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breakingcontact · March 5, 2013, 10:23 AM

This isn't my rifle, no really it isn't!

A friend of mine was given an upper with a cleaning rod stuck in the barrel. It had a cleaning patch on it (must have been too large) and the fellow was attempting to stuff it down the barrel from the breech. So the cleaning rod is sticking into the chamber area about 3 inches with threads exposed.

My initial question isn't how to get it out, but which way should it come out? Should he drive it farther down the barrel and send it out the muzzle or try to pull it or push it so it comes out the breech?

Also, what's proper, to push cleaning rods down the barrel or to pull them?

March 5, 2013, 10:23 AM	#1
breakingcontact Junior member Join Date: October 25, 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 736	AR15 stuck cleaning rod This isn't my rifle, no really it isn't! A friend of mine was given an upper with a cleaning rod stuck in the barrel. It had a cleaning patch on it (must have been too large) and the fellow was attempting to stuff it down the barrel from the breech. So the cleaning rod is sticking into the chamber area about 3 inches with threads exposed. My initial question isn't how to get it out, but which way should it come out? Should he drive it farther down the barrel and send it out the muzzle or try to pull it or push it so it comes out the breech? Also, what's proper, to push cleaning rods down the barrel or to pull them?