Stuck case

[Okiehunter440]

Apparently a friend of mine has loaded a bad case :?  and the head or web area has seperated when it was fired leaving the case in the chamber.  Has anyone experienced this that can offer a solution to removing it.  I would appreciate your comments.

[Robert]

I blew the neck off a 7 TCU once and this worked, I dont know about a whole case.  I used a larger than the caliber bronze bore brush (an old 50 cal) and forced it through the muzzle end.  It popped right out.  Buy if he blew off the base with a really hot load, that brass might be sealed really tight to the chamber. It's worth a try....hopefully you'll get a few more suggestions.  Hopefully the chamber wasnt damaged.

[rpseven]

Take a cleaning rod and tap the case out this should work thats what a gunsmith would use, or maybe a dole stick. You might try spraying some kind of lubricant on it and then try to tap it out. :eek:

[Double D]

NEVER EVER PUT A LUBRICANT IN AN CHAMBER TO REMOVE A STUCK CASE  The lubricant will create a hydraulic lock and seal the case to the chamber wall and you will have even a tougher time getting the case out.  When people brought guns into my shop to have stuck cases remove Usually the first thing I had to do was spray Carburator cleanear in to clean the lubricant out. You don't know how manys time I have done that and then had the case just fall out.

The advice from the first two fellows is good.  I have my best luck coming from the chamber end in a TC.  But it's not always possible to work from that end.

Use a brush that is just slightly larger than the chamber.  The bristles should be pushed backwards when the brush enters the chamber.   Push the brush into the broken case body. With the brush in the case pull it out.  When you pull back the bristle will dig into the case wall and help pull the broken part out.

[Robert]

I never thought of that. Just like stopping in mid-bore with a brush and trying to start back the other way..it locks up.

[Selmer]

Do the oversized brush thing, then have him turn around and shove it up his butt to remind him that hot-loading anything is stupid and dangerous, not only to himself, but the shooters around him!!!!  Seriously though, it the brush doesn't work, I've had success bending a coat hanger just enough so that the end goes into the groove and you can pull it out that way, works on my .243 anyway.  I don't recommend doing this with an expensive custom barrel, you could scratch it badly, I do mine on a .243 M788 factory barrel.
Selmer

[Jeff Vicars]

The carburator cleaner also cools the case causing it to shrink.

[Double D]

My guess is that his loads weren't hot.

It's my guess that the loads were reloads made from once fired brass that wasn't fired the first time in this gun or the brass is full lengthed resized following RCBS instructions.   Either condition will cause a head to come of in a TC.

[rpseven]

I guess we learn something new everyday!!!!!!! :?

[Okiehunter440]

I really appreciate all the advice gentlemen,  the brass cleaning brush worked like a charm.  Double D you are exactly correct, the brass had been fired and had been full lenght resized.  My friend and I actually have identical barrels from VV and 1/2'd an order of brass.  Could you or some of the others bring me up to speed on what you were saying regarding the RCBS resizing.  I have a neck sizing die on order.  Is this what you do?  Do you have any problems with cases sticking just neck sizing in the TC?  The caliber we are shooting is 257wby.  Thanks for your (all of you) time.  Okiehunter

[eskimo36]

I think you should trade him out of it. Obviously, he is a dangerous or unlucky loader.  The only thing better than one 257 Wtby is two.  Offer him a 30-30 or a handi-rifle. Good Luck streaterdad.  :-D