Blunt County Lock

[rsells]

Can any of you guys tell me anything about a small pointed tail flint lock with Blunt County stamped on the plate under the pan behind the frizzen spring?  A friend of mine has given me a lock and I am trying to get the details about the lock and its history before I use it for a rifle or pistol.  I will try to put a photo on the site tonight if I can get my memory stick back from my daughter that will be of help.  If it is a copy of a lock from a particular type of rifle, it will help me with its use.   Thanks for any help you can pass on to me.
                                            Roger Sells

[bgf]

Possibly the one sold by Dixie Gun Works?  Made in Belgium according to this thread:
http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=18921.0

If that is the same, I'm not sure where the Blount Co. designation came from -- doesn't look much like the one on the Bogle rifle which comes to mind first, but it may be based on something one of the other makers (Kellers?) in that area used.  

[greybeard]

Is it possible that it stands for "BLUNT COMPANY"
Bob

[eddillon]

Or, perhaps, Blount Company.  They are the parent of many firearms related companies.

[b bogart]

Blount County, it's an old Dixie Gun Works offering. I have one on a pistol that doesn't spark and one without a frizzen. I hope to find a cure for no sparks and a frizzen that fits the other. Besides that I got no more info.

[elk killer]

i have all the parts for those locks
except no frizzens

[b bogart]

It would be nice to find some frizzens that actually fit and work huh Mark?

[rsells]

You guys are right about the function of the lock.  I put a flint in the lock and it will spark just a small spark about every third strike.  The flint only polishes the surface of the frizzen a bit.  The action is fast, but not any good if it won't start the fire!  Bummer!  Thanks for the help. 
                                     Roger Sells

[elk killer]

i have 3 frizzens that are broken where the screw goes through them,,
i repaired one,,it worked for awhile,,but not long,,
i did get it to spark quite well,after tempering it,,
is a very good thing we have Chambers

[mattdog]

rsells said:

"The flint only polishes the surface of the frizzen a bit."

That is typical of a frizzen that is too hard.  Put it in an oven at 350 - 375 degrees for a couple hours.  Nothing to loose and  you may be suprised how much it will help.

[KentSmith]

Blount County is in East Tennessee, just south of Knoxville.  Dixie sold a Blount Co. lock supposed to after be a lock from that area - back in the 80's I think.  Don't know any more about the lock other than it was sold by Dixie.