Unjamming low-velocity .22 ammo
Only a licensed gunsmith should attempt the following, and then only if that gunsmith will accept any and all liability.
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If you are intentionally using low velocity ammunition, you can safeguard against multiple jammed rounds in the barrel by doing the following:
On a gun with a known cleared barrel.
Take a coat hanger and straighten it out.
With a spent cartridge in the breach, slide the coat hanger in from the muzzle until it bottoms out on the cartridge.
Bend the coat hanger at 90 degrees and flush with the end of the muzzle.
* you can dress it up any way you want, but don't mess with the bend
Remove the coat hanger and keep it with your low velocity ammunition.
When you fire a round of low velocity ammo and you don't see where it hits :wavey: :
1 - Open the breach
2 - Slide the coat hanger in through the muzzle
3 - If the coat hanger stops short of the bend, you have a jam.
Carefully remove the bullet from a high-velocity .22 cartridge and cap the cartridge with a small bit of wax.
Put this "blank" cartridge in the breach.
Aim the weapon in a safe direction and shoot the bullet out of the barrel.
Open the breach
Use the coat hanger to verify the barrel is clear
If the barrel is clear, fire a metal jacketed bullet to help clear any smeared lead. Or better yet, clean your gun.
If NOT clear, use other methods to remove the jammed bullet.
:rofl: The reasons for using a coat hanger:
You can use it in low or no light; when the bend bottoms on the muzzle.
* such as at an indoor shooting range (targets lit, shooting station dim)
The sections of a cleaning ramrod are difficult to mark and see clearly.
* the solvents wash markings away
* you might mount a locking sleeve onto a ramrod without the cleaning end to function as the coat hanger; this way when the cleaning end is put on there will be enough extra travel to clean the bore without bottoming out on the added sleeve.
On the off chance multiple rounds were fired and jammed, the gas between bullets won't push a bullet out into your eye if you were to look down the barrel when it came loose; unlikely, but possible.
An irregularly shapped bullet won't likely let the coat hanger pass, but enough light might get by to fool you when looking through the muzzle.