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One way to skin a cat.
I'm one of those that identify the "cleanout" screw as a manufacturing plug. Many original rifles do not have that threaded plug in the drum or as part of the breech plug. T/C has called the treaded plug a "cleanout" screw and after replacing so many ruined screws redesigned their breech to eliminate it.
I needed to take my out on my orginal all the time to clean out the fire channel.I think of the dozen or so dry balls I’ve had I have only pulled one. All the others I’ve cleared exactly like that. Always works for me.
I have read somewhere, I think on this forum, that the bolster screw is there only to plug a hole that was necessary in the manufacturing process and was never intended as a cleanout access. Can anyone clarify?
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