remove a piece of a brass shell out of a barrel.

[muzzlemike]

I have a piece of a spent shell casing stuck in the barrel of my marlin 44 mag. The casing broke in half any ideas on how to remove it. Thanks alot

 

[OutdoorDad]

There is a tool called a "broken shell extractor".
Calibre specific. $15. - $20.

Or a gunsmith.

 

[halfmileharry]

I've got to ask....What brand of Ammo please??

 

[Leo]

If things are really bad, take the action out of the stock, and warm everything with a hair dryer. Soak a bunch of penetrating oil in there. Put the action in the freezer over night. Thaw it back out the next day, and the brass will have loosened.

 

[muzzlemike]

I got it. Thanks for the suggestions. I just used a can of compressed air to freeze it and tapped it out.

 

[natdscott]

And to add to what Leo said, if that does NOT work, then you are into the gunsmith version.

Cast it with cerrosafe, the cerrosafe will grab the brass, then cool, allowing you to remove the whole casting from the chamber WITH the offending particle.

-Nate

 

[ghitch75]

can you run brass rod down the barrel and tap it out?

 

[natdscott]

I got it.

He got it.

ghitch, you and I just type too slowly.

-Nate

 

[sloughfoot]

For future reference, I use a oversize bore brush to remove stuck cases. Pull it into the case using a cleaning rod and when you push, dozens of wires grab the inside of the case and out the case goes. Not need for heat, oil, cold. I use a 45 bore brush for a 30 caliber case.