Hawken Lock Plate Question

[Mac Attack]

On a TC Hawken's rifle, I am not sure of the name of the part is, but it is on a lock plate where the nipple connects to the rifle. There is a screw on the right side. What is it for?

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[Macmac]

Don't you mean it is on the barrel. More like on the snail? The one pictured is a clean out screw.

It could be installed fairly tight, so if you plan to remove it, use the right 'Gun Screwdriver' to really fit the screw, and be careful to not bugger it.

All I can tell you is a good many screws are ruined with the use of common screwdrivers which are not made to turn Gun Screws, and that these screws can be very tight, from factory installs and poor cleaning methods, that have allowed these screws to become rusted in place.

If and When you remove that screw don't put it back in with out a very slight dob of anti-seize.

Since it is easy to remove the nipple with a wrench there is no real need to pull that screw. In my past Ihave owned about 5 of these rifles and i never once pulled this screw, because I didn't have too.

If this is wrong I then have no idea what screw you mean as the only other is to hold the hammer in place.

 

[Mac Attack]

Yes I was referring the screw on the barrel, or snail - the clean out screw. I wasn't planning on removing it, but I just wanted to know what it clean out screw/port is used for. There is no reference to it in the TC manual.

What was the clean out port originally designed for?

Thanks for the info.

 

[Macmac]

I am not sure this is correct, but my opinion is the hole was needed to drill the snail thru, and so had to be sealed off with a screw, otherwise there would be a big hole where you don't want a big hole. So it comes under manufacturing, and the best anyone can call it is a clean out screw.

 

[Pancho]

Mac Attack, if you can't get the screw out without screwing it up there is really no harm done but if you can get it out do as Macmac suggested and use antisieze on it. If you ever dryball it is a great place to add powder under the ball.

 

[Macmac]

Or more like it if he is like me, will forget and most definately will dry ball and just use that nice wrench and pull the nipple to add a little powder.

Is this gun brand new? I can't recall?

I know I might buy, forge and grind a real good fitting screw driver and make it fit, well before I ever set to turning that screw. I guess you can tell a pet peeve of mine is nice guns with buggered up screws..

If it is a brand new out of the store gun, never fired before, maybe then I might see if i could nab that screw easy, and dob it with goo, but knowing me at that it would be the last time I ever took that screw out.

The because here is the wrench does it better. That screw is more plug than screw. To me anyway. If that was my new gun and being the wacko I am I might weld that screw in place and grind the weld so as to blend the whole thing into the snail and make it smooth, because that is just about the way i think the gun should be in the first place.

But then I know I am a little waqed.. About now that nasty biker comes out to play, and he says "What's yer excuse?" But I don't mean it...

 

[Seafarer12]

I always used that as a clean out hole. Run a pipe cleaner through it. If they hadn't intended it to be used they would have saved money and just plugged it.

 

[Mac Attack]

Macmac, my rifle not new in any respects and has seen it's fair share of sun. I actually wasn't planning on removing the screw unless it was necessary for cleaning. Since this is not the case I will leave her be and if I have to deal with a dry ball I will just remove the nipple. It just seems strange that there is no reference to it in the manual.

 

[sundance44s]

On a new rifle I always take that screw out and put anti sieze on the threads like the nipple ..you never know when useing the hole as a clean out might be helpful ..sure makes takeing it out latter alot easyer . On several of mine I replaced the screw with hexhead screws for easyer take out .