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A good trigger is a good trigger, regardless of type. What matters most IMO is a good spark, and a touchhole that lets it get to the charge.

You could replace the percussion barrel and lock on your Renegade with a quality flint lock and barrel, or buy something ready to go. My Pedersoli Mortimer was almost there, but I needed to do some touchhole modification to make it really shine. I drilled it out to .0625 and coned out the back side of the liner to bring the charge closer to the pan, according to instructions by Ross Seyfried, who had the same rifle. That done, it was fast and sure. Had to let it go to meet domestic obligations, but it was a very good rifle.

I really need to pay more attention to the dates on these threads….

I'm a devotee of double-sets. I've owned guns with double-sets for over 40 years now and the use of them has long since become second nature. That said, there's nothing wrong with a finely tuned single trigger also. Like Pappy said, a good trigger is a good trigger. I recently bought yet another Ballard single shot target rifle, but I did so with some mild trepidation as it only has a single trigger. Lo and behold a master must have tuned it once upon a time because its trigger breaks at a crisp, repeatable every time, 11 ounces, with zero failures from repeated attempts to jar it off. I shall keep it as-is.