Question about my Ithaca Knick

[Stan Hoover]

Yes,

After a closer look, in both screw applications, the hole in the latch is tapped.

Now to figure out why, I’ll have to some more digging, I’m fairly certain in some applications I’ve seen the screw coming from inside the fore arm thru the latch, was it on extractor NID’s?
I do have one Knick, a Victory Grade where the screw is opposite, fairly certain that it may not have left Ithaca like this, but then again, I may be wrong.

[Stan Hoover]

Phil,
given the the Knick’s I’ve been able to look at, the latest Knick with the wood screw in the latch is in the 402,7,, area, the few that I looked at over 404,,, all have the machine screw with the retaining nut on the inside.

If you remove your forend from the gun, and then look down inside the latch, do you see a small indentation where the square retaining nut may have been, or if there was one it may be loose in there somewhere? I’m fairly certain you need a wood screw.