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Try another Boresnake!

I'd rig something on a Dremel Flex shaft, a piece of como wire and a screw or cutter of some sort on the end.
$hit, put men on the moon but can't clear a tube?
Bet my cardiologist could get it out or my colonoscopy dude.

They do make a patch puller for muzzleloaders, but we're dealing with 6.5mm, not 50 caliber...........

And a ball puller which is a screw that screws into the lead ball. One of those, on a smaller scale, would work.
Hydraulics are a possibility as well.

Fill the bore with motor oil to 2" from the crown. Insert wooden dowel about the same size as the bore. Whack the protruding end of the dowel with a hammer.

I used a bore snake once...last year, on a .22LR. it got stuck and I had to tie the rope to the work bench to get it out. THANKFULLY it came out without breaking.

First and last time i've used one.

If you were to take one of those dry wall screws, the ones with the course threads and are used for panaling and sheetrock and which do not require a pilot hole and braze it to the end of a 1/4 inch steel rod.

Inserting this in the muzzle and turning it so that the screw goes into the snake, then pulling it out, would that not remove the bore snake?

The screw might strip out of the material, but still pull some of the cords or whatever it is made from out. If it did this, you would have to repeat the above step over and over, but eventually you would get it all out.

A large fish hook, straightened out and brazed to the steel rod might work, also. The barb would catch on the snake material, and might hold good enough to pull it on through.

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The bad thing about drywall screws is the fact that they are somewhat brittle, and have a tendency to snap. Ask me how I know.

Load cartridge in gun pull trigger.....

All done!

tetrachloroethelye will do the trick nicely.

Get a hack saw....... If you are lazy, use a chop saw....