Resurfacing Frizzen

[Carl Aldridge]

After a year and a half of shooting my TC Renegade I have worked most of the bugs out. One of my problems was my flint was hitting the frizzen too squarly. I fixed this by putting the bevel up and setting it further back in the jaws of the hammer. The flint now hits the frizzen at a sharper angle and throws good sparks, but I am left with a horizontal groove toward the top of the frizzen about .005 inch deep. Can I grind .005 inch off the face of the frizzen and still have hardened steel left, or will I have to heat treat the new surface, or should I just buy a new frizzen altogether? If heat treating is an option, how do I do it?

 

[Flintandsteel]

Roarin 54

Why would you want to??? If it's not affecting the function of the lock, or breaking flints.... leave it alone.

Every lock I own has that groove, and they shoot like wildfire. :imo: ::

 

[Bushwhacker]

The frizzen on my smoothie has fired over 5000 shots. It looks like a scrub board. Keeps on ticking just like a watch.If it's working, ya can't fix it.
BUSHWHACKER

 

[IronCrickett]

Roarin',
If you try to grind out the grooves, you will have to reharden the frizzen, as the TC Renegade frizzens are only case hardened.

If you so choose, Kasinet is a carbon compound, available at gunshops or some of the muzzleloader catalogs,
that will allow you to re-case harden it. The instructions are pretty straight forward that come with it.

Later
I.C.

 

[Birddog6]

I have a Lyman GPR with over 5000 shots fron the original lock including the frizzen. It looks like H , but it still works great.
I suggest leaving yours alone til it gives ya problems.... Change the position of the flint ever time ya change it & shoot that sucker til it is dead.. :m2c: