Bore Snake stuck in barrel - any experience getting one out

[jackelope]

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.

That'll be $2 please.
Glad it worked out.

[C-Money]

Nice! Glad its out of there...

[JDHasty]

Hoppes was contacted a couple days ago through their web portal and still waiting for a response.  This buddy of mine who welded up the extraction tool is a super-ultra cautious and very detail oriented.  He was very concerned about screwing it in and getting it wedged even tighter and I guess he has a hobbyist cabinet maker buddy who had these screws that are extremely strong for their size and have a very aggressive thread pitch on a very fine shank. 

[REHJWA]

Congrats, let us know how it shoots.