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Posted: 10/11/2010 5:46:20 AM EDT
| Have a Bulgy AK74 with a broken shell case stuck in the chamber. I've never used an extractor before. Seems like the barrel would have to be removed to have any kind of room to get at it. Anybody familiar with this tools use? |
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I just battled this the other day, 7.62 size. Had to take the extractor apart, flare out those grips more then how it came, push in bore. Drop the threaded end down barrel and fished it into the exrtactor claws and use a cleaning rod to tap it out from the bore side. then it all popped out in the magwell area.
my fault for using brass cased ammo for the first time in any of my ak's maybe I had jammed it in deep trying to get other rounds in the chamber, but it was a bitch to get out 
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I've never used one, but I've seen it done at the range. The guy just put it down the chamber and let the carrier and bolt slam forward. Then he pulled back and ejected the tool and the shell. That's how you're supposed to do it. Courtesy of Brownell's: 1. Make sure you have a broken shell in the chamber of the rifle. Usually, you can’t feed another shell into the chamber. It will only go in a short way. If you are lucky, you will find the broken rim section of the previous round lying on the ground near your foot. 2. Drop the Broken Shell Extractor into the chamber of your rifle, work the action once (close the bolt, lever, or pump the slide, or do whatever you do to make a semi-automatic action function). Pull back on the bolt or other- wise open the action and both the Broken Shell Extractor and the broken shell that was stuck up in the chamber of your rifle should now be visible. If the action of your rifle is a Mauser 98 type, the procedure is some- what different. Put the Broken Shell Extractor onto the face of the bolt by hooking it behind the cartridge extractor on the bolt; the same as if you were single loading the rifle without feeding the cartridge through the magazine. This procedure is necessary because the design of the action will not allow the extractor on the rifle’s bolt to “skip” or “jump” over the rim on a cartridge case or over the “rim” of the Broken Shell Extractor. 3. To remove the remaining portion of the broken case off your Broken Shell Extractor so you can be ready to use it again: pinch the forward part of the extractor between your thumb and index finger, and push the broken por- tion of the shell off the extractor. Put the extractor back in its case and you are ready for the next time you need it. hth |
| Sometimes the broken part is so jammed in the chamber the broken shell extractor doesnt have the tension necessary to remove it. I have screwed a proper fitting tap into a broken case neck before and then banged it out with a cleaning rod. Goota be careful on the size so you dont tap the chamber. |
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I had the excate same thing On my Bul- AK-74 which I built, the shell didnt want to come out with a wood dowel, So I inserted my AR-15 Shell extractor and broke it... Thank you Samson Manufacturing for replacing the extractor on my Grip tool kit... So I contacted K-var and since they are the only ones who I found that sell AK-74 shell extractors they sent me two... Its useless to pay 6 bucks shipping on only one item so I ordered two and they actually sent 3 of them two complete and one with the just the shell extractor finger part.... What I found out is the best way to tap one out which is very stubborn is this...
1. Lube the barrel with a penatrating oil like WD-40 or CLP or Break her loose Let it sit with barrel pointed up for a day or so... 2. Remove the top end so you have easy access to the chamber. Top Cover Spring and BCG. 3. From the back insert your Shell Extractor and Tap it in with a rubberr mallet and wood dowel untill the extractor colsed on the chamber.. 4. From the barrel end insert a wood or I used a steel rod with a plastic tip from my gun cleaning kit untill it seats on the Shell Extractor Plunger 5. Tap it out with a rubbber or dead blow mallet.. 6. Clean your gun and pass some patches tru to remove any shell dust or wood if you used a wood dowel Lube and test your gun... The reason I used a dowel instead of the bolt carrier is because its very hard to pull back your bolt once it locks on to the shell case and normally your using a mallet on the carrier handle which I dont like to do if its really stuck and also you can excert more direct force to the shell case by having a direct blow to the plunger which expands the fingers on the extractor and normally punching out the shell out the chanber... Also a good time to clean the entire barrel.... I dont have but on of these days a bore scope but looking down the barrel I didnt notice any scratches in the rifeling or on the chamber walls.. I do have a borel light which use when Im building Corvette engines to look down the spark plug holes which is small enough to light up the bore in order to inspect it but not as well as a bore scope....Hey mabey my proctologiest will lend me his.... I bet it smells like shit........ |
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