WTH!!!! Use the right tool for the job you lazy a$$ unsub. I want good people to watch !!!!!!

The shell shooting out is normal. Hydraulics will do that. JRB, hang an empty picture frame around the indent on the sheetrock and label it "life lessons help us grow"

Awesome, love the creative thinking, and the laugh when the case popped out, priceless!

People are usually surprised by the force exerted by pneumatics /hydraulics. Nice job man!

I love how amused this guy is that there's a casing-shaped dent in his wall

Never seen brass keyhole like that. Might need a tighter twist chamber... 😂

I knew it was going to go like a cork gun. That casing impression & oil splatter is priceless. 😜🤣🤣

Okay, as a retired military that did do some armory work in my earlier days with M-16's, I loved this. First thing I would have done after the case hit the wall was quickly wash the oil off, then frame the dent. Stories of this would be a lifetime worth of laughs. Yes, the 90 zerk fittings have more of a chance of leaking. Having a spare barrel cap, weld the hole shut and threading it for the grease gun would have been the fastest, but having the welder is the spoiled toy to have around. Guilty as charged. The oil as a hydraulic fluid was perfect as it easily flowed into the barrel and case once the bullet was pushed in. It also flowed easily enough to push the primer out and disarm a dangerous situation. Having custom machined anything I need for more decades than I care to think about, this was great. Thanks for a thought provoking and laughable video. MSgt David R. Smyth, USAF, Ret.

I know this an old video but Dave is the friend we all need in our lives.

David deserves the positive reinforcement you gave him. He sounds like a good friend waiting to help if he can. All together now. 1 2 3 4 DAVE IS GREAT, GIVE HIM CHOCOLATE CAKE !

Too bad you didn't chronograph the case. Lots of fun to watch.

Thank you. I am a gunsmith and have never been confronted with this type of a stuck case problem. Now I know. I will make the adaptor on my lathe and configure it so I don't need a zerk fitting but remove the female zerk and thread the flex hose right into the adaptor. That way there will be no leak at the zerk fitting.

(on my daughters account) I was amazed at how much energy the departing jacket had, given the size of the primer hole. I've used a pneumatic grease gun to clear frozen pistons inside of various cylinders over the years with good luck - usually the slug just pushes out slowly. You are right in that you have to get every bit of air out of the grease/oil before true compression begins. Even a small amount of air puts you at a disadvantage. If you stand the barrel up for an hour, most of the air will rise to the top. The hard part is getting the air out of the grease before pumping it in... Once all the air is gone from the barrel, pretty much any fluid will apply pressure equally in all directions until a sealing surface reaches its limit.. In my younger, dumber days, I cleared the piston from a rare 50 + year old single-piston brake cylinder by filing the chamber space with distilled water, plugging the threaded holes with teflon taped bolts, and "for safety" suspended it inside of a small box made from bolted together 4x4s with the open end pointed (what I figured to be) safely down range. Heated it with a propane torch thru a hole in the safety box until the steam cycle got underway. At some point along the way, the piston departed the bore a lot like a shotgun slug (and about as loud as a 12 gage!) took a weird trajectory and traveled more what looked like a few hundred feet into the side of an old truck. The body of the cylinder was flush with the 4x4 but the wood had a pretty deep dent from the recoil. That's how I did wheel cylinders and master cylinders on vintage cars for 20 years till someone mentioned a grease gun would be a lot safer...

I wasn't expecting the shell to shoot out that hard! I'm sure there are better ways and all... but that was the coolest way.

I love that you laugh about oil everywhere and a dent in the wall. This was a great video and that is one hell of a grease gun!

I think the oil was a great idea. It was a good medium for penetrating around the case without having to clean all the grease out of the barrel afterwards.

Three incredible things I observed: 1) The use of motor oil was awesomely serendipitous because it was less viscous and able to work its way through every tiny opening in the casing looking for the path of least resistance. This enabled the pressure to get to the primer pin and push it out. 2) Once the primer was pushed out, the casing could "collapse" a little in diameter, and that is what allowed it to come loose under pressure. If the primer had stayed in, it was providing equal pressure from the center and not allowing the casing to "collapse" its diameter - it was helping it to hold its shape tight against the inside of the barrel. Once it was out, it made the difference, allowing the barrel to dictate to the casing a slightly less large diameter. 3) Again, with the oil pushing in every direction possible and working its way into every nook and cranny, I'm sure it also was able to push its way AROUND the outside of the casing and actually lubricate and slicken it, making it that much easier to exit once it reached the critical amount of pressure and the casing diameter had been diminished enough to be able to pop out. Excellent work. You've got a sub from me, sir! Cheers!

