Have any of you ever had to deal with multiple frangible bullets stuck in a revolver bore. The one at the muzzle is very resistant to drilling.
28SEP2026, First of all I want to thank all of you for your helpful advice.
I finally removed the last bullet without so much as a micro nick in the bore. I started and stopped working several times. Thought, prayed, solicited advice and didn't allow myself to rush.
Holding the pistol by the barrel in a vice using wood and cloth for padding, I tried my standard high speed drill bits with no oil and a cut off .30 carbine shell case, (to protect the bore) on the one at the muzzle and got no where. Then on the advice from a machinist friend I tried cobalt drill bits and cutting oil. That drilled okay. I used left handed drill bits thinking it might "unscrew" the bullet down the rifling, which it didn't. I then used the screw on a slide hammer to pull 2 of the bullets out through the muzzle.
Then I used a 1/8" by 12" Norseman CTD drill bit with 2, 5.7x28 shell casings with the primer pockets drilled out and a metal tube in between them for a guide to drill through the rest of the bullets. A .25" by 12" standard high speed drill bit would now bite into and drill successfully. I used the same metal tube and cut off .30 carbine case to protect the bore. By drilling into the bullets one at a time with the .25" bit, a lag screw with the carbine case and tape on, it could be screwed into the bullet. By grabbing the lag screw with a pair of vice grips and tapping on the vice grip jaws near the end with a small ball peen hammer, I was able to remove all but the last bullet. The last bullet was tapped out from muzzle to breach with a brass rod.
Well, it will be a while before I hand load frangible bullets and will stop shooting and do an inspection at the merest hint of any kind of problem. Even if for some reason I think things are okay.I will carry a brass "squib rod" and oil with me. I learned a lesson, gained some knowledge and purchased some tools all without damaging my gun. Not so bad in the end I guess.
Thanks again to everyone that contributed to my initial question!
