good morning all.

I did not try the tap method described above, I did try brushes, tight brushes and so forth.

I ended up pouring Cerro Safe into the chamber. My mistake was going off hunting with my brother and letting the Cerro Safe cure in the chamber. Bad mistake. Should have pushed it out after 30 minutes not 3 hours.

When I returned I tried tapping the chamber cast out and of course it would not budge.

I ended up melting the Cerro Safe out of the chamber in stages and finally hammered out the bronze brush with a patch that was acting as my plug.

I'll not hide anything from you all, I'll lay my indiscretions bare. I beat pretty hard on my cleaning rod, I knew I should wait and get a brass or steel rod but I was not going to let this rest till the obstruction was out of the chamber. I was not patient and the hardware store was closed. I still have my Dewey cleaning rod but that nice handle that swiveled is no more.

I discovered the offending case neck on the floor and the rifle is now up and running again.

A lot of lessons learned here and thanks for all the help.

From here on out a brass or steel rod will be residing next to my reloading bench.

Mark