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chuckchuck Member Posts: 4,911
edited October 2004 in General Discussion
LOCK AND LOAD???? How can you load something that is LOCKED????
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  • 9acresofheaven9acresofheaven Member Posts: 54 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lock in a clip.Load the chamber.

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  • chuckchuck Member Posts: 4,911
    edited November -1
    OK, Thanks I always woundered about that.
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  • eastwood44mageastwood44mag Member Posts: 2,655 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    So when we were qualifying with single shot rifles, why did they tell us "lock and load"--force of habit?

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  • mark christianmark christian Member Posts: 24,443 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is the way I understand the origin of the phrase. When the M1 service rifle was adopted by the US military firing line instructions were "load and lock". That means load in a clip and lock the bolt closed on a loaded chamber prepared to fire. In the John Wayne movie "Sands Of Iwo Jima" the Duke blows his lines and says "lock and load" and this has become the standard phrase to this day. Is this a fact? I have never heard the phrase "lock and load" used prior to WWII, although the term "load and lock" is documented.

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  • bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    Life imitating art imitating life.

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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    Point of Clarification: a CLIP is the housing that hold the eight rounds for a Garand, the metal strip w/spring to grip the rims of five 7.62NATO or ten 5.56 rounds. A MAGAZINE is the box into which those rounds are loaded. So on an M-16 or M-14 the magazine is locked into the well and the first round loaded into the chamber. How's that for the *-retentive award?
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  • ameriskinameriskin Member Posts: 1,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    maybe it's like "head over heels". personally i walk with my head over my heels where ever i go, nothing really exciting[:D]
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  • pack rat633pack rat633 Member Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Okay wannabe's, heres the scoop; LOCK AND LOAD. You put your safety on for the M-1/M-14/M-16, then load the chamber. We don't want any of you panzies shooting yer selves!!![:D][:D]

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  • pack rat633pack rat633 Member Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Okay wannabe's, heres the scoop; LOCK AND LOAD. You put your safety on for the M-1/M-14/M-16, then load the chamber. We don't want any of you panzies shooting yer selves!!![:D][:D]

    SEMPER FI MAC, SEMPER FI
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