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What to do when a situation occurs whereby you try to chamber a cartridge but it sticks on the way in ?

What would an experienced outsdoorsmen / Lake Manitoba “Outdoorsman”  such as Jadran Trascona advise  and as well as recommend ?

Mr. Transcona advises to stop on the spot.  You are about to get into very bad trouble – all preventable.  You may well a cartridge of the wrong designation and if you do get it into the chamber and pull the trigger…

Barring that , there is most likely and probably grit or snow on the cartridge or if you handload. you neck-sized your ammo, and the brass fits somewhat too tight.  When hand loading your ammo Jadran recommends always full size length your reloads.

If you do jam the sticky cartridges into the chamber, the chances are more than excellent that you will not be able to get it out again.  If this happens and you are certain that it is not the wrong sized round that is at fault, fire the cartridge, and see if the case will eject.  ( Should you get the wrong load stuck in the chamber , do not shoot.  Lift the bolt and get the rifle to a gunsmith.  If it is really stuck. the ejector will slip off the case rim. or cut through it. and where you are with a useless rifle.

Do not try to get the empty out by ramming a stick down the barrel.   You are going to need a cleaning rod, either one-piece or takedown, but in either place strong.  Open the bolt ,place the butt of the rifle on floor, and drop the cleaning rod down the barrel.  This is often enough to dislodge, even a badly stuck shell.  If that does not do it, rap the roll handle smartly.  If that is not enough, run oil down the bore, give it a few minutes to work its way down the case and rap the rod yet again.  If  this fails then you are out of business.  If time to to go gunsmith, who will run a tap into the shell and screw it out.

Never ever try to get  a live round out of a chamber by banging on it with a cleaning rod.   There are cases reported where this detonated the cartridge and the shell came flying out of the breech with enough force to kill anyone standing behind it.  If you get a live round stuck and cannot fire it safely , open the action, make sure it stays open , and promptly go visit a locksmith.

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He had moved his head, slowly feeling somehow that he had heard something, yet not entirely sure.    In the brief moment of frozen astonishment that held the man immobile,  the lean lipped old she-devil covered half the distance.  No doubt of it whatever she had murder in her heart.  He leaped up, hurled and impassively threw up his full choke 12 guage .  In the barrel was a hull full of high base nines.  He aimed at her face and let fly and the smash of the volley , almost knocked her down.  He jacked in another, and as she turned course slightly partially blinded,  this second one struck her left shoulder and basically knocked her good and flat.

“But amazingly she got up.  Like risen from the dead”, he said “and I suddenly realized that I did not even have the time to even climb a tree or run.  She got up and charged right at me. came right on.  I had only one , only one shell to go.  That was it .  That was all ,  My only and last chance”.

” I do not know , I have not figured it out to this very day. whether I had reasoned it out or was just scared momentarily into action – or inaction.  But regardless , I waited a split second until she was almost on top of me , right almost on top of me.  Then I let her have it , whole hog, full bore.   Then I let her have it – right to the kisser , right to the head of this monster.”  “She hit the leaves sliding and when she stopped kicking her last , her snout was not than six inches from my boots.

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