HOW ARE STUCK BULLET REMOVED FROM BARREL
03-07-2004 | 01:33 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Coralville, IA. USA
RE: HOW ARE STUCK BULLET REMOVED FROM BARREL
Then your friend is very lucky he didn't blow his hand/head off. The next time you are at your buddies house measure the barrel with a caliper along the entire barrel length. I'm betting you'll find a bulge in the barrel corresponding to the location of the stuck bullet. Pistols, because of their lower pressures and velocities are usually better able to survive a shot in an obstructed bore than a centerfire rifle that creates 2 to 4 times as much pressure and velocity. In fact, I would encourage you to have you friend take that pistol to a 'smith to have the barrel checked. It might be ok, but it might be a ticking time-bomb.
My grandpa brought a 6.5mm Mannlicher-Carcano rifle back from WWII, and he used to use it to shoot raccoons and foxes that would occationally try to get into the hen house. One night he spotted a raccoon under the henhouse, so he took that rifle out to kill it. Well when he was getting down to look under the henhouse he wound up sticking the muzzle into the ground and didn't realize it. Needless to say, when he took a shot at the raccoon he got more of a surprise than the raccoon did. That rifle had a 3" bulge in to barrel right before the muzzle. He was lucky too.
The moral of the story is to NEVER, NEVER EVER fire a gun with a barrel obstruction! At best you only damage the gun, at worst you could badly damage yourself (and others).
Mike
My grandpa brought a 6.5mm Mannlicher-Carcano rifle back from WWII, and he used to use it to shoot raccoons and foxes that would occationally try to get into the hen house. One night he spotted a raccoon under the henhouse, so he took that rifle out to kill it. Well when he was getting down to look under the henhouse he wound up sticking the muzzle into the ground and didn't realize it. Needless to say, when he took a shot at the raccoon he got more of a surprise than the raccoon did. That rifle had a 3" bulge in to barrel right before the muzzle. He was lucky too.
The moral of the story is to NEVER, NEVER EVER fire a gun with a barrel obstruction! At best you only damage the gun, at worst you could badly damage yourself (and others).
Mike
