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chillindrdude
10-15-08, 16:27
was cleaning my upper today but seemed have gotten the Otis barrel snake with gun cleaner soaked patch stuck in the barrel. appears to be wedged just inside the proximal end of the barrel. any suggestions to get it out? or am i SOL?
JBnTX
10-15-08, 16:53
Proximal is a medical term. Do you mean near the center of the barrel
or the begining near the chamber?

If you can still get a grip on it, it will come out if you pull hard enough.

If you have a long enough piece, tie it off to a fixed object and then holding
the upper, pull hard.
chillindrdude
10-15-08, 16:56
it is near the end of the chamber...
JBnTX
10-15-08, 16:59
I would stand the upper on end.

Insert a cleaning rod thru the muzzle end and whack it hard with a hammer.

That's the shortest way out.

Or you could try and force it the rest of the way through?

Can you force it the rest of the way through?
chillindrdude
10-15-08, 17:49
If you have a long enough piece, tie it off to a fixed object and then holding
the upper, pull hard.

that worked JB...thank you.

i should be more careful next time...i guess i needed to get that noob mistake out of my system.

my wallet was crying because i thought i had to buy a new barrel assembly.
JoshNC
10-15-08, 18:26
Proximal is a medical term. Do you mean near the center of the barrel
or the begining near the chamber?

If you can still get a grip on it, it will come out if you pull hard enough.

If you have a long enough piece, tie it off to a fixed object and then holding
the upper, pull hard.

Totally off topic, but if memory serves me aren't you an M.D.?
JBnTX
10-15-08, 18:58
Totally off topic, but if memory serves me aren't you an M.D.?


No, I'm not.

The original poster used proximal to describe a place inside the barrel.

I didn't know what that meant, so I looked it up and all the definitions
are in medical terms.
JoshNC
10-15-08, 20:22
No, I'm not.

The original poster used proximal to describe a place inside the barrel.

I didn't know what that meant, so I looked it up and all the definitions
are in medical terms.

Roger that.....I thought I knew you from TOS and that you were an M.D.