pickerup Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 I have a mk1 fx wildcat .22 tried some barracuda match 21grain pellets and got 2 stuck in the barrel is there anyway I can remove them. thanks p/u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 Cleaning rod or a thin bit of hard wood and tap them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbriar Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Cleaning rod and a gentle touch........ don't get carried away ! Slowly and carefully.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Insert brass rod beat the **** out of it. You are not going to damage steel with brass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 (edited) Good thing is there is no rifling to damage in the barrel (little bit at the end .) Id take the whole barrel off first Its pretty east to do There are utube vids on line. Edited June 5, 2019 by Ultrastu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 hello, as above but be careful of the internal breech seal, maybe spray some gun oil in the barrel first, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Surely if it's just two pellets they should fire out as normal ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Hamster said: Surely if it's just two pellets they should fire out as normal ?! Good point, get some air behind it an pull the trigger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetter Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Hamster said: Surely if it's just two pellets they should fire out as normal ?! Got to agree on this I have double loaded a couple of times on my BSA Scorpion in .22 and it will just fire the pellets out but at a significantly lower velocity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickerup Posted June 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Tried firing it, the air came out of the breech no joy, removed barrel (dead easy) inserted a piece of green cane one of those they use to hold the plants up a good fit hammered it in still no movement sprayed gun oil down the barrel I will leave it over night to work its way down and try again in the morning. thank you all for help. atb regards john p/u p/s one thing about pigeon watch, members will always try and help one another with there problems. once again thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 26 minutes ago, pickerup said: Tried firing it, the air came out of the breech no joy, removed barrel (dead easy) inserted a piece of green cane one of those they use to hold the plants up a good fit hammered it in still no movement sprayed gun oil down the barrel I will leave it over night to work its way down and try again in the morning. thank you all for help. atb regards john p/u p/s one thing about pigeon watch, members will always try and help one another with there problems. once again thank you. hello, thats what i like about PW as well, just a thought while you have the barrel off change the breech seal ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 22 hours ago, pickerup said: Tried firing it, the air came out of the breech no joy, removed barrel (dead easy) inserted a piece of green cane one of those they use to hold the plants up a good fit hammered it in still no movement sprayed gun oil down the barrel I will leave it over night to work its way down and try again in the morning. thank you all for help. atb regards john p/u p/s one thing about pigeon watch, members will always try and help one another with there problems. once again thank you. was the cane just breaking up? have you not got any cleaning rods? I would have thought you could tap them out, maybe use a .177 rod with a bit of tape so you don't damage anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickerup Posted June 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Taking the barrel to carl at airtech tomorrow he says he can clear it while I wait, sounds like the easy way to solve the problem thanks for your help. atb john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 fair dinkem, ask him how he does it👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 hello, looks like your get sorted now, check the breach seal cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Mice! said: fair dinkem, ask him how he does it👍 Heat the barrel to 327.5C in the area where the pellets are stuck, then pour out the molten lead. Comes with the added bonus you will be able to shoot round corners with the rifle afterwards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickerup Posted June 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 More or less what dekers said Carl heats the barrel in his vat he uses to blue the barrels with, this melts the lead and also re blues the barrel weather it needs it or not. planning to go on Monday. will report back when I get the job done. atb john p/u. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, pickerup said: More or less what dekers said Carl heats the barrel in his vat he uses to blue the barrels with, this melts the lead and also re blues the barrel weather it needs it or not. planning to go on Monday. will report back when I get the job done. atb john p/u. I was actually joking, but some heat should soften the pellets at least and hopefully make them easier to remove. I'm still not quite following why a good blast of air behind the pellets won't shift them! Edited June 7, 2019 by Dekers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickerup Posted June 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Dekers said: Heat the barrel to 327.5C in the area where the pellets are stuck, then pour out the molten lead. Comes with the added bonus you will be able to shoot round corners with the rifle afterwards! I think It must be already shooting round corners by the amount I miss, maybe it will put that right. atb john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickerup Posted June 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, Dekers said: I was actually joking, but some heat should soften the pellets at least and hopefully make them easier to remove. I'm still not quite following why a good blast of air behind the pellets won't shift them! 3 minutes ago, Dekers said: I was actually joking, but some heat should soften the pellets at least and hopefully make them easier to remove. I'm still not quite following why a good blast of air behind the pellets won't shift them! It worked with another gun I had, but it wont work with this one , the air blows back out of the breach. If I heat the barrel I might ruin the blueing so it will be safer to let the man who makes and repairs guns (carl at airtech) do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 Possibly more than 2 up the spout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, old man said: Possibly more than 2 up the spout? That had gone through my mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted June 7, 2019 Report Share Posted June 7, 2019 Thing is if one got stuck on firing then 2 or more aint gonna shoot out . Id say the oring in the breech was possibly damaged when you probed the heavy (big and hard ) barracuda pellet in the barrel . Then the air came backwards instead of forwards and you then pushed some more pellets on top of it .jamming it up well . Ps the st.barrels are designed around jsb pellets. Not h+n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickerup Posted June 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Just bought a new 500 tin of jsb exacts jumbo diabolo 15.89 grains they worked ok so will stick to those from now on. will get the o rings checked when i go to airtech. atb john p/u. air arms diabolo 16 grains were very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickerup Posted June 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 took the wildcat over to carl at airtech yesterday it took him about 10 mins to remove 3 pellets stuck in the barrel using a parker hale cleaning rod. job done. spent a couple of hours with him he repairs and makes parts for all sorts of rifles silencers, shrouds, regulators, and all the internal bits and pieces. he reset the ftlb and checked the gun over for me. carl gabbett airtech donnington near telford. atb john p/u. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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