stuck round question

[dan512]

Just looking for an idiot check here... hit the range today with a buddy shooting super shitty 9mm and trying to burn it up. So me being the friend I am, I volunteered to help. Long story short, I wound up with a round stuck in the barrel of my gen 3 Glock 19 about a third of the way down. We put a rod down the barrel and tried to knock it out, no joy. I wound up having to take the thing home, spray it with WD 40 and pound it out with a hammer and punch. I have since cleaned and inspected the barrel and, as far as I can tell, things look ok. The rifling looks OK and there is no obvious damage.
This is the first time I have ever dealt with this. Am I good to go? What else do I need to inspect or look for?

[Irving]

What kind of material was the rod/s you used?

[Great-Kazoo]

Just looking for an idiot check here... hit the range today with a buddy shooting super shitty 9mm and trying to burn it up. So me being the friend I am, I volunteered to help. Long story short, I wound up with a round stuck in the barrel of my gen 3 Glock 19 about a third of the way down. We put a rod down the barrel and tried to knock it out, no joy. I wound up having to take the thing home, spray it with WD 40 and pound it out with a hammer and punch. I have since cleaned and inspected the barrel and, as far as I can tell, things look ok. The rifling looks OK and there is no obvious damage.
This is the first time I have ever dealt with this. Am I good to go? What else do I need to inspect or look for?


What kind of material was the rod/s you used?

The 1st question is, did you pound it out towards the chamber or muzzle end? I've used brass to remove a bullet, then went to a piece of delrin . It's not bad to have a section of wooden dowel on hand, in range bag, or at home.
Cleaning rods are made out of steel, Al or coated metal.

[dan512]

The cleaning rod was probably aluminum and the punch was steel. I knocked it out towards the chamber.
Yeah, had I been thinking I would have gone for a wooden dowel.

[Great-Kazoo]

The cleaning rod was probably aluminum and the punch was steel. I knocked it out towards the chamber.
Yeah, had I been thinking I would have gone for a wooden dowel.

As long as you kept the rod centered on the bullet, it should not have done any damage. In a pinch some electrical tape wrapped around the rod helps. Go shoot it to see how it groups.

[dan512]

Thanks. I tried my best not to hit the barrel and there is no visible damage. I just wanted a second opinion before I put more rounds through it.
Out of curiosity, would it have made any difference if I had tapped the bullet out the muzzle rather than the chamber?

[davsel]

Doubt it.
Very violent things happen inside a barrel every time you pull the trigger. Tapping out a bullet, either way, is nothing in comparison.
That is, as long as you don't go gorilla on it with a sledge and a drill bit, you should be fine.

[Circuits]

Stuck round is the result of an underload or a squib. As long as you didn't put another one down behind it, you didn't ring your barrel and there should be nothing to worry about (provided you didn't bugger things up getting the stuck round out, which you apparently didn't).

If the bore is clear, then you can shoot it. Maybe inspect your bore or look at your next few groups when you start shooting it again to see if anything's happened accuracy-wise.

[dan512]

Thank you guys for all the info.
Thank God the round hung up close enough to the chamber that the next round wouldn't full chamber and the slide couldn't go into battery. Otherwise I would be in a very different circumstance.
I will hit the range again soon and see how it groups.

[Circuits]

FWIW, this is what it might look like inside your barrel if you HAD put another one down it with the obstruction present. Oddly enough, some guns might still shoot accurately and well even with this type of barrel damage.

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[Alpha2]

There's punches, and then there's punches. Firearm punches are generally brass. If it was steel, and you inspected the bbl, and it was okay, no problem. Try to stick to brass for stuff like this. The brass punch is still softer than the steel barrel. I keep an aluminum punch in my range bag. Only need it once. Bullet was halfway out of the muzzle, still needed a LOT of force to get it the rest of the way out!
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