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Lock-and-load Meaning | Best 2 Definitions of Lock-and-load
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Origin of lock-and-load Originated in American English, supposedly as an instructional command to prepare an M1 Garand, the main rifle used during World War II, for battle. the expression was popularized 1949 by John Wayne in the movie Sands of Iwo Jima. Various similar phrases predate it, including in transposed form as "load and lock".
Or....it could also be thought of as......i guess it is a nobody cares thread. anybody can do an internet search. but internet answers are sometimes "that sounds cool we'll go with that" the movie was "The Glory Guys" a western about cavalry. the rifle they were using was trapdoor springfield. the term used should have been load and lock i think.
Load and lock doesn't "sing"…..Looking at this both historically and through the Manual of Arms, "Lock an Load" as a command doesn't fit/doesn't work!
Historically, and in the manual of arms, up until metallic cartridge firing weapons ( Repeaters, including Manual Loading, Semi-Auto and Automatic) the standard for infantry and gun crews was pretty much the same. It usually ran something like this: Swab, Load, Ram, Prime, Lock, Aim, FIRE, rinse and repeat! This was done to guide un trained and trained alike, keep it simple stupid, fight with a set cadence and maintain order! Pretty much the exact same for gun crews, Swab, Load, Ram, Prime, Lock, Aim, FIRE! When the self contained cartridges came into use, it changed to something like this: Load ( ether manually loading each cartridge into the breach, or charging with clip or tube feed), Lock the Weapon in Battery, Aim, FIRE! Pretty much the same with Gun Crews, Load the Breach, Ram, Prime, Aim, FIRE! With the Repeaters, it changed again, Load, Charge, Lock, Aim, FIRE! Now days, unless there are specific reasons, it's no longer a practice of command to issue such orders, except to gun crews, or crew served weapons systems, the line solders are simple told "Weapons Free" Or "Go Hot" or other such orders, and they do what needs doing!
See Post #7!Or....it could also be thought of as......
You need to (will probably/maybe need to) operate/manipulate the lock mechanism. To open or place the weapon into a "safe enough" position. So that you can load (or re-load) it.
Works with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion and/or the old BP cartridge firearms (such as the mentioned trapdoor).
Aloha, Mark