mickb wrote:Yup, bean a while since I got something caught in a firearm. Cant get a 357 cloth boresnake out of the 410 barrel in a 22LR/410 ga combo gun.. Heaven knows why a 357 snake is getting stuck, cheapo ebay one, maybe sent me the wrong calibre. Being a large gorilla I thought I would win, and I thought I was for the first 8 inches or so.
, which is about how far the end is past the chamber. I am no handyman, in the army this is where I would take it the armorer and donate him a six pack. So do I just hammer it out from either end with a dowel ?
Did it ever occur to you or the numerous posters of advice that your 410 barrel will have a choke.
You don't give any detail as to what exactly was on the end of the bore snake you have tried to pull through the barrel.
If it was a patch over a brush then it will be even more difficult as the bristles will have to "bend over" so the brush can reverse direction.
Assuming the worst case my approach would be to cut the boresnake as close to the muzzle as possible and then carefully hammer an 8mm or 9mm hardwood dowel down from the muzzle end.
Boresnakes only have two uses.
1. Oiling a bore in an emergency situation.
2. Extracting money from mugs who don't know any better.