Milner 'B' safe lock with a bolt blocker.
Artifact No: 3811. Sn: 151666. CoR: England. Sz:103 x 85mm. Mt: cast iron, steel, brass. Wt: 1.054kg.
Attachment 17350
A 'B' footprint lock, but with a bolt blocker.
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Milner 'B' safe lock with a bolt blocker.
Artifact No: 3811. Sn: 151666. CoR: England. Sz:103 x 85mm. Mt: cast iron, steel, brass. Wt: 1.054kg.
Attachment 17350
A 'B' footprint lock, but with a bolt blocker.
Not only does this lock have a bolt blocker, unusual in a 'B' lock, note also there is no bolt thrower, the key engages directly with the bolt tail.
Brian, were they made with that spec as standard production then, or is it possibly a prototype or pre-production sample? Any Milners powder proof lock just seems weird without that chunky brass bolt thrower!
I don't think its a prototype, but I don't think it was a long production run either. It might have been a special. As far as I can work out it dates from around the 1870's. Hoping someone might know...