I don't quite understand your description of the adjustment screw. I don't believe there is a slotted screw on a theoben break barrel. There is a grub screw with a 5mm or so hex then inside that which you won't see easily is a much smaller hex screw that can be altered to increase or reduce the spring pressure against a small ball bearing held in the end of the larger grub screw. Turning the larger screw alters the crispness of the second stage.