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Lock and barrel
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The Armed forces (and the movies) say "Lock and load" when they mean load the arm with ammunition. While it doesn't make sense today - the expression came from the early days - especially during the flintlock rifle's time. The firing mechanism (called the lock, because originally locksmiths made them) had a "locked" position so the hammer would not accidentally fall and fire the weapon while the men loaded the powder and ball into the barrel. Thus the command - "Lock and load".
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load is self-explainatory. in all modern firearms a bolt is locked into place, securing the round in the chamber. the bolt slides forward under either via manual levers (as in a bolt-action, pump-action, or lever-action) or by the pulling back of some form of charging handle and releasing it to send the bolt forward. so firearms will still be loaded by placing a loaded magazine in the chamber, and cycling the action (which pulls a round from the magazine and pushes it into the cylinder and pushes while twisting the bolt into a locked position). hence be it a flintlock or m-16, you can still 'lock and load'.
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Good thorman944 - and by the way - welcome to A2K.... However, if you think about it, in the modern arm you described the term would be "Load and Lock" - that makes sense. "Lock and load" more accurately reflects the actions associated with arming a muzzle loaded firearm.
