Shotgun shell stuck inside, best way to get out?
January 23rd, 2010 by eranio
Ok, i bought a pump shotgun brand new. Its a clone of a ithaca model 37, I was using some snap-caps for a little practice but the shell not only didnt extract, another one went into the magazine and is thoroughly stuck one the firing pin, it wont come out no matter how much i pull it. Kind of difficult to explain without pictures.
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January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
Try to disassemble the shotgun (instructions will be in the manual); if you can’t do that, try to pry the snap caps out with a wooden or plastic tool…not a metal one. Try a piece of wooden dowel, and you can sand it to whatever shape you need (flattening the end, etc). Once the ‘second’ snap cap is out, a wooden dowel or brass cleaning rod down the barrel will get the first one out. (they are both snap caps and not live rounds, right?)
Don’t worry about breaking the snap caps…It’s far better to trash them then to ruin your gun.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
oil should slip it out =D
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
I don’t know how the 37 comes apart, but is it possible to take the gun apart with the stuck shell in it.
It might be easier to wiggle out then.
Don’t know – just a suggestion
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
A wooden dowel rod inserted from the end of the barrel and taped with a mallot, with the action open
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
ram rod down the barrell works too,,,,,,,,,,,
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
If all else fails take it to your local gun shop and they will get it out for you without damaging anything
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
Open the action and if one is stuck in the chamber take a cleaning rod and just knock it out. for the mag your going to have to disassemble the shotgun and knock it out with a cleaning rod of wooden rod.
It sounds like you broke the rim of the snap cap.
Mr. B
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
Just field strip the gun and pull the barrel off and the snap cap should just come out.
This is why you don’t buy a clone of anything, especially a gun! If this was with LIVE ammunition, it would be very dangerous. You should have got atleast a Mossberg or a Remington 870.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:30 am
will the pump arm actually pump, then try to stick a cleaning rod on the buissness end, you might have to try to mess with the arm a little to try to wedge it and hold the release lever that is on the trigger guard. If it is a Brolin I believe you can put the safety on while pumping it like that . but just by pushing the shell in would not do anything, just use the safety , just in case.