Yes, many times I have used a tiny screw from above to pull them out. However, if you look underneath it on the bottom surface of the stock, there should be a pin-hole in the wood, often it may have become clogged with varnish. This is for a narrow punch/drift to push it out from below.

 

rod

not sure on a 91/30 but on a 91 the nose cap screw is threaded same as the threaded hole in the rod retaining nut.screw it in,wiggle it out. almost every 91 i have cleaned has the threaded hole for the rod packed with dried cosmoline. dig it out,rinse the remainder out.

 

I have a 91-30 or two with plugged cleaning rod nuts. They can be a bugger to get out. Most have cosmo and dirt plugged in there....

Pahtu.

 

Won't the nose cap screw fit into the rod nut...?


Scott,

 

Hi Sir,

It is a standard 8/32 or 10 /32 tap! Ihad the same problem with mine. I wiggled it out punched out most of the gunk & ran the tap right thru it.
It is as gooda as new.
Just mark the nut, BEFORE you take it out so it goes in exactly the way it came out.

Best,
point6

 

My SCW 91-30 was the worst - Yes that forend screw will fit, but no that cleaning rod nut would not budge...real bugger, I finally was able to get it out - But it was a chore...

Pahtu.

 

My M39 Straight Stock has a warped stock that wont allow the clearing rod to screw nicely into the retainer hole. I've had the rifle apart, and it screws into the retainer fine when its out of the stock.

If I look down the rifle from the muzzle end, the cleaning rod hole is way off to the right.

 

my 91 30 had a cotton cleaning pad crammed deep into to nut. it had been there a long time too. took me a few hours to pick enough out to get the retaining nut out to really clean it.

 

blocked/block

I had one that had a peice of broken rod still in it it had broken flush at the cleaning rod thread with just enough broken thread sticking out to keep it from being pushed out had to take a finishing nail and knock it out and a small piece of wood was chiped off in the process wood glued it back and was able to get the broken piece of rod out of block the cleaning rod screwed in after that. The Finns conter sunk there cleaning rod blocks because of this problem.

 

Well got the vert. hole to take a screw however that block is swollen/laquered in there so tight I wont be able to get it out. My next effort is to get a rod about 5/32" dia and 24" long ,weld on a bit and see if I can "auger" out the blockage. Appreciate all the stories. It was a help.

 

Some times the threads that hold the cleaning rod get cosmoline in them and it hardens. Try "gently" tapping the rod in place and then see if it will screw into the threads. It will be hard to do the first time...

 

Got that baby out…I took a small drill bit 1/8” and sleeved it into a .22 cal cleaning rod tip with a piece of cloth. Then inserted it into the stock and turned slowly with a little inward pressure. Sure enuf got some debri out. This went on for about 4 times and then discovered (by measurement) that I was past the block. Worth a try but. Idea no. 2…took an xacto knife and cut a slot on all four sides of the block about 5/32” deep and just the width of the blade (this took some tedious work). Inserted the nosecap screw and with a pair of needle nose pliers acting as a lever under the screw head and the stock being the fulcrum (carefully laid a flat piece of metal on the top of the wood so as not to gouge the wood) was able to raise the block. It is tapered and the threaded area was full of crud which when removed showed very good threads. Stuck that baby back in and screwed in the cleaning rod. All is as it should be except for that little hole I drilled.