AR15 stuck cleaning rod

breakingcontact · March 5, 2013, 11:23 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?

atlantadad · March 5, 2013, 11:52 AM

Try a wooden dowel snort way after lots of oil?

hunttheevil · March 5, 2013, 12:38 PM

Get a brass rod so it won't scratch the barrel and drive that baby back out through the breech.

Metal god · March 5, 2013, 01:40 PM

the rule is always back the way it came . I would add if you use a metal rod make sure the leading edge is filed and or sanded down a bit to make sure there are no sharp edges to scrape the barrel . not much just round it off a bit

Revoliver · March 5, 2013, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atlantadad

Try a wooden dowel snort way after lots of oil?

Never do this. Wood can splinter and wedge, use a brass or other type of metal rod carefully.

oneoldsap · March 5, 2013, 03:52 PM

Fill it up the rest of the way with bleach , it'll rot in a few days and fall out !

Mobuck · March 6, 2013, 07:31 AM

Clamp a good pair of Vise-Grips to the exposed end of the rod and pull it out the way it went in. I've removed a couple of cleaning rods that had the handles pulled off this way.

March 5, 2013, 11:23 AM	#1
breakingcontact Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 647	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?

March 5, 2013, 11:52 AM	#2
atlantadad Member Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 19	AR15 stuck cleaning rod Try a wooden dowel snort way after lots of oil?

March 5, 2013, 12:38 PM	#3
hunttheevil Member Join Date: April 11, 2007 Posts: 32	Get a brass rod so it won't scratch the barrel and drive that baby back out through the breech. __________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmund Burke Browning High Power,XD 45, Protec 25,Saiga 308 Stag AR 15, Ruger mk II 7mm Mag, CCW

March 5, 2013, 01:40 PM	#4
Metal god Senior Member Join Date: April 10, 2012 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 1,024	the rule is always back the way it came . I would add if you use a metal rod make sure the leading edge is filed and or sanded down a bit to make sure there are no sharp edges to scrape the barrel . not much just round it off a bit __________________ http://imageshack.us/a/img191/8878/guns200.jpg Happyness !

March 5, 2013, 03:52 PM	#6
oneoldsap Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2009 Location: I live in the foot of the Green Mountains of Vermont Posts: 1,509	Fill it up the rest of the way with bleach , it'll rot in a few days and fall out ! __________________ Don't forget to have your liberals spayed or neutered !

March 6, 2013, 07:31 AM	#7
Mobuck Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 1,469	Clamp a good pair of Vise-Grips to the exposed end of the rod and pull it out the way it went in. I've removed a couple of cleaning rods that had the handles pulled off this way.