i have a loaded round in my barrel

[kyletxria1911a1]

i was at lone star and my colt 80 quit running striped it and i have herters,
230 ball live in the barrel Help can this be fixed in a safe manor

 

[cowboy45]

Bullet in the barrel or a round in the chamber? If it's around in the chamber, has the primer been dented?

 

[codygjohnson]

Did the entire round get stuck on the lands? If so, take the stripped barrel, place it on a wooden or plastic surface and using an old cleaning rod, lightly tap it out from the muzzle. It will come out, and it's safe...just don't hammer on the primer! haha!

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

a round in the barrel, to me looks like a dent ,have pics i will post in a few

 

[robin303]

I have heard a lot of bad stories about Herters.

 

[codygjohnson]

Before you do anything, a picture of the situation would be helpful.

 

[codygjohnson]

I have heard a lot of bad stories about Herters.

yeah it sounds like a thin, overcrimped case jammed past the chamber into the lands.

 

[codygjohnson]

Wait, Herrera is that steel crap isn't it? You've got carbon sticking on this one. That stuff is like glue! What a pain.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

as soon as the baby girl gets home with camera i will post

 

[codygjohnson]

*Herters...stupid iPhone.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

here are the pics sorry about the quality best i could do it is down there pretty good View attachment 6234 View attachment 6233 View attachment 6234 View attachment 6233

 

[MR Redneck]

Looks like its just the bullet in there to me. If there is no brass casing , powder, primer, ect left in the hole, I would just knock it back out from the other side.
I never had that happen to me so wait for some other opinions to.
If it is stuck pretty bad, you can drill a hole through the bullet and relieve some of the tension. That'll make it come out easier.

 

[Rottweiler]

Looks like you had a powderless round aka "squib". Bullet is stuck in barrel. <1"from chamber. insert a brass rod (about 3/8" dia) in the muzzle. set the chamber end of the barrel on a block of wood and whack the brass rod with a hammer. This will push the bullet back into the chamber where it should fall free. Problem fixed.

This works best with a rod about as long as the barrel

 

[robin303]

I have had 4 squibs in the last 15000 rounds I have reloaded and all I did is get a oak wood dowl and popped them out like Rottweiler said.

 

[MR Redneck]

Not to change the subject, but I talked to a guy a while back that said he ended up with 3 in the barrel all at the same time. He had some low powder target ammo he reloaded. He said that was a mess to clean out.
Could of got him hurt to.

 

[cowboy45]

Squirt some oil down there to help with removal.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

it is a live round

 

[zembonez]

WOW. That sucker is way down there!

Wooden dowel. Tap gently from the muzzle end (obviously with the barrel ends both pointing away from anything you treasure) I bet it comes out pretty easily. Like somebody said, maybe a little oil to help smooth the ejection.

 

[TexMex247]

Why do you keep calling it a "live" round ? Does it have an explosive tip on it or something ? Just tap it out, amigo, easy peezy.

 

[okie556]

Why do you keep calling it a "live" round ? Does it have an explosive tip on it or something ? Just tap it out, amigo, easy peezy.

Live round because it a complete unfired round that the firing pin has struck the primer. Could be squib round with no powder as suggested but could also be just waiting for a harder strike on the primer to set the sucker off. Not so easy peezy!!