So I'm a moron and now there are things stuck in my M44 barrel ....

[williamnewman1]

the heat removes the oil which helps give the bluing its nice shiny color. Once your done oil it back up and it will go back to 'normal'.

thanks , will do , appreciate that

 

[other dave]

Have you considered a shovel? If used properly it could bury this DEMON SEED of a rifle and THIS THREAD.

 

[williamnewman1]

Have you considered a shovel? If used properly it could bury this DEMON SEED of a rifle and THIS THREAD.

has been very tempting , though im more of a throw it in a lake kind of guy. Its alot less work

 

[other dave]

But if you do it MY WAY, you could have ONE MORE shovel ready project than Uncle O!

 

[BGDave]

I've got kind of a kick out of this thread. I'm not ready to tell on myself for my antics. (Already told the story about the rifle grenade blank in the basement). Those things got some power.

 

[aaron580]

I've got kind of a kick out of this thread. I'm not ready to tell on myself for my antics. (Already told the story about the rifle grenade blank in the basement). Those things got some power.

I still remember that once in a while and laugh. That was hilarious!!

 

[williamnewman1]

I've got kind of a kick out of this thread. I'm not ready to tell on myself for my antics. (Already told the story about the rifle grenade blank in the basement). Those things got some power.

not a bad read, had to go check it out. I feel mildly better about my stupidity, but only mildly.

 

[Slawburger]

update :
literally took a come-a-long to get the steel rod out , wrapped the rod up and put a rag around the bayonet lug and hooked a chain around that and pulled the rod free...

I was going to suggest a cable winch and a truck bumper but it seemed a little extreme. Apparently not so extreme after all. Glad you are making progress. It has been an entertaining thread.

 

[2ndAMEND]

These should not be used for cleaning barrels. I think I found your problem.

(mistake #1) I started putting full size swatches down the barrel trying to speed up the process. After a few one gets lodged in the barrel approx 8" from the muzzle tip. I broke both of my cleaning rods trying to get it out and looked for something to force it out

Yup, that'll do it! Haha

 

[jamil]

This is an awesome thread! Who would EVER want it to die. I have to say I'm a bit disappointed at the sudden progress. Somehow reading about someone else's incurable mishaps make mine seem more curable. I can empathize though. I once got a wooden dowel stuck down the barrel. But in my defense, it was a BB gun and I was 11.

 

[lmyer]

I once got irritated and beat a brand new coated Dewey cleaning rod to death with a hammer, trying to pop a Cerrosafe chamber cast out of an eroded bore. Fancy ball bearing handle is locked in place place since that day. Had to melt the chamber cast to get it out and bought another cleaning rod, but I still have it and have found some uses for a cleaning rod that doesn't turn!

 

[williamnewman1]

update #2:
used a homemade worm to get debree out of the barrel (a normal one was too large in diameter). Most of the carbon fiber arrow shaft turned to ash and fibers, took about 2 1/2 hours but worked a little bit of fibers out at a time. All that is left at this moment in time is about 10inches of uncooked arrow shaft. So tonight I will take the torch to it again and cook the rest of the arrow shaft and will proceed to get that out a little at a time. The brightside is all this working, heating, soaking in bore cleaner etc has made that bore look bright and shiney inside. I estimate that i have 10-11 hours in this at this point (most was unproductive), alot of time for what i hope to be a 3-4MOA rifle. Dare I say I have come to "enjoy" this project in an odd way, have learned my lesson and a great lesson in patience since then.

This rifle will have a special place in the safe and tell my kids about doing stupid crap just to attempt to save a little time.

 

[Vespid_Wasp]

Load a round in and blast it all out.

Barrel will split. Action may fail. Injury may result. Destruction of gun, guaranteed.

 

[Vespid_Wasp]

update #2:
used a homemade worm to get debree out of the barrel (a normal one was too large in diameter). Most of the carbon fiber arrow shaft turned to ash and fibers, took about 2 1/2 hours but worked a little bit of fibers out at a time. All that is left at this moment in time is about 10inches of uncooked arrow shaft. So tonight I will take the torch to it again and cook the rest of the arrow shaft and will proceed to get that out a little at a time. The brightside is all this working, heating, soaking in bore cleaner etc has made that bore look bright and shiney inside. I estimate that i have 10-11 hours in this at this point (most was unproductive), alot of time for what i hope to be a 3-4MOA rifle. Dare I say I have come to "enjoy" this project in an odd way, have learned my lesson and a great lesson in patience since then.

This rifle will have a special place in the safe and tell my kids about doing stupid crap just to attempt to save a little time.

I did enjoy perusing this thread.

Glad progress has been made! Would love to see a pic of all the stuff that WAS stuck in the bore. Maybe the rifle will turn out to be a great shooter!

 

[Bill of Rights]

Barrel will split. Action may fail. Injury may result. Destruction of gun, guaranteed.

You've been here since 2009 and don't know that purple text means sarcasm?

 

[other dave]

I've got kind of a kick out of this thread. I'm not ready to tell on myself for my antics. (Already told the story about the rifle grenade blank in the basement). Those things got some power.

Just read the rifle blank thread. Damn funny but I thought you were smarter than that.

 

[aaron580]

Just read the rifle blank thread. Damn funny but I thought you were smarter than that.

OP, instead of loading a round in, try one of these "grenade blanks" and see if that forces everything out. Sure did a number on BG's coffee can.

 

[BGDave]

Just read the rifle blank thread. Damn funny but I thought you were smarter than that.

Imagine my surprise. Was really kind of funny once the burning embers went out. Oh, and the phone in my ears rang for days.

 

[remauto1187]

I heard a rumor that the OP has a Dodge truck crammed down in that there Mosin! The easiest way to get a stuck turd out is a enema!

 

[manley82]

Great 20 minutes of laughing throughout this thread... thank you INGO