Trapdoor chamberings

[Fogman01]

The chamber cast clearly showed the stuck case in the cast, so the cast covered it and went up into the barrel a little. I think it had been stuck there for so long the chamber cast material did not affect it. The gunsmith put some penetrating oil on it and is letting it sit awhile. I got a 45-100 separated stuck case out of my rifle by taking a naked pp bullet and pushing it down the muzzle. The bullet barely cleared the rifling but it caught on the mouth of the stuck case. I took a long wooden dowel rod and tapped it out. Nothing else I tried had worked. Now I carry one of those bullets in my range box just in case.
I think this is a good example of why an old rifle should get a chamber cast or at least slug the barrel and should be carefully examined before firing. If that case had gone a little bit further up the barrel, a 45-70 cartridge could have been seated. And could have been fired.