Anyone here ever removed a bullet stuck in a rifle barrel? Its a jacketed bullet stuck just past the chamber in a m38 mauser. Any suggestions welcomed.

The best method is tapping it out with a wooden dowel and a small hammer.

THE NOT RECOMMENDED METHOD IS:
According to retired ordinance officer, General J.S. Hatcher in "Hatchers Notebook", he also achieved some success in removing barrel obstructions by REMOVING THE BULLET from a cartridge and dumping out half the powder. Load the cartridge into the rifle and maintain an elevated angle while discharging the rifle.

CAUTION:
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE AN OBSTRUCTION WITH A LOADED ROUND !! This will bulge the barrel at the least and blow the action sky high at the worst.

Also: If using this method there can only be ONE obstruction in the barrel. Otherwise you get nearly the same effect as using a loaded round. KABOOM !!

You can file a flat on a cleaning jag (brass!) and tap it out with a cleaning rod. If it was from a sqibb load they back out pretty easy.

If it is stuck any apprecaible distance at all, a squirt of oil behind it also helps when you are tapping it out.

With the .243 bullet jamed in the same place I suceeded inbraking off a 3/16" dowl rod.After I got the dowl rod out I jammed a .22 cal cleaning rod into the barrel.I got totaly frustrated and blew both the bullet and the rod out. This is just information and not a recommendation. I'm sure if I could have used a 1/4" steel rod with a soft tip or a 5/16 wooden dowel either would have worked. The rifle still shoots very small groups. roger

I usually had good luck with stuck stuff by first getting a little case lube in there via the tube which comes with the aerosol types (Hornady One Shot).

Of course, after that you'd want to really clean the chamber to get the lube out.

Get a piece of brazing rod just small enough to fit the bore. Take a HEAVY hammer, a 3# maul or larger is better, and after oiling the bore, strike firmly and strongly. It should push right on out. I've always pushed them out through the muzzle but if real close to the chamber, I suppose you could just back it out.

I did blow up a bbl trying to shoot a bullet out. I was slugging the bbl with a lead bullet to measure groove and bore dia, and it stuck about 4" from the muzzel. Couldn't budge it with rods, so I put about a grain of bullseye in a case, no bullet and fired it, didn't even make a pop, so I tried three grains next. When I fired this the bbl bulged and split about an inch were the slug was stuck. I sawed the bbl off at that point and it still shot, but I ended up rebarreling to 35 Whelan.