I have a Ruger 22/45 target pistol i have not fired in awhile. I took it to the range and it jammed. The bolt is stuck about 90 percent forward with a live round. The bolt will not move forward and not pull back. The round looks to be pushed into the barrel up to abount where the casing starts. In other words i cannot see the bullet. Anyone have some step by step instructions? I am going to spray the bolt with some rem oil. I think the bolt was dry from being stored and the ammo was old from being stored. Anyway, i love this pistol so experienced suggestions will be appreciated. This is my first post so Hello to all Ruger lovers!
Ruger 22/45 Help!
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contender
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Welcome to the Forum.
First, to be safe, keep it pointed in a safe direction.
If this happened after you fired a round, I'd check for a barrel obstruction. Measure the barrel from the front to the back of the chamber. Measure a live round. Using a small diameter wooden dowel, mark the dowel with the barrel length, and slide it in the barrel. Mark where it stops. Measure the dimensions to see if anything is "wrong."
Next, I'd place that gun in a vise, with the barrel pointed in a safe direction, and using a nylon punch & a good hammer, drive the bolt open. NEVER touch the trigger, or allow anything to contact the live round, or anything like that.
First, to be safe, keep it pointed in a safe direction.
If this happened after you fired a round, I'd check for a barrel obstruction. Measure the barrel from the front to the back of the chamber. Measure a live round. Using a small diameter wooden dowel, mark the dowel with the barrel length, and slide it in the barrel. Mark where it stops. Measure the dimensions to see if anything is "wrong."
Next, I'd place that gun in a vise, with the barrel pointed in a safe direction, and using a nylon punch & a good hammer, drive the bolt open. NEVER touch the trigger, or allow anything to contact the live round, or anything like that.
Good advice from Contender. If you follow his direction, cover the ejection port and exposed shell casing with several layers of shop cloth or heavier material and don't put your hands in front of the muzzle while punching the round out.
Was this the first round chambered or had you fired a round? If this was the first round, I'd bet there is accumulated gunk in the chamber preventing full chambering. If rounds were fired before the jam, there may have been a casehead separation leaving the rest of the case in the chamber.
Realistically, you should be able to pull the bolt back which will either pop the extractor off the rim or pull the bullet from the jammed case. Clamp the barrel in a padded vise and use both hands on the bolt. You could even loop some strong cord on the "ears" to give you more pulling power. I don't think this will damage the extractor-someone may correct me if that's a possibility.
Was this the first round chambered or had you fired a round? If this was the first round, I'd bet there is accumulated gunk in the chamber preventing full chambering. If rounds were fired before the jam, there may have been a casehead separation leaving the rest of the case in the chamber.
Realistically, you should be able to pull the bolt back which will either pop the extractor off the rim or pull the bullet from the jammed case. Clamp the barrel in a padded vise and use both hands on the bolt. You could even loop some strong cord on the "ears" to give you more pulling power. I don't think this will damage the extractor-someone may correct me if that's a possibility.
contender
Ruger Guru
More good advice from Mobuck. I forgot to mention covering the ejection port. A good idea on the cord to pull with too.
Bullseye57
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Another thing that can be accomplished is to clamp the pistol in a padded vise, slide a pick or similar small tool in between the extractor and the extractor plunger and slide it rearward, hold the plunger to the rear and depress the rear of the extractor to release the stuck case. Then pull the bolt open. If the bolt slides rearward then the stuck cartridge was preventing it from retracting. If it doesn't move then the bolt is stuck within the receiver by friction. Once the bolt is withdrawn away from the case, it would be the safest time to drift out the stuck bullet, because without contact the firing pin has no chance of unintentionally detonating the cartridge.
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