Removing Multiple Squibs.......

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In another thread, someone brought up squibs. @AZjeff i think. I have had few 22 squibs in the past. A friend of mine came up with a technique to remove them in extreme circumstances.

Of course, squibs can happen in any firearm, but are most common at least in my experience in 22's. I think this has to do with barrel cleanliness more than other variables. But, low velocity ammo, in longer barrels is a common reason that some think this happens aswell.

My friend came up with a way to remove squibs, without damaging the barrel.

Notice has says "SQUIBS" in this barrel.........the customer had been shooting several and noticed that nothing was hitting the target.........if i remember correctly, the estimated number of lead slugs in the barrel was 7 🤬 . This is an important point. One slugs is one thing, but getting multiple out was the reason he tried this, as to not damage the barrel.

The video is not the greatest, but it illustrates the process.

He was scolded for using such an expensive gear oil:D:D:D

 
Notice has says "SQUIBS" in this barrel.........the customer had been shooting several and noticed that nothing was hitting the target.........if i remember correctly, the estimated number of lead slugs in the barrel was 7 🤬 . This is an important point. One slugs is one thing, but getting multiple out was the reason he tried this, as to not damage the barrel.
He sounds not much smarter than the barrel he was trying to get the bullets out of 😁.
 
I doubt that getting a barrel that hot does it any good
nah, to barrel steel,that is nothing.....you can get the barrel way hotter by shooting fast....plus barrel steel is tougher than harder, if that makes sense.

this temp is nowhere near the neighborhood to effect the temper...of course this is no machine gun barrel, but the idea is the same.

no harm done.
 
After seeing that barrel get heated like that, with flames licking around it, I would toss it and fit a new barrel.

Hot enough to melt lead out?

That seems hot enough to destroy the temper and remove any finish.

I would think that barrel is done.
 
In theory, and yes tough steel, but it's not exactly even heating.

SOD catches the oil on fire. Did not see that coming...............geeze!!!!!!
If the oil caught fire - what was the temperature? 600? 700? Hot enough that I would not want that barrel back in service…
 
It did not catch fire until the oil came out onto the outside of the tube and plate which was much hotter. Removing the barrel from the tube did not help.

But, the end result was the gun was reassembled and test fired, and all was good, and to my knowledge, still is.

The temps were much lower than the typical barrel steel tempering temps.....1400+

Differentially heated barrels (like when firing a sustained string, get upwards of 800f avg) with no damage....and that with the added stimulus of pressure and friction....

To each their own though....I knew this video would be controversial. All in good fun.
 
Thought it was one and the same, but yeah, whoever stacked the barrel full of lead ain't the brightest IMHO.
no, not the same person.

He is a FFL gunsmith, specializing in accurate bolt guns and muzzleloaders.

this situation was a one off
 
Mercury dissolves lead, and does it fast with no heat or risk to the barrel. But you have to be careful handling it, because it's quite poisonous.

Back in the days when bullseye pistol shooting was popular, a lot of guys would clean their barrels this way. (Most everyone shot those pure lead, Speer swaged .38 Special wadcutters).

They were accurate, but they were filthy. This method fell by the wayside as Bullseye shooting declined. Today everyone likes the bang and clang of action pistol shooting better. And today hardcast bullets are available in most any caliber, weight, and shape imaginable.

But in a case like the above, with one round after another packed into a barrel, Mercury is the only "non violent" way to get it out.

The problem is, if the guy was dumb enough to pack 7 bullets into a barrel before checking something was wrong, he just might not be the best candidate to be handling Mercury, to get it out. He might end up finding the cure to be worse than the disease.

In any event, here is a bit more information on it, if anyone is interested.

https://www.google.com/search?q=dis...j33i671l7.10284j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
 
Mercury dissolves lead, and does it fast with no heat or risk to the barrel
interesting....
a lot of guys would clean their barrels this way
Funny thing, barrel cleaning........some have these crazy rituals and some never clean the barrel, at least for rimfire bullseye. Both are successful. Make you kind of think barrel cleaning has nothing to do you it! Again, for rimfire leaded bullets
 
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