TC Hawken Frizzen Replacement

Anyone know of a good replacement frizzen for TC?
The stock TC seems to soft and gets gouged and is hard on flints. I heard that a Lyman frizzen can be fitted and is much harder.

Yes the lyman frizzen can be fitted to a TC lock with just a little hand work. The lyman is just a little wider where the pivot screw goes through and can be stoned down to fit quite easily. I did this a year or two back with very good success. The lyman frizzen is so much better.
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Track of the Wolf is where I bought mine a couple of years ago.

stringbean said:

Yes the lyman frizzen can be fitted to a TC lock with just a little hand work. The lyman is just a little wider where the pivot screw goes through and can be stoned down to fit quite easily. I did this a year or two back with very good success. The lyman frizzen is so much better.
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+1 BIGTIME!!

I had a T/C Renegade which I purchased used, and the frizzen wasn't great to begin with ... took it to a 'smith in southcentral Pennsylvania and asked if he could harden it, and he said "sure, but it'll cost you thrity bucks and it won't work for a flip... here - i'll sell you this one for ten..." and in went a Lyman frizzen which lasted well over twenty years - sparked better and worked better, too.

make good smoke!

The stock TC seems to soft and gets gouged and is hard on flints.

That's because it is too soft. Those are case hardened. You can re-case harden it. IT will last a while. Then repeat.

I used to shoot a TC Hawkin flint, a lot. I pack hardened the frizzen with leather char. I never had to do it again.

Even if you can find a replacement T/C frizzen, I would not buy it, nor would I bother trying to re-harden the existing T/C frizzen on your gun. Buy a new Lyman frizzen, do the little bit of minor fitting and you will be far better off.

Just received a lyman frizzen today for my tc hawkin. What is the best way of replacing it? Do I remove the frizzen spring first? Just don't want to make a mistake, thanks

first, you should polish the toe of Lyman frizzen using wet/dry sandpaper. I would go to about a 400 grit finish. take a look at the frizzen currently in the rifle and you'll be able to see where the wear is: that's the part you want to smooth out on the new one. go slow, and don't use power tools. (they'll get you onto trouble much faster than they can get you out of trouble)


with the lock out of the stock, work the frizzen and watch the spring to see which position puts the spring under the most tension. clamp your spring vise on the spring with the frizzen in that position, and when you move the frizzen, the spring will be held tight and should easily come free from the lock. with the proper size screwdriver, remove the old T/C frizzen and replace it with the new Lyman, then put the new frizzen at the position of the old one, put the spring back into place, and release the tension.

shouldn't take but a few minutes. good luck with your project!

The "Early" case hardened frizzen, also had a different cock, which also had a case hardened look. Later rifles came with a solid black frizzen and the cock, had a slightly different geometry, which did perform better than the early one's. I had mine changed out by TC, when they were still honoring the warranty. In all fairness, because I did not buy the rifle new, I offered to pay, but they replaced it, at no cost.

Thanks. I have an older one and the geometry was a bit different where the pin goes through. Had to bend the frizzen a bit for it to sit flush with the pan. All worked out great