I feel SLIGHTED! Where is the cleanout screw on my flintlock??? I demand a cleanout screw!
But it doesn't have a SCREW! ( a screw in liner doesn't count.)Well, @Winterhawk, you do have a "cleanout hole". Most of us call that hole the touch hole.
Tell me that you checked the barrel and are 100% sure that the bore is completely empty. No powder/ball left in the breech? Push the ramrod down the barrel, then mark where the rod stops at the muzzle. Then lay the rod alongside the barrel and see where the bottom end of the rod lies. It should be close to the nipple.I have acquired a Thompson/Center Hawkens style muzzle loader recently and am posting a picture of its barrel. There is a screw that is all buggered up with a red arrow pointing to it. I would like to know its purpose. Does it hold something together or is it covering a clean out hole. It looks like someone attempted to remove it without much luck. I believe that it is rusted in place. I have soaked it for days now with liquid wrench but have had not much luck removing it. As you can see from the photo there is not much left of the original slot on the screw. I may have to take it to a gunsmith to remove it.
It is missing the ram rod. The length of the barrel is 29 inches not including the tang that holds the barrel in the stock. It is marked 50 Cal. Any one have an idea of the length and diameter of the ram rod that was original to this rifle?
Yes I double checked everything you stated in your post. Am in the process of cleaning the barrel as best as I can before placing any thing down the barrel. Thanks for all the good advice.Tell me that you checked the barrel and are 100% sure that the bore is completely empty. No powder/ball left in the breech?
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