Its hard to tell from the pic. Try and find out if the round is live or not: carefully slide a cleaning rod down the bore from the muzzle end until it won't go anymore, then mark that spot (masking tape or whatever) Then do the same thing on another rifle with an empty case in the chamber. If the cleaning rod measurement for your rifle is shorter than the one with empty brass, you have a live round. If you don't have access to another rifle, treat it as though its live. I would manually cock the hammer and set the safety, then reassemble. Fully collapse your stock, sit indian style on a firm surface, then keeping the muzzle in a safe direction, firmly grip the fore-end with your dominant hand and have your other hand pulling down on the CH. Give it one or two heavy, solid mortars and see if you get progress. It sounds scary, but you won't be able to shear the lugs with your own force.


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