Bullet lodged in LCP barrel

[Snubby 38]

Need help... Went to the range today with a friend to try his new Ruger LCP. First round was fine, second was a dud and only the primer fired lodging the bullet in the barrel. What is the best way to remove the lodged bullet? Any advise would be greatly appreciated, he had a real sad face...

P.S. This was new ammo, not a reload.

Thanks, Snubby 38

[snowpro440]

Originally Posted by Snubby 38

Need help... Went to the range today with a friend to try his new Ruger LCP. First round was fine, second was a dud and only the primer fired lodging the bullet in the barrel. What is the best way to remove the lodged bullet? Any advise would be greatly appreciated, he had a real sad face...

P.S. This was new ammo, not a reload.

Thanks, Snubby 38

brass punch and tap it right out...

[mojo]

Originally Posted by snowpro440

brass punch and tap it right out...

+1 ... should work.

[Gary737]

Originally Posted by snowpro440

brass punch and tap it right out...

Towards the chamber end, not the exit end of the barrel.

[spooter66]

I've also had luck using a piece of wooden dowel and gently tapping it out with a mallet.

[LittleRedToyota]

Originally Posted by Gary737

Towards the chamber end, not the exit end of the barrel.

personally, i recommend going the other way.

hitting a hollow-point or soft point bullet on the nose may cause it to mushroom and get more stuck.

also, putting a rod down the muzzle end of the barrel is never a good idea, imho, as you risk nicking the crown.

i'd suggest field stripping the gun and driving the bullet out from the breech end (using a wooden dowel or brass rod).

but, ymmv, of course.

[Steve_NEPhila]

I am with LRT here. Pound that piece of lead the way it is meant to travel, from the chamber to the muzzle. That is the way the barrel is designed to handle traffic. It is just like you are cleaning the bore with a bronze brush, from chamber to muzzle. I am particular about my bores and remove the brush after passing it through the way described to avoid sending it the opposite direction. With my revolvers I carefully insert my bronze cleaning rod without the brush and screw in the brush from the forcing cone end so that the brush only travels the way bullets do.

[knight0334]

You go the direction of the shortest travel as first option, second option is to push back towards the chamber. Towards the chamber is less likely to fubar the chamber, especially the throat, when using a metal rod. Even though brass and aluminum are softer than the steel barrel, they can cause minute scratches and scars on the throat and leading edge of the rifling.

[LittleRedToyota]

Originally Posted by knight0334

Towards the chamber is less likely to fubar the chamber, especially the throat, when using a metal rod. Even though brass and aluminum are softer than the steel barrel, they can cause minute scratches and scars on the throat and leading edge of the rifling.

but don't you have the same issue with the crown if you go the other way? and aren't scratches on the crown worse that the same on the throat and leading edge of the rifling?

[knight0334]

Originally Posted by LittleRedToyota

but don't you have the same issue with the crown if you go the other way? and aren't scratches on the crown worse that the same on the throat and leading edge of the rifling?

The crown can be fixed without rechambering or rebarreling the gun. Which with an auto, you throw the barrel away with a messed up chamber.