Need help....Have a cva hawken rifle with ball stuck in it,,,

[Idaho Ron]

This is a different way to remove the ball....try as a last resort, but does work:

There is no way in HeII, I would drill out a projectile. Never in a million years. I Sorry that's just not smart.

 

[gunnerasch]

I got hold of a 50 T.C once, the owner told me he only shot it 4 times. Tryed to shoot it my self ,hesitated when shoot 2or 3 times . When cleaning it realized something was in the barrel. Patch and ball. Got that out then shot it . Great shooting gun.

I acquired a mid 1950s S&W 38/44 Outdoorsman that was in 98% condition. Guy brought it to me and said he had a bullet stuck in the barrel. Looking at the barrel/cylinder gap.. I could indeed see guilding metal jacket. No problem, got out my range rod to drive it back into the cylinder and it only went 3" into the barrel. Oh oh....
Long story short.. I had to make a milling cutter to machine out the (5) 158gr .357 Softpoints.. and drift #6 back into the cylinder. I made up a rod with a small hook.cutter on it to clear all the bits and pieces of jacket material left in the barrel.
Some of the cartridges had SOME powder in them as it expanded a spot in the barrel at the front of the ejector rod housing, about .375 long and .010 fat. It does not harm its accuracy, not with cast or jacketed bullets, but I wont shoot hollow based wad cutters in it. Oh.. he gave me the gun and his reloading equipment for getting the bullets out.. and he took up golf instead.
Odd situation.. love the gun.

 

[nhmoose]

And another one breaks a hundred posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[deerstalkert]

I got a mop stuck in my 11gauge today, does that count?
OK, so i lied. it came off my rod and the air gun bounced it off the shelving across the garage first squirt.

 

[Stantheman86]

I'll never forget when I got a Lee slug stuck in the pipe of my Pedersoli 1816 Springfield. They shot great but I didn't size them right.

I soaked it in Hoppe's and let it sit for a week, then re-screwed the puller in and put the rod T-Handle in a tree branch crook, and leaned my weight into it while holding the musket and I felt it moving, then "flooop" it popped out

Those Lee slugs shot 4" groups at 100 and actually outshot some of my rifles. The guy who cast them for me stopped selling them so I don't play with them anymore.

 

[gunnerasch]

I acquired a mid 1950s S&W 38/44 Outdoorsman that was in 98% condition. Guy brought it to me and said he had a bullet stuck in the barrel. Looking at the barrel/cylinder gap.. I could indeed see guilding metal jacket. No problem, got out my range rod to drive it back into the cylinder and it only went 3" into the barrel. Oh oh....
Long story short.. I had to make a milling cutter to machine out the (5) 158gr .357 Softpoints.. and drift #6 back into the cylinder. I made up a rod with a small hook.cutter on it to clear all the bits and pieces of jacket material left in the barrel.
Some of the cartridges had SOME powder in them as it expanded a spot in the barrel at the front of the ejector rod housing, about .375 long and .010 fat. It does not harm its accuracy, not with cast or jacketed bullets, but I wont shoot hollow based wad cutters in it. Oh.. he gave me the gun and his reloading equipment for getting the bullets out.. and he took up golf instead.
Odd situation.. love the gun.