tc hawken - The Firearms Forum

old semperfi · 01-27-2012, 10:47 PM

ok guys,i have a little problem.i can not get the clean out screw out of my hawken,there really isnt a problem with the gun other than i like to polish the touch hole in all my cap locks if possible.i chuck up a pipe cleaner in my drill and use a very fine polishing compound to polish inside the flash hole.i seem to get better ignition on the other cap locks that i have done this to.i have tried different penetrating oils to no avail.i am thinking of using a propane torch to try heat,what say? old semperfi

Hawg · 01-28-2012, 08:09 AM

It will work, just heat the metal around the screw not the screw itself but honestly I never saw a need to take one out.

somedude · 01-28-2012, 09:45 AM

i have always used automatic transmission fluid to use as a lube for stuff like that.

jjmitchell60 · 01-28-2012, 12:19 PM

Try PB Blaster on it for 24 hours and then try to remove it. It is great stuff and has helped me get bolts and screws out I would have to cut out other wise. Once out, use some anti seize greese o the threads when you put it back in.

01-27-2012, 10:47 PM	#1
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	tc hawken ok guys,i have a little problem.i can not get the clean out screw out of my hawken,there really isnt a problem with the gun other than i like to polish the touch hole in all my cap locks if possible.i chuck up a pipe cleaner in my drill and use a very fine polishing compound to polish inside the flash hole.i seem to get better ignition on the other cap locks that i have done this to.i have tried different penetrating oils to no avail.i am thinking of using a propane torch to try heat,what say? old semperfi -->

01-28-2012, 08:09 AM	#2
Hawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,588	Re: tc hawken It will work, just heat the metal around the screw not the screw itself but honestly I never saw a need to take one out.

01-28-2012, 09:45 AM	#3
somedude Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Mississippi Posts: 4	Re: tc hawken i have always used automatic transmission fluid to use as a lube for stuff like that.

01-28-2012, 12:19 PM	#4
jjmitchell60 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raised in Buzzard Roost near Frog Town in hillls of Kentucky Contributor Posts: 1,474	Re: tc hawken Try PB Blaster on it for 24 hours and then try to remove it. It is great stuff and has helped me get bolts and screws out I would have to cut out other wise. Once out, use some anti seize greese o the threads when you put it back in. __________________ Oath Keepers NOT ON OUR WATCH www.oathkeepers.org 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes Duty... Thomas Jefferson