How do I remove a .17 bullet from the barrel?

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Hello..What MLeake said..Don't use a steel hammer! use either a brass or hard plastic..one slip & you'll be using bad words for a long time!
 
Take it to a gunsmith... do not try to hammered out with rods of any kind , it wont work, and almost guarantee you will dammge the barrel.
Safest way out with no dammage: remove the barrel, screw on a cap with grease zirt and use a grease gun to push it out.
 
Take it to a gunsmith... do not try to hammered out with rods of any kind , it wont work, and almost guarantee you will dammge the barrel.
Safest way out with no dammage: remove the barrel, screw on a cap with grease zirt and use a grease gun to push it out.
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Actually it can be done but I do like your idea of using pressure perhaps air or grease although seems pressure would necessary be very high to do so.

The HM2 has had numerous problems with splitting cases not heard that as much on the HMR I have a Savage93-17 but have not had any problems so far just not overly impressed with the ammo especially at the cost level.
 
Air pressure would be a very bad thing to use. The air will compress and if the bullet comes out it will be flying-- do you need that in your shop? Grease would work, but how to mount and hold a fitting to accept a grease gun. I do not at all believe that tapping on the end of a brass rod to dislodge the bullet will damage the muzzle of the rifle.
 
Barrel steel is much harder than any brass or aluminum cleaning rod. As long as you don't go banging the crown of the muzzle with a steel hammer you should be fine. (Or any hammer for that matter).
 
Take it to a gunsmith... do not try to hammered out with rods of any kind , it wont work, and almost guarantee you will dammge the barrel.
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Now just how do you think a gunsmith is going to get it out? First hes going to squirt some oil in the bore then hes going to knock it out with a rod and a hammer.
 
A friend had this happen with a .22 Magnum many years ago.

The first thing we did was remove the action from the stock and squirt in some penetrating oil from both ends.

Then we wrapped the action in plastic (to keep track of the oil) and stowed the entire thing in the deep freeze for several days.

We used brazing rod. The bullet came out in 4 or 5 healthy whacks.
 
Air pressure would be a very bad thing to use. The air will compress and if the bullet comes out it will be flying-- do you need that in your shop?
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Couldn't be too much worse than than a 1911 recoil spring plug getting away from ya if using normal shop pressure to push the bullet. I would go from the front and put a rag in behind the chamber area.

I would vote to take it to your gun plummer. He likely to have the proper tools and some eperience from prior stuck bullet work. If it's a so so shooting rifle then go for it yourself.
 
The amount of air pressure required to remove a stuck bullet is likely going to be rather extreme, and may be beyond the capabilities of a home compressor.

I know in the past that some have used grease guns to remove balls stuck in a muzzleloader. An appropriate tip is threaded into the nipple or the touchhole, and grease pumped in.

I don't know if that would work with a jacketed bullet, though.
 
You may want to fill the bore with Janitors Ammonia before attempting to extract the bullet. It will dissolve some of the jacket material and make extraction a little easier.
 
Is the bullet going to be hard to push out?
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Although I would normally go with the guys who say brass/soft steel rod, the fact that you didn't actually shoot the bullet 1/2 down the barrel tells me that it's sitting very close to the chamber, not 8" up and crammed into the rifling.
A few taps with a wooden dowel should force it back into larger chamber and it should pop oil. Oil will definitely help.

I just don't think it's in there that hard.

good luck
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Now just how do you think a gunsmith is going to get it out? First hes going to squirt some oil in the bore then hes going to knock it out with a rod and a hammer.
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He will have a screw on cap with grease zirt or will make a screw on cap and with a grease gun will get it out, certainly not by pounding the hell out with a rod and hammer....
 
He will have a screw on cap with grease zirt or will make a screw on cap and with a grease gun will get it out,
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What exactly do you suppose he is going to screw this cap into or onto?
FWIW, I am a trained gunsmith, although I have not done it professionally for many years, and I still say a few light taps with a brass or aluminum cleaning rod will do the trick. I would usually use a wood dowel but I think it may be hard to find one small enough to fit in the bore of a .17 caliber.
 
I still say the first course of action should be a several day trip to the deep freeze and a piece of brass rod.

And yes, most gunsmiths will first try to remove a bullet with the rod and hammer method before they go to the extreme of drilling it out on a lathe.

Why? Because the rod and hammer, for a bullet that isn't stuck far into the rifling, is likely going to be successful a lot faster than other methods.

If you've got a bullet stuck firmly in the middle of a 24" barrel, though? That's probably going to require the lathe.
 
What exactly do you suppose he is going to screw this cap into or onto?
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First remove the barrel from the action, then you screw the cap on the tread of the barrel......
Pardon me to ask, did you ever try to remove a jacket bullet stuck several inch in the barrel ? His bullet is 5" into the barrel, no light taps on a cleaning rod will move it.
 
One other method exist simple and fast... already see people jumping up and down.... but work fine at least did for me.
I got a 9.3 mm 286 grain jacket bullet stuck 14" up my barrel, ( improper storage of some cartridge and the powder turn...) I ask permission to go at the range before opening, alone, I attached the rifle to a post in a vertical position, chamber a primed brass with powder only and string fire from a safe place. Done!
 
For all the 'take it to the smithers'--how do you suppose he will get it out. He wont do it while you are there cause he dont want you to see/know. Dowel Ill bet.. or brass rod.
 
For all the 'take it to the smithers'--how do you suppose he will get it out. He wont do it while you are there cause he dont want you to see/know. Dowel Ill bet.. or brass rod.
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If you read my post you will see I cited proper tools which would include the rod. I would also guess this would not be his first time removing a stuck bullet. No wonder it's hard to find a good smith now a days......they can't make a living.
 
I can see it now a bullet puller. A long rod with a self tapping screw on one end and a big sliding weight at the other end. Screw the thing into the bullet then grab the weight and slam it against the end of the tool. Sound familiar can we say dent puller?:eek:

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