We had an issue at the range today and had a bullet stuck in the chamber of an AR, apparently a light primer strike and when we pulled the charging handle back to chamber a new one the old one was not ejected. Any hacks on an easy way to get it out?
Case is still in. I think it was light primer strike and nothing happened at all.A cleaning rod and a few light taps might do it. It really depends on how hard it is stuck. If the primer detonated but not the powder charge (if it was charged to begin with), it might need more force than a few light taps.
Did the whole case extract and just leave the bullet or is the case still in the chamber?
Are you just joking around or do you actually remember when I had that happen some ten years ago?Oh gee, not again!?!?
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Are you just joking around or do you actually remember when I had that happen some ten years ago?
@StogiesIf you are reluctant to use a cleaning rod, you can go a Ace hardware or any such place and buy a wooden rod that won’t scratch the barrel.
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Don't know if it was you or not, but this issue provided many hours, days, weeks and months of mirth.
We are a simple people to please, we folks of CFF.
Are you just joking around or do you actually remember when I had that happen some ten years ago?
You are correct, the round did not go off and the primer has been struck. We kept pointing it downrange once we realized it was a dudd. Do you think tapping it from the side of the bullet would be of any concern? I don't see how that should set it off.If I understood your right you said nothing happened. Was that as in no noise at all and now the whole cartridge is stuck in the chamber. If so be extremely careful as you have what could be a live round stuck. Wouldn't want to set it off while trying to get it out.
when we pulled the charging handle back to chamber a new one the old one was not ejected.
We had an issue at the range today and had a bullet stuck in the chamber of an AR, apparently a light primer strike and when we pulled the charging handle back to chamber a new one the old one was not ejected. Any hacks on an easy way to get it out?
You can beat on the bullet end for a month of Sundays. You have a very minor problem, try not to turn it into a major problem.You are correct, the round did not go off and the primer has been struck. We kept pointing it downrange once we realized it was a dudd. Do you think tapping it from the side of the bullet would be of any concern? I don't see how that should set it off.
This would work, but I’d pour in heavy oil, follow that with a lead slug that fills the bore, and then use a brass rod and hammer. A properly sized wooden dowel has no advantages and lots of disadvantages.Alright, honest question and asking for my own knowledge. Thinking about this from a mechanical perspective.
Why couldn’t you fill the barrel with oil/water/liquid etc, insert a properly sized wooden dowel past the gas port and give it one good whack with a hammer? Hydraulic pressure should exert mostly even pressure across the entire bullet surface and pop it out, right? No risk in scaring the barrel and no risk in splintering a dowel.
Would that risk any kind of detonation?
The claw does not seem to be able to get it and it is steel cased TULA.Did you mortar it?
Is rim ruined or can claw still grab it?
What kind of ammo is it? Any steel case?
So round fired, case failed to extract, efforts to retract the bolt caused the extractor to tear the rim?So it turns out the round fired, all that came out with the help of the cleaning rod was an empty casing. So how did that happen?
Like the others said + steel case isn’t as forgiving as brass. A lot of folks have zero problems with steel case ammo in their ar15s and then there’s the occasional situation like you found yourself in.So it turns out the round fired, all that came out with the help of the cleaning rod was an empty casing. So how did that happen?