Thread: A tricky problem resolved

Well a great success today employing a bit of science to get a guy out of a fix. Unfortunately the chap accidentally picked up the wrong cleaning rod and that together with a tight new brush resulted in the rod stuck firmly in the bore.

He had tried all sorts of pulling and pushing and the bugger was not moving.

After asking for ideas and in particular a great idea from a mate at https://www.facebook.com/fehu.forge.92 I tried a two pronged approach and it worked.
First I turned the stuck rod into a slide hammer with machining up and attaching some steel parts the second part was to make and fit a grease nipple to the muzzle thread (you can get huge pressure from a grease gun).

The result is the rod came out and the barrel is good to go, not mention a happy customer……great result, good day, where sometime the hardest problems reap the biggest rewards