Traditions frizzen

[mfwing82]

My buddy came over with a gun he picked up cheap excited that he will finally get to see what all the rave is about with flintlocks .A traditions deerhunter I show him how to disassemble and clean his gun which seems was not done right by last owner. there is a gap between frizzen and pan and seems someone hade filed it down. We bought a new frizzen and it does not seat on pan just the back edge near the hinge point. we went back to old one.
I was wondering if a little heat at the hinge arm and push down on frizzen till it seats would be ok any ideas He has yet to shoot gun and I want it to work right so we do not loose a new traditional hunter .

 

[rafterob]

The frizzen does not need to seal flatly for the lock to go off, this is a common issue on the less expensive locks. It is only an issue if you plan to carry it around primed (which is not suggested anyway) because your priming powder may leak out. As long as that thing throws sparks into the pan it is ready to go!

 

[Robert Egler]

I had that problem, I ground the bottom of the frizzen flat, a little bit at a time and keep checking the fit, and it works fine now. I do carry it around primed when I'm hunting, and don't lose prime generally, although I have snagged the frizzen on branches and dumped the prime once or twice.

 

[Kentuckywindage]

Someone may have replaced the frizzen at one point and they messed up the fitting to the pan when they got the new one in. Been there done that :redface:

I'd just get a new frizzen, they are cheap.

 

[Zonie]

"We bought a new frizzen and it does not seat on pan just the back edge near the hinge point. "
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First off, do not try heating the frizzen and bending it. If you do it most likely won't bend where you want it to and you will have to reharden it.

As it is hitting right next to the hinge (screw) if you use a dremel with a 1/2 inch sanding arbor and some fine grit drums you can grind off the offending material from the underside of the pan cover.

Apply a very thin coat of lipstick to the locks pan next to the hinge and close the cover.
Raise it back up and you will see where the lipstick has transfered to it. That is where you need to grind.
As you continue to do this the interference points should start moving back out away from the hinge.
Remember when you do this that some transfer is to be expected next to the hinge because it should fit tight there when your done.

By doing this, a little at a time you should be able to get it to close fairly well.
It probably won't be a real good tight seal but it will work for most purposes.