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Wooden dowl stuck in barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 1221053" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>How about using a slide hammer? Attach some sort of clamp on the wooden dowel, like a V block with slide hammer's plate behind it. Remove rifle from stock and affix in a gunsmith's vice or a bench vice with necessary rubber to prevent damage to metal. Or reverse with dowel in vice and slide hammer affixed through action with some soft metal between slide hammer piece and action. </p><p></p><p>How about using a bronze rod or somewhat harder alloy brass rod (any that won't flare at end) that is close to bore diameter to hammer the dowel back out the muzzle? Use a dead blow hammer and slowly tap out dowel. </p><p></p><p>I decided to see if others have posted. Here are some ideas from some interesting threads: </p><p></p><p></p><p> a guy says this: "Take the barrel off and place inside a oven at 350 for 2 to 3 hrs. The wood will shrink. Tap wood out. </p><p></p><p>the end result: "So we tried the oven trick today and it worked like a charm! 400deg for 30min and after tapping the wood with the brass rod and hammer I was able to use the rod to push the dowel out. Thanks!"</p><p></p><p>---------</p><p>This may be the last resort: </p><p></p><p> use a small charge of powder with some cotton to hold powder in place. It drove out a bullet AND dowel! With only the dowel stuck it might work with a very light charge.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-617355.html" target="_blank">Dowel stuck in barrel - THR</a></p><p></p><p>Using a primed case first is mentioned in other threads. If primer isn't enough begin to add powder and slowly build up pressures till dowel leaves barrel. copied from another thread: "If not set off a primed case. Add powder as necessary until the wood is ejected."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 1221053, member: 5219"] How about using a slide hammer? Attach some sort of clamp on the wooden dowel, like a V block with slide hammer's plate behind it. Remove rifle from stock and affix in a gunsmith's vice or a bench vice with necessary rubber to prevent damage to metal. Or reverse with dowel in vice and slide hammer affixed through action with some soft metal between slide hammer piece and action. How about using a bronze rod or somewhat harder alloy brass rod (any that won't flare at end) that is close to bore diameter to hammer the dowel back out the muzzle? Use a dead blow hammer and slowly tap out dowel. I decided to see if others have posted. Here are some ideas from some interesting threads: a guy says this: "Take the barrel off and place inside a oven at 350 for 2 to 3 hrs. The wood will shrink. Tap wood out. the end result: "So we tried the oven trick today and it worked like a charm! 400deg for 30min and after tapping the wood with the brass rod and hammer I was able to use the rod to push the dowel out. Thanks!" --------- This may be the last resort: use a small charge of powder with some cotton to hold powder in place. It drove out a bullet AND dowel! With only the dowel stuck it might work with a very light charge. [url=http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-617355.html]Dowel stuck in barrel - THR[/url] Using a primed case first is mentioned in other threads. If primer isn't enough begin to add powder and slowly build up pressures till dowel leaves barrel. copied from another thread: "If not set off a primed case. Add powder as necessary until the wood is ejected." [/QUOTE]
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