Some guy out there is going to watch this and think "That's almost the right amount of lube to use on an AR. Just a touch more and you'd be there.." 😂

Dave is one heck of a guy and deserves that barrel. It was worth the price of admission just to hear your laugh when that sucker blew out of there! I think you should glue that brass to the wall and frame it!

Great job....got the case out, nobody got hurt, people learned a lesson about hydraulics, a great lesson on stored energy (ask the wall) and maintained a good relationship with a talented machinist..plus gave each person good insight about proper case sizing.

When the gunsmith bent his rod, I'm betting he pushed the bullet into the case. That's why the prime came out first.

The shot of your wall made me laugh harder than I’ve laughed in a VERY long time! That was greatness...

I never had any luck with a gunsmith solving my problem. As a machinist, I always ended up doing the job myself.

Whenever this video pops up I can’t help but watch it!!!!!!! I love how happy you get when the brass shoots out of the barrel!!!!! And the shape of the dent is the wall is awesome! Johnny I just want thank you for all the great info over the years. You got me into reloading! Have a great weekend!

Hi, Johnny. The mark the casing made in the wall tells it all. It was worth the wait! Thanks for the vid and thanks to Dave for contributing the fittings you needed. It was great when the primer busted loose. It was awesome when the cartridge let go! Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!

THE SUSPENSE WAS AWESOME!

Dave should sell those grease gun connectors............that was amazing.

I would recommend using a heavier weight oil and instead of using a zerk fitting I would thread in the grease gun hose

We had this happen a few times with my m4. I found the best way to clear the obstruction was to squirt lubricant down the barrel until it came out the bottom. Then I stuff the barrel with a bit of fabric. Then I connect several cleaning rods together and stick them into the barrel, then I hold onto the barrel and repeatedly slam the cleaning rod into the ground. That always works pretty quickly. The round pops out within 2 to 3 minutes of tapping it.

"I really should have a vice for this, but I'm an idiot." - I relate to this statement on a fundamental level. Subscribed. :D

So it seems that the type of grease gun you use is very important. I tried this technique using an M3A1 grease gun, and it actually made my problem much worse.

You got her done!! As far as that case flying out it was caused by compressed air. Liquids do not compress a significant amount, air however compresses very easily. The air was somewhere in the equation between the back of the case up to and including the hose of the grease gun right to the piston . A good quality lever grease gun will produce around 10,000 psi, that one you had can realistically make around 5000 psi. Can create quite a projectile with some air in the enclosure.

I love that this has nearly half a million views. The case shaped dent in his wall (in the middle of a totally satisfying splat, by the way) is worth every view.

Pressure releases in the path of least resistance, fluids are considered non compressible, the pressure build up was from the extremely small amount of flex of the barrel expanding from the fluid forcing it outward as well as the brass and primer flexing. Think of it as an extremely strong spring that you slowly compress and all of a sudden release, the brass only had so much resistance to the force pushing it out, once that was met and exceeded the spring released and shot the brass across the room. You were right to try to get as much air out as possible but there would have been a small amount in the case, hence the bubbles after the primer pushed out. Air is compressible, thus adding to the spring force of the pressure build up. If you were able to use only grease the grease would not have shot across the room, unless there was air behind it, but the case still might have. I believe in this situation a combination of the kind and specific amount of resistance to movement of the case in the chamber, the friction between the case and the chamber, and a little bit of air caused the seemingly explosive exit of the case from the chamber. The key is that the case was released all at one time and did not push out slowly, I am used to pulling or pushing seized metal pins on dirt equipment, when a pin is stuck very hard using a hydraulic press we can remove the pin. There is so much friction from the added diameter from rust that the pin makes a loud bang the first few times it moves until the rust is broken up. This is what happened to you except the brass did not have anything else holding it in once it first moved. In terms of physics you applied kinetic energy to a system to hydraulically pressurize a cylinder storing up potentially energy in the cylinder until the coefficient of static friction of the case against the chamber was overcome, once that happened the coefficient of kinetic friction was not enough to stop or even really slow down the case as the pressure was released, in other words you should always take precautions of a sudden energy release when dealing with high pressure.

dave needs to sell these, both to gun shops and us, id buy one

Having dealt with high pressure oil and 5in gun systems in the past, I'm not sure you could have stopped that round (casing) from an energetic release. There is a significant amount of air in that case. I think you did the best you could have in the situation. Loved the video.

