“Lock and Load”, this statement is frequently uttered by TV heros just prior to going into action, but WTF does it mean? If they are talking about getting their firearms ready for action, I would have thought they should say “Load and Lock” ie load a round into the breech and lock the breech prior to fireing.
Lock the flint to prevent misfire while loading
Load the powder and shot in preparation for firing.
In short – “Prepare weapons for battle”
Carmen_Sandiego said:
Lock the flint to prevent misfire while loading
Load the powder and shot in preparation for firing.In short – “Prepare weapons for battle”
Carmen thanks, that makes sense, all be it 200?years out of date.
Kick the tyres, light the fires!
Angus Prune said:
Kick the tyres, light the fires!
That is Jet Fighter Jock’s talk.
And the one that shits me greatly, whenever someone does anything bigger than lighting a match, “Fire in the hole.”
What fire?
What hole?
Spiny Norman said:
And the one that shits me greatly, whenever someone does anything bigger than lighting a match, “Fire in the hole.”
What fire?
What hole?
Yeah me too Spiny, although I think that may relate to mineing operations in days gone by.
bob(from black rock) said:
Spiny Norman said:
And the one that shits me greatly, whenever someone does anything bigger than lighting a match, “Fire in the hole.”
What fire?
What hole?
Yeah me too Spiny, although I think that may relate to mineing operations in days gone by.
Lighting the fuse, and starting to run like hell saying “there is about to be a rather large, hot and forceful chemical reaction in the underground mining structure that I am currently leaving” takes to long.
Lock and load, I gave you all
The best years of my life
All the dreamy sunny Sundays
All the moonlit summer nights
Lock and load might be a backward version of apply the safety catch and load the weapon. I guess it just sounds cool. Oz Army commands are a bit more prosaic, Load (put a full magazine on an unloaded weapon) Action, (cock the weapon, on the M16 that included seating the magazine and hitting the magazine assist, on the SLR it includes raising the appropriate sights), Instant, (safety catch to fire) and Unload, (magazine removed, cock lock and look, catch, fire, catch, any discharged round to basic pouch, do up basic pouch. End of drills.
Bit of stuff there as well about the elevation and orientation of weapons when this is being done but thats the gist of it.