Freightman
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I screwed up big time this week! went to the range Tuesday and had a bad round that failed to fire in my FAL but the primmer put the bullett about 2" up in the bore. NO! I didn't fire anoter round thank you, but I went home and tried to get it out with a hard wood dowl, it broke and jammed in the bore , so now I have a bullet and a dowl in my bore.
Went to my friend who is a gunsmith and he shook his head and said we needed to get the pin out befor we could get the bullet out.
Well i found a long drill bit that was smaller than the dowl pin and centered it and drilled it with a brace by hand so I could feel if I was getting the bore. Went as far as it wuld go and had to make a drill bit that was longer than the bore out of some drill rod. Then i took some drill rod !/4" and finally drove the bullett out, wouldn,t you know it now thw rod is stuck in the bore.
Well at this point I throw it in a trash bag and put it up for awhile, counted it as a loss and ordered a kit to fix the rifle.
Today, after a two day rest and calming down went back to the gun and drove the rod out the way it went in, still there was something ringing the bore. Worked a cleaning rod through it and cleaned and cleaned at last it came out , it was the outside of the dowll that I had drilled through the middle. Well was almost afrid to look at the bore figured I had really screwed up, but surprise look as good as new,.
Now this was a hard way to get a kit but I really didn't do it on purpose. Now I am going to have to get a reciever for my kit.
Went to my friend who is a gunsmith and he shook his head and said we needed to get the pin out befor we could get the bullet out.
Well i found a long drill bit that was smaller than the dowl pin and centered it and drilled it with a brace by hand so I could feel if I was getting the bore. Went as far as it wuld go and had to make a drill bit that was longer than the bore out of some drill rod. Then i took some drill rod !/4" and finally drove the bullett out, wouldn,t you know it now thw rod is stuck in the bore.
Well at this point I throw it in a trash bag and put it up for awhile, counted it as a loss and ordered a kit to fix the rifle.
Today, after a two day rest and calming down went back to the gun and drove the rod out the way it went in, still there was something ringing the bore. Worked a cleaning rod through it and cleaned and cleaned at last it came out , it was the outside of the dowll that I had drilled through the middle. Well was almost afrid to look at the bore figured I had really screwed up, but surprise look as good as new,.
Now this was a hard way to get a kit but I really didn't do it on purpose. Now I am going to have to get a reciever for my kit.
