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Offline Frizzen

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Thread Size
« on: January 30, 2011, 10:59:56 PM »
Got a friend who needs a clean out screw for his Traditions St. Louis Hawken rifle. Does anyone
know the size of thread?
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Re: Thread Size
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2011, 07:47:07 AM »
Kinda looks like you are battin 0 so far;.  Wish I could help.
They could be metric threads?  If so perhaps they could be retaped to standard like
10+24 ???
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Offline Acer Saccharum

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Re: Thread Size
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2011, 07:59:47 AM »
Take a piece of Silly Putty, stick it on a toothpick or somesuch, and push it onto the internal thread. Retract it carefully, and the thread pitch can be measured with a thread pitch gage.

The pitch is only part of the equation, for the diameter still must be found.

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Offline DutchGramps

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Re: Thread Size
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2011, 10:05:38 AM »
Use the 'putting a square stick in a round hole'-method; take a square piece of hard wood and screw it in the hole. You will get a nice imprint on the four sides to check with a thread gauge and even get an idea of the outside screw diameter 8)
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Re: Thread Size
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2011, 04:36:41 AM »
Yes the answer out there. :P
I looked it up for my cousin and don't remember.
I will  do a search
It seems like it was a 6mm ???? sounds to big????
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Re: Thread Size
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2011, 05:07:30 AM »
Deer Creek Products
P.O. BOX 246
Waldrun, IN, 46182

Phone # 765-525-6181
FAX # 765-525-9595
best I could do as of now. :'(
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Offline Metalshaper

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Re: Thread Size
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2011, 06:02:55 AM »
Frizzen,

the one I have here measures 4.89-4.90 mm in diameter and using an SAE thread guage,, < sorry, all I got in the shop  :-[ > the closest thread pitch I could match was 32tpi ... so looking at conversion charts I'd say it's gonna end up a something like a 5 X 0.80

Deer Creek should be able to verify

Respect Always
Metalshaper/Jonathan
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Offline whitebear

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Re: Thread Size
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2011, 06:43:01 AM »
Take the barrel off the gun and go to your local Ace Hardware store and try metric screws until you find one that fits.  This is not rocket science or brain surgery.
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Re: Thread Size
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2011, 10:50:22 PM »
When I finally got the clean out screw out(with an impact driver) I took it to my Ace hardware, found a metric nut that fit, then got screw (not a cap screw but similar, forget what it was called) that fit.
It takes a 3mm allen wrench, which I like much better than the straight slotted screw.
 The shortest they had was about twice too long, so I bought a couple nuts, put them on the screw,
and cut to length with my Dremel. Rounded end slightly, removed the nuts and it works great.
Screw comes with a domed head and a flat black oxide finish, so it doesn't stick out like the proverbial sore thumb.
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