Dump some oil down the barrel and tug.

 

I'm guessing the cable being in the barrel would prevent you from pushing a rod from the muzzle end? Maybe an extra skinny long needle nose plier would reach the patch from the chamber end...or a pair of tweezers?

 

Yea, the cable sure goofs it up.
I packed the gun away and will play with it when I get home tomorrow. I'll get it on the workbench and have a good look. I took the scope off the gun, and may pull the barrel off. I was thinking about possibly a forceps, or a fine needle nose. If I remember, my nice long needle nose doesn't have teeth. Darn it.
I was also thinking about using a small tap, like a 2-56 or some such. The sharp teeth will walk into the patch blob and maybe grip it enough to pull it back out.
Never a dull moment.......
Thanks for chiming in guys !

 

I've had luck putting oil down the barrel and then inserting the tube from a can of compressed air with my fingers to seal it as much as possible and blowing stuck items out.

 

Do you have a set of 'broken screw extractors' ? The 'reverse thread' might get a bite on that patch.

 

don't use taps or or any thing that might injure the chamber,
if you can't pull it from the chamber, which would be the sensible way to do
you might wrap the Otis at the muzzle end on a piece of wood and in a twisting motion
slowly pull the patch through the muzzle end .
Good luck

 

Burn the visible part of the patch

 

Dedicated one piece .17 cable puller or a screw on tip like the .22's? If it unscrews the tip, unscrew the cable and use a rod.

The rod might screw on to the tip?

 

Thats a great suggestion, I believe that will work.

 

Please (please, please) do Not go digging in the chamber or especially running Any Kind of cutting tool (tap, etc) in there unless what you want is a tomato stake.
Use some penetrating oil down bore to soak over night then use high pressure air at the protected muzzle; take care, it may come out dangerously. I would remove the bolt and wrap the whole breech with and old towel and duct tape it down to trap the stuff.

 

Depending on the diameter of the cable, I would get a brass tube small enough to go down the bore with an inside big enough to contain the cable. Then I would cut the handle off the cable and thread the tube and gently tap it out. Then I would get a real cleaning setup.

 

Some marvel oil from the muzzle end and hit it with some compressed air. Turn pressure down and safety glasses.

 

Thank you folks.....
I found a nice long, curved forceps with teeth. It fit right in and pulled that patch out.
I think it helped that the solvent had dried on the patch too...
Lesson learned.

 

Pretty narrow in there with a 17HMR. Caution with brushes and such is certainly warranted. I`ve had a couple stuck and it`s made me nervous about using them. Better living through chemistry, especially if diligent and don`t let the crud build up.

 

I'd clean from the front of the barrel from now on using a muzzle protector.

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Been using one since I got it almost 45 years ago came with the original m16 cleaning kit not the spindly cheap Chinese knockoffs you get from wish,geek,or temu. My wife asked if I needed anything one day and I said I don't know she said well I see they're selling these m16 cleaning kits and I was thinking yeah sure just for ****s and giggles why not...and yup just as expected the brushes are a really tight 5.56 and the rod sections are closer to 20 cal than 5.56 or .223 but I do gotta give them credit for the pouch it came in that's some serious velcro and snaps as well along with the old style fasteners on the back the good kind.

 

Fwiw, it is way easier and cheaper to recrown a muzzle than fix a messed up chamber

 

That's how I was taught to clean a semi auto rifle,pump shotgun or semi auto shotgun. single shot break action guns and bolt action guns were cleaned from the breach and revolver or pistol were field striped the revolver would be cleaned from the muzzle unless it's a break action, pistol barrels would be firmly held and cleaned from the breach. Dad was in the service in WWII and he had a particular way about how guns were cleaned especially artillery he spent enough time being in a Sherman tank he could do it in his sleep being he was the crew mechanic I'd guess that'd stand to reason.
These days practically anywhere you go somebody's got a AR or a variant of the platform and those are an odd mix of semi auto and break action just pull the back pin and instant break action!. I do like the way that works though one pin and instant access to most of the internals plus straight shot looking through the bore and chamber.

 

Rubber nozzle at the muzzle and high pressure air.....

 

If it were me. If the end will unscrew i would use screw it. Then I would use a rubber grease gun tip and push it out with grease.

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