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If it's not a hollow point, carefully center punch the nose lead, and then carefully drill (1/8" bit) through the center of the bullet. Drop some good penetrating oil down on the bullet and let it set a spell. Drilling through the bullet breaks the tension of the jacket, breaks loose from the rifling much easier. Then just tap it out with a suitable wood dowel. This isn't something I read somewhere. I have done it a few times. Most times if you had no powder in the case, the bullet gets stuck in the forcing cone and then you just have to tap it out. It's stuck in the leade of the rifling. If the bullet managed to get a few inches down the pipe, it was likely underloaded or didn't have the correct primer for the load. That makes it pretty stuck.