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    It won't hurt anything if the bullet is driven back into the case

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    Quote Originally Posted by dwhitehorne View Post
    I've had the extractor rip the rim off of steel and brass ammo. Especially if I mix the two in one shooting session. I just use a cleaning rod and drive it out. It doesn't take that much force. David
    OK, cleaning rod it is. Any issue if I put liquid wrench down the muzzle and let it sit tonight before applying the rod? Can't hurt, or a waste of time?

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    Dousing it in kroil or something similar may wet the powder enough to keep something bad from happening, but it may not. If it penetrates around the case it could only help. Make sure to use a rod that has some sort of tip to it, or has something to close off the threaded hole in the end of the rod. If you keep the hole in the rod open it could split around the bullet encapsulating it and making the problem worse by getting the rod stuck also. And finally, I would sandbag the ejection port and, if disassembled, all openings of the receiver. Stand away from the muzzle just in case.

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    I used to use Kroil as a penetrating oil until my gunsmith Rob Bonacci told me about oil of wintergreen. Best penetrating oil that I've ever seen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    I used to use Kroil as a penetrating oil until my gunsmith Rob Bonacci told me about oil of wintergreen. Best penetrating oil that I've ever seen.

    Better than Kroil? Holy smokes...
    Keep your powder dry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by macman37 View Post
    Better than Kroil? Holy smokes...
    I didn't believe it until I tried it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Littlelebowski View Post
    I didn't believe it until I tried it.
    Really...this stuff....

    Methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen) is a natural product of many species of plants. Some of the plants which produce it are called wintergreens, hence the common name

    My wife is really gonna think I'm nuts now!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PlatoCATM View Post
    Dousing it in kroil or something similar may wet the powder enough to keep something bad from happening, but it may not. If it penetrates around the case it could only help. Make sure to use a rod that has some sort of tip to it, or has something to close off the threaded hole in the end of the rod. If you keep the hole in the rod open it could split around the bullet encapsulating it and making the problem worse by getting the rod stuck also. And finally, I would sandbag the ejection port and, if disassembled, all openings of the receiver. Stand away from the muzzle just in case.
    Thanks, that is some sound advice!

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    From your OP it is not clear if you ever really made any attempt to extract the round... How do you know it's "stuck"? Will the BCG close enough to snap the extractor over the rim allowing you to snap the BCG back/open with the charging handle? Have you tried this? If not, that’s where I would start.

    Quote Originally Posted by joeinkeys View Post
    Hello All,
    I've searched, read and still would like your guidance (very nervous here )

    I have a BCM 16" Mid length with DD lower and BCM BCG. Been shooting the last three weekends and have not cleaned the rifle in that time frame. I have put about 700 rounds of Tula .223 down range since last cleaning.

    Last evenings range session started fine. Shot 30 rounds of Tula out of a PMAG no problem. Checked / changed target. Put in another mag of Tula. Released the BCG and a cartridge chambered. Pulled trigger and had a nice bang. Pulled trigger again and got nothing. Pulled back BCG to inspect weapon and it "looked like" no cartridge was chambered.

    Pointed gun down range and charged the weapon....Malfunction. BCG did not cycle all the way forward. Pointed weapon down range and put on safety. Dropped mag and there was a cartridge "partially loaded" bullet toward chamber and primer toward back of mag well. I cleared the live cartridge out of magwell. I gingerly slid BCG back and noticed here was a cartridge stuck in the chamber! (valuable lesson learned here on how to inspect gun after misfire...very thoroughly)

    The rim on the cartridge appears fine (not malformed). About an 1/8 of an inch of the cartridge above the rim is sticking out of the chamber. The primer is marked from the nose of the third bullet.

    I removed the lower, bcg and charging handle. Have not messed with it since. I thinking my best bet is liquid wrench down the barrel and in the bore. Let the upper sit overnight. Attempt to "mortar" the weapon tomorrow night. Guidance is appreciated and a better explanation of how to get the round out (mortaring) without killing someone would be appreciated!

    Thanks in advance and I'm sure you will help me out of this jam!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luke_Y View Post
    From your OP it is not clear if you ever really made any attempt to extract the round... How do you know it's "stuck"? Will the BCG close enough to snap the extractor over the rim allowing you to snap the BCG back/open with the charging handle? Have you tried this? If not, that’s where I would start.
    You are correct in the fact that I really made not attempt to extract the round. Because of this thread I know what to try next time.

    I dropped a brazing rod down the muzzle last night. Three light taps and the round dropped out. Pretty happy at the result; and the lessons learned here.

    Thanks for all the advise everyone! I learn a little more about this platform and how it works each trip to this site.

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