How to remove a bullet stuck in a rifle
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How to remove a bullet stuck in a rifle
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When a Bullet Sticks in Your rifle
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DID you ever get a bullet stuck in
your rifle when not near a
gunsmith or a shop? Here is a
simple method for removing a lead
bullet from a small-calibre rifle with
the aid of a wire and a file. For a
twenty-two rifle use a piece of No. 9
or 12 gage wire bent to the shape of a
carpenter's brace, as shown in the
sketch. Flatten the long end for
about 2 in., and file this to the shape
of a flat drill. To harden it sufficiently
to hold an edge, stick this end in the |
fire until the wire is a dull red, and
then thrust it in water. A bushing
should now be made from a piece of
fine wire or a strip of tin cut from a
can, and placed on the wire near the
drili-point. This bushing holds the
drill in the center of the barrel and
p events it from injuring the rifling.
Remove the bullet by drilling
through it, and then with a ramrod
push out the shell of lead that remains.
If possible, run mercury through the
barrel to dissolve any remaining lead.
Alter this cleaning out_the gun will
shoot as well as ever.—C. M. VAIDEN.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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C. M. Vaiden (Article writer)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1919-02
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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121
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Davide Donà
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 94, n. 2, 1919
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