Lock Kit Assistance

[Jacob_S_P]

To get some work under my belt and satisfy the urgent genetic itch, I bought a lock kit at the CLA show last year.
It s just kind of a generic counter, so far I have been cleaning it up and filing to get it going.
When purchasing the kit I was informed that the kit was all heat treatable.
I have an electric oven and have CCH modern parts - but I want this right. Anyone able to point me to a past thread explaining which parts at which tenps and times etc?
Any help is very appreciated.

[WadePatton]

Have you seen all the lock postings in the tutorials section?


http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?board=473.0


Also, most heat treatment and tempering discussion here tends to be in colors not temps, but also there are color to temp conversion charts if that is a problem.  Old timers didn't have infrared sensors or electric ovens.

There was just a thread on tumbler hardening here.  Good luck.

[Mark Elliott]

The only parts I normally heat treat are the springs, frizzen, tumbler/fly, and sear.   Hardening should be the same for all.   Just make sure they are hard to start; test with a file.  I temper the frizzen to 375F, the springs to 700F, and the tumbler/fly to 500F and the sear to 590F.   I also temper set triggers to 590F.  I polish the parts (springs/triggers) to be heat blued and reheat to 560F.   These temps have come from instructions from and conversations with Chambers, L&R, and Davis.     

[jerrywh]

I agree with Mark Elliott

[Jacob_S_P]

I was not aware of the tutorials section, I will browse it thoroughly.
Mark Elliot that information is exactly what I was looking for. If memory serves, and that is a stretch, I believe I was told the parts were all 8120 but I may be wrong on that.