Stuck case in my ak

[nocoolnames]

So I was shooting the polymer coated tulammo through my ak 74 and I have an empty case stuck in the chamber that won't extract. I've heard reports of the polymer melting and sticking in ARs but not AKs. I've tried pushing it out with a cleaning rod and hammer, bent my brass rod in the process and case is still stuck. Anyone have any ideas short of a gunsmith or using a solid steel rod. I don't wanna use a steel rod because I don't want to mess up my rifling, so would prolly take to a smith instead of attempting that.

 

[rdss]

Heat the casing up to soften up the build of coating (it should heat faster than the steel and I would keep it on it to long, maybe a heat gun for a safer approach or a torch as well) and go at it with another brass rod, I'm not sure if i would put heat with a torch to it myself though. Other than that I recommend a certified gunsmith. Have you tried a gun forum yet?

Just Googled your problem and found this as the first option.

http://www.amazon.com/SKS-AK-Broken-Shell-Extractor/dp/B000B9RJK4

 

[nocoolnames]

I'll give more heat a try after I remove the plastic grips. I tried to pop it out right after it stuck so figured it would come right out with the barrel already being hot. I'll look into that extractor if I can find it for my 5.45, thanks for the tip rdss.

 

[rdss]

No problem, I hope you get it resolved. Are you using a dead blow hammer? Maybe try someone tapping the case with a dead blow and a brass rod and gently try to work it from the breach end with a flat head. Then clean the piss out of it when it pops out and stick to the brass stuff, the round MIT have over expanded due to cheap casing and a hot load. I do not run the cheap stuff through my Sig516. Saving a few bucks isn't worth it to me.

 

[SonicMan]

From the chamber spray WD40 around the case to let it penetrate around the case, let it sit for 10-15 minutes or so and make sure you spray it good, I have had a few ak-74's and this has worked every time once that wd40 has sat in the chamber a while take a cleaning rod and put it down the barrel making sure its inside the case till is bottomed out then cut the cleaning rod two inches past the length of your barrel to avoid your rod bending and just give it a few good taps, ak cleaning rods are best for this but if you don't have one then use what you have, if you only have a 1-2 inches of rod sticking out of the barrel it's hard to bend trust me you should be able to beat it pretty hard. Also pm me so I can give you a few pointers on what to do with your gun so this never happens again