CW9 barrel has a bullet lodged inside

[yoyomeng]

Hello again, long time since I've posted here. I'm still loving my gun and haven't had any problems until yesterday.

I went to an outdoor range for the first time, temperature was 15 to 20 degrees. I put through 23 rounds of Red Dot 124 +P and proceeded to load up my mags with some WWB 115 gr practice rounds.

I let my buddy have a try with the 1st magazine while I used his gun - I think the 5th shot had the problem. Thankfully there was a FTL as the round couldn't get into the barrel far enough to be fired again. I don't know if that could have been very bad or not.

Anywho, I have a damn bullet stuck in the barrel and I tried to push it out with no luck. I actually smooshed the tip of the bullet a bit as it's relatively soft. I almost put it on a press but figured I should check with you all and probably just bring it to a gunsmith so I don't screw up the rifling.

Thoughts? I'm guessing it was a bad cartridge without enough powder or something.

[jlottmc]

Sounds about right. I usually use a steel cleaning rod, a vice, and a mallet. I wouldn't worry about mangling the bullet, just drive it out. That rifling is tougher than you think as well. I have had to drill a couple out. Go slow and be careful, you should be ok.
Oh and that's called a squib load. They happen from time to time, and can be a real PITA, the hard part is to catch them before lighting of another round.

[jocko]

Having never had a squib round to get out of the barrel. I would think it would be best to push it from the chamber area out towards the front of the barrel. Maybe alittle penetrating oil first and let sit a few minutes and then I would think a dowel rod and mallet with barrel in some sort of a vice hold and it should travel out the front of the barrel.. The back of the bullet should be flat where as the front is not made to be beat on.

IMO ur buddy was darn lucky he did not squeeze off another round. He did nothing wrong, just a bad round. Sometimes with shooting muffs on we don't hear those squibb rounds either. As jlottmc said, go slowly...

[pappy42]

I'm thinking, that if the bullet is lodged in the barrel just a short distance from the chamber, it may be better to punch it out from the muzzle.

If it is a copper jacketed projectile; it's possible that a copper solvent might penetrate and provide lubrication to ease things a bit. It goes without saying to use a hardwood dowel, brass or nylon squib rod.

A sharp rap rather than tapping lowers the chance of peening the bullet tighter in the bore.

Good luck.

[tconroy]

Damn, I hope this never happens to me!! I have never had that happen all all the years I have been shooting.

[tconroy]

Jocko, 30,000 round and not one stuck in the barrel???? Are we just lucky or what!!

[tconroy]

Hey I hit a 100 posts.woopeeee!!!!!!

[joshh]

pushing things out the way they went in is typically the rule.

[yoyomeng]

So would the gun have gone boom if he had been able to fire off another round?

[jocko]

hell

Jocko, 30,000 round and not one stuck in the barrel???? Are we just lucky or what!!

I don't know. I have been around alot of shooters over my 67 years and I can't remember one every mentioning a "squib". It is just so so rare. Some squibs are just powerful enough also to exist the barrel but still called a squib..

[jocko]

most

So would the gun have gone boom if he had been able to fire off another round?

definitely, and then all hell would have broke loose to, busted barrel, possably totaled frame, possably messed up hand. It is a violent act..

[yoyomeng]

phew...thx for the info guys

[Bawanna]

So would the gun have gone boom if he had been able to fire off another round?

Very good chance it would have. The bullet apparently went far enough so you were able to remove the barrel but not much further.
I fed mine some too long reloads and it tied the whole gun up. Had to drive the bullet and case back into the gun to get the slide to retract. Not fun at an indoor range but I did it to a couple different guns.
Been reloading 30 years and never had that happen before. Another lifes lesson.
Let us know when you get that driven out. These guys got it, a little lube a good bore fitting hard wood dowel or rod and whack a mole till it pops out.

[Jeremiah/Az]

Put a few drops of light weight oil in the muzzle & stand the barrel upright for a few minutes. Get a block of hardwood, oak works well, & drill a hole the size of the bullet, but smaller than the barrel. Stand the barrel muzzle down over the hole. With the wooden dowl in the breech end, drive the bullet out. A vise may damage the barrel.

[jocko]

cool idea jeremiah. I was even going to say put the barrel between to peaces of plywood if one was going to vise it even, but your idea souds much neater to and not juury rigges like I would have done.

I will ask Bawanna to give you a bonus of 200 posts. He won't do it but just wanted u to know that I tried. He is now deducting my post count even..????