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    My friend at the LNGS calls this work of art "Almost."

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    Created by a young man who "found some reloads." And tried them out in dad's old manufacture Python.

    Dad had a good attitude about it: "at least I have a good gunsmith!" I'm sure Ricky will handle it fine.

    Wouldn't want to be that kid.
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    So what's the solution for that?

    1) Drill a hole in the bullet, attach an eyelet and pull.
    2) Push the bullet all the way back down the barrel out the breech.
    3) Remove the barrel and push the bullet out the muzzle.
    4) Some way to push the bullet out from the muzzle end without removing the barrel.
    5) Something else I'm not thinking of.

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    Im lost on this one. Has no one cleared a squib from a revolver?

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    Glad he didn't send the next one... though it might have cleared out the squib. [emoji23]

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    Quote Originally Posted by GearFondler View Post
    Glad he didn't send the next one... though it might have cleared out the squib. [emoji23]
    Easiest way to Robin Hood two bullets into the same hole, right?
    Grab your gun and bring in the cat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CleverNickname View Post
    So what's the solution for that?

    1) Drill a hole in the bullet, attach an eyelet and pull.
    2) Push the bullet all the way back down the barrel out the breech.
    3) Remove the barrel and push the bullet out the muzzle.
    4) Some way to push the bullet out from the muzzle end without removing the barrel.
    5) Something else I'm not thinking of.
    Load up a primer case?

    I think some kind of T shaped handle in the cylinder end would push it out. Might have to be screw together links of cleaner rod to get in place, then a 1x3 board or something to pull on the rod and push the bullet out.

    Im unqualified and spit balling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GearFondler View Post
    Glad he didn't send the next one... though it might have cleared out the squib. [emoji23]
    Kid was being cagey, evidently, about the process here.

    I'm betting at least 2 wadcutters are in that barrel.

    LNGS when I was growing up had a ruptured Smith jammed with 2 waddies on display. Memorable.

    If if was my Python, I might spend the $30-50 to avoid a tragedy. I`ve cleared mid-barrel squibs. That looks annoying.

    If it was the family GP-100, I'd be down with home surgery.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GearFondler View Post
    Glad he didn't send the next one... though it might have cleared out the squib. [emoji23]
    He might have sent the next one. I once saw an old K-frame Smith that someone had ruined that way. The first one was a squib. The next five were not. The last one split the barrel. You could see the slugs stacked in there like peas in a pod.

    You'll need to dig out the one we can see to know for sure. There's enough of the protruding slug sticking out that you could probably clamp it in a vise and pull the revolver off of it. Maybe let it sit in Kroil overnight first.


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    Sounds like we think that the first squib might have initially been mid-barrel. [emoji23]

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    Quote Originally Posted by okie john View Post
    He might have sent the next one. I once saw an old K-frame Smith that someone had ruined that way. The first one was a squib. The next five were not. The last one split the barrel. You could see the slugs stacked in there like peas in a pod.

    You'll need to dig out the one we can see to know for sure. There's enough of the protruding slug sticking out that you could probably clamp it in a vise and pull the revolver off of it. Maybe let it sit in Kroil overnight first.


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    You don't forget that kind of visual evidence, do you?

    Guy dealing with this has an itty bitty gun shop inside his giant gunsmith utopia. Lathe, bluing tanks, etc.

    Over 30 years machining experience. Sure he will do this quite carefully.

    He has "had has way" with my 17, 25-5, and 640. And he told me he would never work on a Tomcat again after his magic on it. Shame. But he loves the DA revolvers. The GP-100 will get his love before my stepdaughter gets it back.
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