I have a Confederate musket from the War Between the States that I was cleaning yesterday, and got the metal slotted ramrod with cotton cleaning patches stuck deep in the barrel with only about 6 inches of the very small (about 1/4 inch diameter) ramrod protruding. I cannot budge it. Any ideas about how to free this ramrod would be appreciated. Is there anything that could dissolve the cotton that could be poured down the barrel without damaging the barrel?