In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

Need help, I can't believe this

D2aniD2ani Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
edited March 2002 in Ask the Experts
I was cleaning mt Rem. 700 with my Otis pull through cable with a patch on it. a 1/4 of the way through it stopped. I can not pull it through at all,it will not budge one bit. I'm at a loss as to what to do now. Could I please get some suggestions or do I need to visit the gun smith.
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Push it through with a wood dowel.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • niklasalniklasal Member Posts: 776 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got a wad of cleaning stuffs stuck in the barrell of my 10/22 one time. Was hard as a rock, dead center.You could try this, but be careful.... I took a piece of straight coat hanger wire, bent the end to protect my bore, and fished it out.
    NIKLASAL@hotmail.com
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go with the judge's recommendation and use the wooden dowel. Since you have probably already unscrewed the cable you might consider getting a Dewey rod and mating it up to the Otis jig and then pushing it back out. Next time cut your patches a little more. I was forever getting my Otis rig stuck like that until I cut the patches. Beach
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Guns & GlassGuns & Glass Member Posts: 864 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Patch has most likely balled up. The cable end can also be tilted towards the barrel wall. Don't tap backwards yet.If you were using solvent the patch will swell a little as it absorbs the solvent. The taper from the breech to the muzzle gets smaller. thus the 1/4 way stick point. Reducing the solvent thru evaporation will reduce the patch size, and pressure.Apply heat to the breech, ie. a hair dryer, fan, warm/hot moving air, etc. Not continous, and not direct heat such as a flame, soldering iron. If you do this a day or two it will evaporate. Even hanging it over a furnace will create enough warmth. Have patience.Take a wooden dowel rod sized as close to the bore as possible, and from the muzzle gently tap on it. Additional help, but you must be careful is to take a long drywall screw. Epoxy the head to a 3/16" threaded rod. Sand down the excess. Grinding will destroy the epoxy bond.Tape the all threaded area except 1/4" of the tip. Oil the rod, not the breech area as you don't want it absorbed by the patch. Gently insert the rod till it stops. Screw the drywall screw into the patch. When you feel it start to tighten,...stop. Try to pull out. Also can have someone help to gently tap on the wooden rod in the bore.Also find a big bore drinking straw like for milk shakes (McDonalds, Burger King). Use it for a guide If unsucessful(rare), cut off cable at the end. Using a long greased brass, or aluminum tube that fits the bore, and allows the cable to slide thru, slip the tube over the cable down in the barrel. Holding the cable taunt so the tube bottoms on the patch, gently tap out.Another way, is to burn out the patch. Try the other ways first.
    Happy Bullet Holes!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buddy of mine once used an air gun fitted with a brass nozzle & HP air. And like Beach said, he reduced his patch sizes after that experience.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guns& Glass e mail me at rrobison@gt.rr.com
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • D2aniD2ani Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Okay, I feel a little ignorant but, I unscrewed the otis cable and attached my one-piece cleaning rod with the bore guide on and pushed back through the breach. Two pushes and out. Thanks for the suggestions. good forum, great people. God bless
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.