I have pulled rounds out of very junk looking guns before, ( even gas pipe specials from Kurdistan) so the appearance of the thing is no indication as to it's status. For safeties sake I would assume that it is loaded....
Try a ball screw, basicly a wood screw on a long shaft to pull any lead slugs out. Then a worm, rather like a cork screw, to draw the load.
Alternatively try washing it out with lots of water.
The amount of powder used would vary depending on what was available, and what was the intended target! And even 0.5 ins of a load will take the back of your head off at point blank.
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