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Jag and Rod stuck in barrel

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It’s remarkable how just a little too much matters. I used old pillow cases cut into little squares. They slide down the barrel easily ...a little too easily I thought. So I used two patches, remember old pillow case material is pretty thin, and sure enough it locked up solid half way down the .451 bore. She held the rifle and I pulled the rod, HARD. I don’t double up now.
 
Getting your rod out is the easy part. You need to determine why it stuck. Fouling is one thing but that far up the barrel is really unusual unless you shot a short started ball. You don't want a ball stuck there trying to load.
 
Not even with a patch; Trying out the new jag I finally got, fit it on the rod and ran it down the barrel, and it is stuck about halfway. Won't budge whatsoever. The jag is the proper size for my bore and everything, no idea why it stuck or how to get it un-stuck. It's a .75 cal smoothbore btw.
Is it possible you have a .69 caliber?
 
shoot a lot of oil/ liquid lube, down the bore and a slow strong pull on it and it is a principle called hydraulics. it will have to come or blead! no jerking on the rod. slow and steady.
 
Not even with a patch; Trying out the new jag I finally got, fit it on the rod and ran it down the barrel, and it is stuck about halfway. Won't budge whatsoever. The jag is the proper size for my bore and everything, no idea why it stuck or how to get it un-stuck. It's a .75 cal smoothbore btw.
Did you ever actually measure your bore, or are you ASSUMING it is .750 dia.? Did you ACTUALLY measure your cleaning jag? The jag should be around .735 dia. If you got it stuck with no patch, you have metal to metal contact between the jag and bore!
 
If that’s the jag I sent you it miked at .72 so your bore is smaller than that. At least at the point it got stuck at. Strange it stuck halfway down. If it runs down the first 6 inches it should go all the way down.
 
Getting your rod out is the easy part. You need to determine why it stuck. Fouling is one thing but that far up the barrel is really unusual unless you shot a short started ball. You don't want a ball stuck there trying to load.
Yeah I have no idea why it stuck. Especially in a clean barrel. The jag is smaller than the supposed calibre
 
Did you ever actually measure your bore, or are you ASSUMING it is .750 dia.? Did you ACTUALLY measure your cleaning jag? The jag should be around .735 dia. If you got it stuck with no patch, you have metal to metal contact between the jag and bore!
Like Bob said, the jag is .72. I haven't personally measured the bore, but the manufacturer told me it was .76 cal. So obviously there is something going on. looking down the bore though I see no obstructions, just smooth surface, and I can load a .715 round ball easy. Totally baffled as to what is going on.
 
His idea is a good one. But since the rod is metal using force to pull it out is the best way to go. I hope that barrel was dirty. If the rod got stuck half way down in a clean barrel you would have other pretty serious problems.
Sounds like I have other pretty serious problems :/
 
If that’s the jag I sent you it miked at .72 so your bore is smaller than that. At least at the point it got stuck at. Strange it stuck halfway down. If it runs down the first 6 inches it should go all the way down.
Yeah it has to be. Really is strange, the bore must be smaller than stated. Weird cause it looks perfectly fine when I shine a light down there
 

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