I thought "lock and load" meant to lock in the magazine or clip (whichever is appropriate), then load.
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I thought "lock and load" meant to lock in the magazine or clip (whichever is appropriate), then load.
My wife and her family calls a vacuum cleaner a "sweeper". Took me a while to figure out what they were talking about. Guess it is a yankee term, us southerners call it a "vacuum".
Rosewood
Here ya go.....
"By the early 1870's, the 42-gallon barrel had been adopted as the standard for oil trade. This was 2 gallons per barrel more than the 40-gallon standard used by many other industries at the time. The extra 2 gallons was to allow for evaporation and leaking during tranport (most barrels were made of wood). Standard Oil began manufacturing 42 gallon barrels that were blue to be used for transporting petroleum. The use of a blue barrel, abbreviated "bbl," guaranteed a buyer that this was a 42-gallon"
... and here's a definition for lock n' load from the 'net.
This imperative phrase originally referred to the operation of the M1 Garand Rifle, the standard U.S. Army rifle of WWII. Its meaning is more general now, referring to preparation for any imminent event. To load a Garand, the bolt would be locked to the rear and a clip of ammunition loaded into the receiver.
Yeah, you catch on pretty quickly to that little maneuver.
Thats why you keep your right hand braced against the handle while your right thumb pushes the clip in place. To prevent "M1 Thumb". Give them "the whole nine yards" stems from the 1919 Browning MG's belt being 27 ft long.
And I can still roll a Bugler with one hand even though I quit smoking 15 yrs ago....
Best, Thomas.