Thanks once again guys,

Cayugad, When you say eating patches are you refering to burning through the patch? My old TC manual say's that is a result of too much powder and to back off on the load.
I've noticed that Dixie has a large selection of flints at what appears to be resonable prices. Should I stick with the agate style? Pros / Cons?

Why would the manufactures make a frizzen that won't hold it's roughness? Seem's to me that they should replace it if it doesn't work. Or would this beconsidered "Fair wear and tear"?

My TC Renegade only gets to around 110/115. Anything over that results in hammer blowback. It is very accurate at 90 gr Pyrodex RF w/ a 490 balland 015 pre-lubed patch.So my max load in the flinter will most likely fall in the 80-100 range.

thompson does replace the frizzen if you buy the hawkins.but they dont last,they get grooves in it that catch the flint.RMC SPORTS which is 30 miles from me has extra hard ones.they are great but expensive.22 dollars.warranty on hawkins is great.i had lock problem 30 years old hawkin and they replaced it free.also i had them tune the barrel while it was there.they have a way of checking it for accurate.all freee, then they gave me new frizzen too.i like thompson very much.

i can sit at our club range and see the ones that are OVER LOADING their barrels with powder.if there is snow on ground.you will see the powder in snow 10ft out in front.i used to put a white sheet down and test it that way to. you would be surprised at the people that are putting to much powder in their barrels.some got idea that more powder,the better.its money wasted going out barrel and i think pressures are high to. question,where is 3f in comparison to 2f in grains.i like that pick idea in vent, good one. what wheel did you use on the dremel tool to knapp the flint,i have one and that sounds like good idea too. you got me interested in trying the roundballs again in my t/c hawkins .50cal.take care

Burning through and just general shredding. I do not have that problem with black powder so much, but in my cap locks I get shredded patches especially when shoot Triple Se7en. Also sometimes the addition of a simple wad will really improve the accuracy of your load. You just have to try them.

I get my flints from October Country or Muzzleloader Builders Supply but I would stick with the Black English Flints. Granted I had some excellent luck with agates but they are expensive and if they don't work and you only get 20 shots off one, that gets too costly. Besides you can not knapp an agate.

I am still on the original frizzen on my two T/C Hawkins so I do not know what to tell you.Whether they replace them I could not tell you. As for your powder charge, I will guess it will come in somewhere around 80-90 grains. I actually shoot 50 grains for fun plinking sometimes out of it. The accuracy is very good with even the light loads.

The poster Roundball is an excellent source of information on T/C flintlocks. He was the one that offered a lot of the information I needed when I was trying to teach myself how to shoot them...

Thanks again guy's.
I'll keep hitting search button and try to brush up as much as possible untill my rifle comes in. Then the REAL questions will begin. LOL

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