Shouldn’t this statement be “load and lock”? I mean there’s no point in locking (the breach), until it has been loaded.

I’m sure the military types will know more, but I think it’s from the standard issue rifle the Americans had in WW1: the bolt had to be locked in the open position in order to load a magazine.

In 13th century Scotland, it was considered that the keys to military success would be control of the waterways and also of the iron deposits, ie loch and lode. At some point these were corrupted into lock and load.

dv said:

In 13th century Scotland, it was considered that the keys to military success would be control of the waterways and also of the iron deposits, ie loch and lode. At some point these were corrupted into lock and load.

dv, that sounds like a pissabolity.

mr kii: on the firing range the guy in charge says – lock in the magazine (shove it in the magazine receptacle) and then load the first round in the barrel.

kii said:

mr kii: on the firing range the guy in charge says – lock in the magazine (shove it in the magazine receptacle) and then load the first round in the barrel.

Well, actually he says “lock and load” but this is what he means.

Mr kii, that explains it for me, thanks.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lock_and_load

mr kii is now giving me the short history of his days on the firing range.

In Australia the commands are load, action, instant, unload. Load is magazine on weapon, action is weapon is cocked, instant is safe moved to fire.

>In Australia the commands are load, action, instant, unload.

Don’t know how clean it would get anything on such a short cycle.