Wow,Frankenmauser! You description of PB Blaster reminded me of somebody!
An honorable mention to KW Knock-R Loose for penetrating oil.
IMO,they all work pretty good.
I agree with the suggestion to NOT use wood to drive anything out of a barrel,for the reasons given.
The stuck round might pop out easy with a hammer.
I'm prone to NOT using a hammer for such things,in principle.Consider,the powder will likely be taken to full compression as the bullet deep seats.
OK. I'll ignore the fact that some pistol powdersare double base,with a fairly significant nitroglycerine content.
I have no reason to believe you could ever get any smokless powder to detonate with a hammer.No problem..
Now,once you get below the bullet seating portion of a 9 mm case,considering blowback SMG's and unsupported chambers,what does the brass generally do?
YES!! It gets THICKER!! So,what MIGHT be the effect of driving a bullet into the tapered portion of a stuck case? . Ever use a Swedgelock threaded insert?
Or an expanding mandrel or collet? HMMMM Suppose the round could get stuck tighter?IMO,same applies to beating out a stuck squib bullet.Whacking on the bullet upsets it,potentially increasing diameter,or "stuckness".If I must hammer,I might prefer a bigger,slower hammer,with more "push" than "whack". Even a Dead-Blow.
SO,I see what looks to me like,as I said,an opportunity to use a shellholder to pull the cartridge out with the press.
If you place a tall (1 3/4 or 2 in ) machinists parallel bar against the ram of the press to engage the barrel hood and rest on the press frame,it should strip the barrel free.
You will want something...a piece of heater hose,even,to slip into the 7/8-14 female threads at the top of the press to protect the barrel and hold it reasonably co-axial with the ram.. If the ID of a universal decapper die will accept the barrel,pull the spindle out and use it as a perfect barrel bushing.
Cake! It will work.
An honorable mention to KW Knock-R Loose for penetrating oil.
IMO,they all work pretty good.
I agree with the suggestion to NOT use wood to drive anything out of a barrel,for the reasons given.
The stuck round might pop out easy with a hammer.
I'm prone to NOT using a hammer for such things,in principle.Consider,the powder will likely be taken to full compression as the bullet deep seats.
OK. I'll ignore the fact that some pistol powdersare double base,with a fairly significant nitroglycerine content.
I have no reason to believe you could ever get any smokless powder to detonate with a hammer.No problem.
.Now,once you get below the bullet seating portion of a 9 mm case,considering blowback SMG's and unsupported chambers,what does the brass generally do?
YES!! It gets THICKER!! So,what MIGHT be the effect of driving a bullet into the tapered portion of a stuck case? . Ever use a Swedgelock threaded insert?
Or an expanding mandrel or collet? HMMMM Suppose the round could get stuck tighter?IMO,same applies to beating out a stuck squib bullet.Whacking on the bullet upsets it,potentially increasing diameter,or "stuckness".If I must hammer,I might prefer a bigger,slower hammer,with more "push" than "whack". Even a Dead-Blow.
SO,I see what looks to me like,as I said,an opportunity to use a shellholder to pull the cartridge out with the press.
If you place a tall (1 3/4 or 2 in ) machinists parallel bar against the ram of the press to engage the barrel hood and rest on the press frame,it should strip the barrel free.
You will want something...a piece of heater hose,even,to slip into the 7/8-14 female threads at the top of the press to protect the barrel and hold it reasonably co-axial with the ram.. If the ID of a universal decapper die will accept the barrel,pull the spindle out and use it as a perfect barrel bushing.
Cake! It will work.
