Question about my Ithaca Knick

Phil Yearout · 08-09-2022, 02:10 PM

I just noticed something is missing on my Knick; see photo of the forend latch. For all I know it'e never been there since I got it. Everything seems to work fine. The part of the Parker latch next to it isn't slotted like a screw head; don't know if the Ithaca would be the same. Questions: 1) How is it installed? 2) Is it important? 3) Can I get one? Thanks...

Dean Romig · 08-09-2022, 02:30 PM

It's missing the retaining screw that is installed from the inside when you remove the forend.

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Phil Yearout · 08-09-2022, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It's missing the retaining screw that is installed from the inside when you remove the forend..

Dean, that's how it is on the Parker and my Foxes; guess the Ithaca is a different animal

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Stan Hoover · 08-09-2022, 07:05 PM

Well,

I was wrong also, it is only a small wood screw, not a show stopper till you get another Phil. I took a Knick apart and will post a couple pictures so to better explain.

Stan

Stan Hoover · 08-09-2022, 07:51 PM

I’m including 2 pictures, one of the forend steel and latching mechanism outside of the wood and one picture with everything together again with a picture that looks right like yours Phil.
The bottom end of the screw that you see inside the fore arm is the screw that keeps the spring mechanism in place that applies tension to the lug. Pretty simple operation. The small screw was changed in later guns, Knick and NID’s!

Stan Hoover · 08-09-2022, 08:58 PM

Phil,
Is this the same Knick you shared last week, serial #4018..?

If it is, I believe the forend screw that you’re missing is the one I posted pictures of, a wood screw that is approximately 3/8” in length.

So after thinking about this some more, I was looking over a late NID and then decided to check a fairly late Knick, serial # 404…, At some point they moved away from a wood screw and switched to a machine screw while placing a small square piece of metal to serve as a nut. I would assume this was to solve the problem of the small wood screw loosening overtime

Phil Yearout · 08-09-2022, 03:24 PM

I see now that the hole is threaded for a screw from the outside. If I know what I'm looking at, the end of the screw is present on the inside; wonder of the screw is broken off somehow?

James L. Martin · 08-09-2022, 03:33 PM

Here's my 4E

Stan Hoover · 08-09-2022, 03:31 PM

Phil,
You are definitely missing a screw and it would be installed from the outside, not the inside although I know that was the case on some forends and then the tip of the screw was engraved.

I don’t have a close up picture of a Knick forend handy but I will post a picture of a few Ithaca Single Barrel Traps that I quick took before the owners chased me away at Rock Mtn a few weeks back

You may have to zoom in to see the screw that is missing on your Knick

Dean Romig · 08-09-2022, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Stan Hoover

Phil,
You are definitely missing a screw and it would be installed from the outside, not the inside although I know that was the case on some forends and then the tip of the screw was engraved.

And I am further educated - Thank You Stan.

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