Bore Snake stuck in barrel - any experience getting one out

[timberghost72]

I'd use a wood dowel as to not mess up the barrel

[whacker1]

How far in the barrel is the bottom side?  Could a gunsmith remove the barrel from the action and get access or closer access just inside the lands?

[JDHasty]

How far in the barrel is the bottom side?  Could a gunsmith remove the barrel from the action and get access or closer access just inside the lands?

I haven't seen it.  The guy came looking for me this morning and I wasn't of much use, or maybe I was.  He had not got to digging around with a screw driver or anything and I convinced him to just leave it alone until we can come up with a rational game plan. 

[Bob33]

How about a jag on a 17 HMR rod?

[kentrek]

How about a jag on a 17 HMR rod?

 What do you mean by a jag ?
If its what I'm thinking then thats on the lines of what I'm thinking too...thread on something to a carbon rod that you can screw into the bore sneak and pull it on out

[jasnt]

I would try the lube and compressed air.  I would think that the air would get forced past the rope in the rifling grooves to keep it from just pulging tighter. I would try this over any kind of pounding or pushing it out. If you ever use a bore snake again tie a strong string or rope (paracord comes to mind) to the tail end which normally has a loop at the back. This is your safety cord. If the frond cord breaks at the worst time possible like it has here you can still pull it back out.

[C-Money]

If you ever use a bore snake again tie a strong string or rope (paracord comes to mind) to the tail end which normally has a loop at the back.

Great idea!

[KNOPHISH]

wondering where the tail of the snake is? I have a couple & they are longer than the barrel. I can see the pull string breaking but should be some left out the back. I'd pull it backwards but I hear there is nothing to pull. Was it like a half a bore snake he cut in half?

[whacker1]

wondering where the tail of the snake is? I have a couple & they are longer than the barrel. I can see the pull string breaking but should be some left out the back. I'd pull it backwards but I hear there is nothing to pull. Was it like a half a bore snake he cut in half?

seems to me that he probably had it about 2/3 of the way through and broke off in the middle or thereabouts.  I am just guessing that is the case. 

[jackelope]

https://www.google.com/#q=how+to+remove+a+stuck+boresnake

Well now that I think about it, this is probably a great idea if you could fit all of that stuff down a .204 barrel. Nevermind.
 

[whacker1]

https://www.google.com/#q=how+to+remove+a+stuck+boresnake

Well now that I think about it, this is probably a great idea if you could fit all of that stuff down a .204 barrel. Nevermind.
 

just need  a smaller screw.  This is the only idea that I have liked so far.

[raisen2]

The down side to threading a screw into the bore snake is that you are going to push it tighter against the barrel to make room for the threads and screw shank. I would look more toward compressed air. 

[ICEMAN]

Rinse it out with a pressure washer. Pressure. Lubricating affect of the water...

[JDHasty]

Success!!

They bought a piece of drill rod and hooked up with another buddy of mine this evening.  He welded a 1-1/2" long really fine wood screw onto the drill rod and they soaped up the screw with a bar of soap and very carefully, through a bore guide, screwed it into the bore snake and were able to pull it out backwards enough to get hold of the loop in the end of it and then yanked it out. 

They said it took a heck of a pull to get it to move, and once it was coming they kept it coming.   

[M_ray]

  Glad to hear it worked out! Now I'm throwing away any bore snakes that are in my kit!!!