Why do they call it lock and load?

In order to prepare the weapon for firing, the bolt must first be ‘locked’ back to the rear so that the en bloc clip can be ‘loaded’ into the fixed magazine. “Locked and loaded” means “locking the magazine or cartridge into the gun and loading the ammunition into the gun’s chamber.”

Why is it lock and load not load and lock?

It was originally called the “lock” because the mechanism locked the hammer back in the cocked position. The trigger releases the lock to fire the weapon. “Load” is to load the cartridge into the firearm, or the charge and ball in a muzzle loaded musket.

What do lock and key mean?

locked away safely: Her jewelry is securely under lock and key at the bank. If a person, especially a criminal, is under lock and key, they are being kept in a place from which they cannot escape, usually a prison.

Is locked and loaded an idiom?

The phrase lock and load means to prepare for an imminent event. This idioms comes from military jargon referring to the preparation of a weapon for battle. The phrase was used in 1949 by John Wayne in the movie Sands of Iwo Jima.

What does the lock symbolize?

In America, the general perception is of locks to keep people out. But other cultures use engraved locks as a symbol of marriage, uniting two people together; other culture may pierce their skin and secure a lock through it as a symbol of their religious devotion.

Who says Lock 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”.

What does drop the hammer mean?

New Word Suggestion. [slang] To legislate or to crackdown on a certain violation or injustice.