I feel like it's the twilight zone because of how much you talk about a simple enough job

Dave, I will take one in 1/2 and 5/8! Great piece of kit for my gunsmith tool box! I will pay!

Thats awesome! My first thought is, "I would remove that coupler from the grease gun, eliminate the zerk fitting and screw the hose straight to that adapter. Good work man.

Lesson learned, most people take them for granted but glad you resolved the issue and didn’t give up.

I gave you a big thumbs up because you were honest and showed the unintentional double shot. People watching these videos need to see the honesty. Thank you sir.

If a “gunsmith” put a steel rod down that barrel, and bent it, he isn’t a gunsmith.

How to remove stick case with grease gun *pulls out M3*

Dave needs to produce these! While I was watching this... every time you said “I should have used a vise”, I kept saying you need a bucket to put the chamber in... I don’t think anything would have reduced the pressure of the round flying out the way that it did. Great educational video!

Been skipping over this in my feed for a week, now I'm glad i watched it.

The "gunsmith" who took a hammer to the steel rod to try to pound it out is a HACK and should be avoided at all costs. :(

I'm dying over here, LMFAO! First time I've ever seen a bullet shoot out of the wrong end of a gun barrel!

This was a terrific video to watch - 4 yrs later 😂 You, sir, are most certainly not an idiot! 🙏

Hey, Johnny. I tend to come back to this vid every once in a while, since it really was a unique problem and unique solution. Just realized it hit 1 mil! Congrats!

This is my absolute favorite Johnny video. I'm late to dinner, and I dont care! I share your joy brother!

Definitely give the barrel to Dave! Least you can do for a hero!

It’s the simple things that are ABSOLUTELY genius. Love how a fellow gun advocate turned some threads for his fitting. I wonder how a person could build the PSI required to blow a stick round out the breech if the barrel is non-suppressed/ non-threaded. Such a damn good idea!

Dude. Love your video. And your enthusiasm. Great job at showing creative and safe ways to do this. Keep up the great videos.

Great video! One way to save a bit would be to use a grease hammer that would cost around $8. And your gift back to Dave was perfection!

Awesome! Congrats and thanks for painstakingly taking the effort of letting us witness your trials. This is my favorite channel on KZfaq.

Great way to remove a stuck round, great outcome, great way to thank Dave. Really enjoyed the video.

Dave is a man every bro needs and appreciates.

Probably no way to confirm it, but I'm thinking the divots near the start of the lands came from the steel rod the gunsmith used to try and hammer the cartridge out. Same thing with the small dings near the crown.

I love how much you care for your viewers and the self sacrifice you go through

This is one of the best and most entertaining videos I've seen in a long time! Thanks for this! I'm now subbed to your channel!

Johnny this is killing me. Being in mechanics and machining I keep yelling at my phone "pipe threads dont need teflon, get a pneumatic greese gun, ugghh." Great job though. My wife came in and said "jesus leave the guy alone". Thanks for video.

When it comes to fittings, always go with the simplest, most direct fitting you can. Additional pieces just cause issues.

Nice, just eliminate the zerk and run the hose straight to the fitting Dave made ya. Awesome that it worked.

I'm glad you gave that barrel to the guy who made that fitting for you. Right move. I'm glad everything worked out for you! love your channel. Your voice and cadence kind of reminds me of the "This Old Tony" KZfaq channel. Great work, i hope you keep it up!

Awesome man, I'm surprised the barrel wasn't damaged after having the round shoved in so hard. It was cool seeing the oil disarm the round and then pop the whole thing out without breaking anything.

I never had a dull moment watching this video, Johnny kept the whole process described what was the plan, what he was doing and what was happening, t'was a blow by blow announcement.

The marks in the barrel were likely caused when your gunsmith friend tried to drive the stuck round out. You said earlier that he bent the rod trying to get the round out!

That was really fun to watch! Before you bought that 2nd grease gun, I was yelling "replace the zerk first"! 😆 DIY is the way to go.

The grease gun trick can be used for many things! Popped some broken hardened dowels out of holes that had too tight of an interference fit out of hardened steel before and they definitely move after popping out. Get a new and improved high-tech fleece bullet stop so you don't have to use clean and painted sheetrock next time ;)

I cheered out loud when that case came out! YES! Great work Johnny's Gunsmithing Bench.

iam going to call that adapter "AR-BUTT-PLUG-ENEMA-THINGY"

Im a retired gun smith of 30 years and I injoyed this veido your freind dave is a good freind and machinist to design this for you that he could east adapt for stuck cartrige cases in a die set and sell both for a good profit, He is a talented man . Keep making veidos the most advanced products on the market come from people like you and your freind Dave , I myself would buy this product if he so decided to make them. thank you.

