Bore Snake stuck in barrel - any experience getting one out

[winshooter88]

Get the largest wooden dowel that will fit in the bore and then use a mallet to tap it in the same direction it was being pulled, I have seen this done to remove bullets that were stuck in the bore so I think it would work on a bore snake.

[JDHasty]

How about a brass welding rod fairly tight to bore diameter, lots of wd-40 or other spray lube down the barrel on the both ends to help, then tap through with a hammer?

Brass being soft shouldn't hurt the bore, just not sure if it would be stiff enough unless you used short sections, each one getting longer so you aren't trying to drive a long, full-length, flexible rod, if that makes sense.

Eeeegads, that is what I was thinking or how about trying to dissolve the nylon - so I did an internet search (dissolves nylon) and.... the first thing that came up was this:

I have a problem and I need some help. I have a very expensive rifle barrel that is chrome lined. I have a piece of braided nylon rope firmly stuck in the barrel. The rope is a cleaning tool known as a bore snake, and there is about 12" of it stuck about 6" inside the middle of the barrel.

A good friend gave me instructions on how to tap the snake out, but I managed to screw that up and instead, I've compacted the rope up so bad it will not budge either direction.

At this point, I am convinced my only option is to try and dissolve the nylon while it is still in the barrel. Let me repeat, this is an expensive steel barrel, and I need to accomplish this without damaging this barrel.

Are there any steel safe chemicals that I can pour in the barrel, that will dissolve the nylon without harming the steel. It is important that you be aware the snake is completely soaked with WD-40. I sprayed it into the barrel over a period of days until it soaked through to the other side.

Help? The guy who made this barrel doesn't make them anymore, and I really can't replace it!

Thanks!

-SS
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I will not post a link because the thread was laced with profanity, but it looks like I was correct and any attempt to push it out is just going to wedge it even tighter. 

[Blacktail Sniper]

What about adding a little heat to the mix with maybe a hairdryer or something not hot enough the mess up the finish, but maybe soften the brush up enough to tap through...

Or heat a very small, but stiff welding rod and try pushing it through, causing the center to melt/sofen from the inside out???

Or maybe that might backfire and have a Boresnake and a steel rod stuck....

Maybe its just time for a new barrel....too bad it is apparently a special one on it now!

[pd]

JD, given that the Bore Snake (nylon rope) is now compacted on both ends, and given that the ID is so narrow, this is what I would do (there must be a smarter way, but I am not that smart).  Find a stiff coat hanger, make sure it is very straight.  Clip the end with tin shears (I know you don't want to score the barrel, so be careful).  Inset the coat hangers to the nylon rope,  and sink it into the WD-40 laced rope with a drill.  Remove the coat hanger with Vise grips.

That is the best I can do.  Good luck.

[Fl0und3rz]

I would think that would be a hard part to source though. im not into airguns, but they might have something designed to pull stuck objects/pellets that's simmiliar?

I have one for my .177 airguns.  They are pretty stiff, but you'd probably get enough deflection to get steel on rifling contact.  Maybe you could wrap it with some scotch tape first.  PM me if you want to borrow it.

[JDHasty]

Like I said, I was given a couple Bore Snakes a few years ago and was very nervous about using them primarily because of this very issue.  I think I tried one, one time and had to wrap it around a stick in order to pull it through w/o cutting into my hand.  I don't even know where they ended up. 

I am glad this isn't my problem. 

[lewy]

Shoot it out  Joking don't do that

[JDHasty]

Weld a screw to a long metal rod and put it in a drill....screw it into the compressed nylon and pull? worth a try, find a screw with very aggressive threads

I am thinking the same thing, and maybe wrap a little electrical tape around the drill rod to keep it all centered.

[tjthebest]

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Or heat a very small, but stiff welding rod and try pushing it through, causing the center to melt/sofen from the inside out???

Or maybe that might backfire and have a Boresnake and a steel rod stuck....
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Do this with the stiff welding rod but just heat up the end red hot and stick it a few inches into the boresnake and let it cool. At this point it should be welded/bonded to the nylon and you can try and pull it out.

[2labs]

Maybe give Hoppes a call? This has happend before I would imagine.

[Reidus]

Load up a case with no bullet and a slow burning powder

[h20hunter]

Terrible ideas, all of them. Get a flute, a bamboo mat, and a bit of 8ncense. Charm that sucker outta there.

[2labs]

Terrible ideas, all of them. Get a flute, a bamboo mat, and a bit of 8ncense. Charm that sucker outta there.

  winner chicken diner

[Curly]

Plug the end. Point barrel down toward plugged end.  Pour gasoline down the other end.  Light a match and wait for the snake to burn up. 

 

[REHJWA]

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