Ever have one of those days?
Posted: June 11th, 2009, 10:17 pm
:'(Well, today I decided it was time to purchase a rifle for my crew. I found an excellent deal on a used Springfield 87A semi auto rifle. In great condition except for minor wear around tip of barrel. I took out my rifle cleaning kit I just purchased, and started to work on my new toy. Then...
I started to clean the barrel when I noticed the rod was not going into the barrel. I thought this was kind of weird since I had just used the wire brush with no issues. I double checked the kit and tip and it was labeled correctly for a .22 rifle.
I thought okay, I will just pull out the tip and get another rod later. However, when I tried to extract the tip, it broke off and now I have a tip stuck in the barrel of my rifle. I have tried to get it out with needle nose pliers but cannot get a grip on it.
Does anyone have any ideas how to get this tip out or am I pretty much out of luck and have to see a gunsmith.
Thanks,
Mike
I started to clean the barrel when I noticed the rod was not going into the barrel. I thought this was kind of weird since I had just used the wire brush with no issues. I double checked the kit and tip and it was labeled correctly for a .22 rifle.
I thought okay, I will just pull out the tip and get another rod later. However, when I tried to extract the tip, it broke off and now I have a tip stuck in the barrel of my rifle. I have tried to get it out with needle nose pliers but cannot get a grip on it.
Does anyone have any ideas how to get this tip out or am I pretty much out of luck and have to see a gunsmith.
Thanks,
Mike