Have had to do the same thing with antique 90 year old outboards with frozen pistons. Biggest thing is to get out as much air as you can and pump slow and consistent. Glad you got it out! Love the dent, Frame it!

Finally. Nice vid. We were pulling for you and the sight of the primer popping out was really cool.

LOL...Best video yet...As a machinist I knew that pressure had to go somewhere, I was just waiting for the round (brass) to shot out of that barrel and hopefully not break the camera. Nice dent in the wall. I wish you had your Magneto speed strapped on to give us the velocity of that brass coming out. Glad your OK . Next time use ATF (automatic transmission oil) or hydraulic oil.

So been getting parts together to build an AR-10 decided to start watching videos found your channel and really liked it. So happy you got that case out of there high five man I know this is way past when it happened but got to give a hell yeah. 🤘

This was the first video of yours that I have watched almost a year ago now I think I have watched almost every one of your vids and now I’m a patreon supporter. Keep up the good work man.

HOLY SHIT!! I ALMOST WENT THROUGH MY CEILING WHEN THAT SUMBITCH LET LOOSE!!! HAHAHAHA HOLY SHIT!!! AWESOME LOL🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for sharing this! You are lucky to have a friend like Dave!

I found your channel from another reloading source (Rex Roach). I’m new to reloading and learning a lot from you, but your content is amusing overall. That case-shaped dent in the wall is great! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

My little girl cackled like a banshee when the case popped out. Good stuff.

the air in the grease was not the problem. the bubbles at the muzzle needit to work thru all of the mass of the oil. as a tip for next time/ user. have have a pump rod or something solid to fill the barrel. u will not need as much oil and if the round moves just a bit u will have a way bigger pressure drop.

Take zert out. Remove fitting off the hose and screw hose directly onto barrell fitting

Elastic expansion is a fun thing to play with. This was a good video to demonstrate a good way to show how the way to do this.

That was very interesting. I was legit on the edge of my seat waiting to see if the round would come out. Well done!

That....was...........AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I was hoping you'd move it outside due to the mess that was sure to occur. It made for an even better video though!!!!.... Dave you kick ass, and I'll be needing one just to have. Sweetness, and on to some more vids.

A proper sized wooden dowel barrel half full if grease or 90w turned upside down drop it on the dowel piston action shock pops em right out

Thank you for an awesome video. Watched it twice now, hands down better than anything they make in Hollywood. I was on the edge of my seat!

Props to dave for being a stand up dude... i aspire to have friends that solid haha

*watches seeing nothing happening* *wonders if this is gonna work* *notices primer and starts laughing* *bullet flies across room, dies laughing*

Been waiting on this one. Thanks much for posting. This channel is awesome.

I enjoyed watching you taking the chance to figure out this six month old conundrum great job!

I had this happen in an Armalite barrel. I just bought a new one also but it was only 250$......suddenly my problem doesn't seem so bad now. Great video.....people may laugh but you did it the safest way I think. I would have never thought of that though....good idea.

THAT WAS AWESOME, and you did not blow your face off!

Thanks for bringing us along on this crazy Ride!!!! Praises to Dave!

Never seen it done that way before. Pretty cool. I love the "im an idiot" comment. Can't tell you how many times I've said that to myself. Love the enginuity. The scratches are almost surely from the guy that jammed the rod in there.

had the same issue on a POF 308,ended up using the Brownells stuck case (080-880-308MB)puller, with some modifications because it is designed for a bolt gun. Got that round out finally. So grinding down a litte on the body holding the collet. Great job with the grease gun👍

I saw the dent in the wall and immediately hit the "subscribe" button. That was... awesome.

This must be the funniest video yet. I was rooting and laughing the whole time!!!! Midway will be offering this next fall!!!!

I'm late to this video, but I think it's been very educational. Giving the barrel to Dave is the best choice, and should try to talk Dave into producing those, even if it's a custom made, I'm sure he will have plenty of customers, I would buy one just as a insurance policy. I really enjoy your channel, as a new subscriber I find your information indispensable, I'm new to 6.5 grendel and creedmoor and really enjoy them. Thanks for your information and detail to the reloading community.