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Post by 1shotwade on Feb 27, 2017 13:35:22 GMT -5
Yeap! It finally happened! My son was over and we were wasting some semi-wadcutters in 357 and had a squib! I got out my bullet puller from the muzzleloader until I realized a 50 cal puller will not fit a 357!LOL!Luckily it was a 2" so with some finagling I got a hole drilled in the bullet and set a 4" drywall screw in it.I pulled my die out of my reloader and found a shell holder that would hold the head of the drywall screw.
Unless you have done it you have no idea how much strength it takes to pull a bullet out of a rifled barrel! Matt is very strong and it was all he could do to draw the arm of the reloader far enough to move the bullet that 2" of the length of the barrel.
Just thought this might help someone down the road.
Wade
BTW, not my reloading!These were purchased from a professional reloader in Ohio. He makes his living selling to "only law Enforcement! I guess it can happen to anyone.
W
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Post by parson on Feb 27, 2017 13:44:14 GMT -5
I've used a small tape wrapped rod to tap 'em out before. Of course that will only work if the bullet exits the case to allow cylinder to open.
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Post by 1shotwade on Feb 27, 2017 13:54:45 GMT -5
No such luck for us! The primer had just enough power to seal the lead between the barrel and cylinder.(probably a good thing!Matt may have pulled the trigger again!)
Wade
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Post by nfalls116 on Feb 27, 2017 14:48:58 GMT -5
Much easier to push them out the back way than to pull out the top
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Post by 1shotwade on Feb 27, 2017 15:22:37 GMT -5
Sounds right!Of course that was not an option at first.Once we moved it enough to get the cylinder open that's what we should have done.
Wade
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Post by esshup on Feb 27, 2017 15:53:19 GMT -5
Sounds right!Of course that was not an option at first.Once we moved it enough to get the cylinder open that's what we should have done. Wade If the cylinder didn't rotate, I would have tried tapping it back into the cartridge. Primer already detonated, nothing left in the case to go boom. |
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Post by 1shotwade on Feb 27, 2017 16:01:42 GMT -5
I was still concerned that it would have powder that had not ignited. Since I had never dealt with this before I didn't want to take any chances.
Wade
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Post by bullseye69 on Feb 27, 2017 19:04:15 GMT -5
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Post by nfalls116 on Feb 28, 2017 14:02:39 GMT -5
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Post by 1shotwade on Feb 28, 2017 15:07:31 GMT -5
Thanks for the link! I enjoyed reading the discussion also. Wade |
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Post by jackryan on Mar 5, 2017 20:46:03 GMT -5
Go to the hardware store and buy 6 or 7 inches of 1/4" brass rod.
Drop it down the barrel and half the time it will knock the bullet back out. Tap it with mallet a time or two and the rest of them will drop out.
You can use the same rod for every thing but 22.
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Post by 1shotwade on Mar 6, 2017 7:46:12 GMT -5
Good tip!Thanks!
Wade
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Post by steiny on Mar 6, 2017 10:37:13 GMT -5
Years ago I stacked two bullets in the barre of an S&W .357 revolver.
There was no tapping them out, drilled the center out of them, then tapped out.
Scary deal, but really impressed me regarding how well S&W revolvers are built.
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