went 1/2 way (almost exactly) down the barrel. If I was in a competition, I "might" have loaded another round. The good news is, I was on the bench. I heard "Pfummp" instead of "bang". Minimal/no recoil. I am 99.99% sure it was an empty cartridge. I hand weigh EVERY powder charge for the final grain after dispensing to within 1gr on an RCBS unit, so if i put poweder in, it was very close to the right charge. so I waited about 3-5 seconds and when I lifted the bolt, it sprang back into my thumb with significant pressure. My brass is fireformed, perhaps this is the second item that lead to this. I tried a pig on a cleaning rod. that didn't work, but i didn't hit it hard. I bought the boretech squib adapter, put it on my cleaning rod, used a normal size hammer and after 3-4 wacks (more than a tap
) it started moving and once moving, it came out quite easily. bore is cleaned, it "looks" ok to the eye (no borescope), so i hope to get to the range again soon.
I’ll accept your experience.Not in a rifle round it wont. In a pistol round sure. But a CCI250 wont budge a bullet in a 308. Ask me how i know.
SO, not to make it hard to sleep, but..... I shoot 308. I hand load. I have light neck tension. 175g, sellier and bellot primer. I have been told "it had to be a mischarge as a primer can't launch the round" Well, in my setup it CAN! The only extra item in my setup is I use MOLY. Perhaps that changes the entire equation?? Anyway, I had my first squib in my bolt gun (~3500 rnds of reload in this rifle). the bullet went 1/2 way (almost exactly) down the barrel. If I was in a competition, I "might" have loaded another round. The good news is, I was on the bench. I heard "Pfummp" instead of "bang". Minimal/no recoil. I am 99.99% sure it was an empty cartridge. I hand weigh EVERY powder charge for the final grain after dispensing to within 1gr on an RCBS unit, so if i put poweder in, it was very close to the right charge. so I waited about 3-5 seconds and when I lifted the bolt, it sprang back into my thumb with significant pressure. My brass is fireformed, perhaps this is the second item that lead to this. I tried a pig on a cleaning rod. that didn't work, but i didn't hit it hard. I bought the boretech squib adapter, put it on my cleaning rod, used a normal size hammer and after 3-4 wacks (more than a tap
i just have no real ability to imagine how that would happen in my process. i can clearly understand how i put nothing in a case, based on my process. i wish i was willing to try it again intentionally, but as others have said, i am not. at the end of the day, whether it was primer only or a few grains or a full cartridge with a misfire or....getting it out is the most important element and in my case, with the boretech adapter, it was an easy process, much to my relief.
