Cocked locked and ready to rock?
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Let us break this one down.
Cocked.
Usually meaning there is a round in chamber and the hammer is is pulled back
Locked
Most hear this as the safety is engaged. I prefer to think this means that the hammer is locked back.. which would lead to
"ready to rock"
This usually indicates nothing else is needed prior to "rocking"
obviously disarming the safety would count as a step required before rocking can commence. therefore you are not ready to initiate the rocking.
i find the entire term confusing and contradictory. I advise you to avoid it.
Cocked.
Usually meaning there is a round in chamber and the hammer is is pulled back
Locked
Most hear this as the safety is engaged. I prefer to think this means that the hammer is locked back.. which would lead to
"ready to rock"
This usually indicates nothing else is needed prior to "rocking"
obviously disarming the safety would count as a step required before rocking can commence. therefore you are not ready to initiate the rocking.
i find the entire term confusing and contradictory. I advise you to avoid it.
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cavediver27
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Going the whole nine yards
And then there is "Going the whole nine yards" which is not a football reference but rather from WWII where "nine yards" was the length of an aircraft machine-gun ammunition belt.
Hey, slow day at the office
And then there is "Going the whole nine yards" which is not a football reference but rather from WWII where "nine yards" was the length of an aircraft machine-gun ammunition belt.
Hey, slow day at the office
Confusing term... yes because it's miss used
The original term was meant for a specific gun but thru the years has referred to being "ready"
So, the original gun meant for this term was the Single Action Only (SA or SAO) 1911.
Cocked and locked. Yes, you have to cock the gun to chamber a round and it also cocks the hammer back (so two things at once). The second is locked referring to putting the safety on the 1911. From this point to fire the gun you release the safety and pull the trigger --- BANG!
So, now when you hear this now for any gun it's really just meant to ready your gun - load and make ready.
Most firearms are SA/DA or DAO but not a true SA now so you'll have to know that most guns are not "designed to be carried with the hammer cocked" like a SA only. Don't do it unless your gun is designed for this. If it has a decocker it's really not meant to be carried hammer back even with a safety on.
Just a term from the past that is a bit confusing but it's to relay a meaning to be ready.
Remember to take thing with "a grain of salt."
The original term was meant for a specific gun but thru the years has referred to being "ready"
So, the original gun meant for this term was the Single Action Only (SA or SAO) 1911.
Cocked and locked. Yes, you have to cock the gun to chamber a round and it also cocks the hammer back (so two things at once). The second is locked referring to putting the safety on the 1911. From this point to fire the gun you release the safety and pull the trigger --- BANG!
So, now when you hear this now for any gun it's really just meant to ready your gun - load and make ready.
Most firearms are SA/DA or DAO but not a true SA now so you'll have to know that most guns are not "designed to be carried with the hammer cocked" like a SA only. Don't do it unless your gun is designed for this. If it has a decocker it's really not meant to be carried hammer back even with a safety on.
Just a term from the past that is a bit confusing but it's to relay a meaning to be ready.
Remember to take thing with "a grain of salt."
Reminds me of taking a friend (a combat tupperware guy) to the gun shop once. I advised he look at some 1911's, so the guy behind the counter pulls out a Colt. The friend handles it for a while, gives it back, and says he didn't care for it. I asked what he didn't like about it. He said he didn't like it because there was no decocker.
AAAHHHHHHH!!!!
AAAHHHHHHH!!!!
imthegrumpyone
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origin of terms...and varied usages
For generations, since probably about 1911 or so, the phrase "cocked and locked" has been consistantly used for one thing, and one thing only. It refers to the 1911 style semi auto pistol. It comes from the Army name for the thumb safety, and the fact that the safety lever "locks" into position. Look it up, and you will find old GI parts manuals for the 1911 all refer to the thumb safety as the "safety lock". So "cocked and locked" refers to the 1911 (or other gun of this type) with the hammer cocked and the thumb safety "on". "Locked".
A liberal use of "cocked and locked" can include any firearm cocked with the safety engaged, but the origin of the phrase is specific to the 1911 series of guns. A GLock, for example, cannot be cocked and locked. There is no safety lever to "lock".
I never heard the phrase "and ready to rock" used that way until recently, and it certainly sounds good. To me it confers the image of mentally prepared to use the gun, the condtion of the shooter, not the gun itself. Cocked and locked describes the gun, ready to rock, the shooter.
Can't verify the accuracy of the Nugent quote, but it certainly sounds like something he would say.
"Lock and Load" is a range command used in the military. At least it was back in the dark ages when I was in. "Lock" refers to locking the magazine in the weapon (M14/M16/1911A1) and "Load" refers to loading the chamber. This phrase generally superceeded the old "Load and make ready". Where load was to load rounds into the magazine, and make ready was to chamber a round.
Many civilian ranges still use the "load and make ready" command, as it applies to everything, even BP muzzleloaders, where load is to load the barrel, and make ready to cap and/or cock the gun.
Load and Lock is a command I have never heard, and because I am familiar with Lock and Load, it sounds silly.
For generations, since probably about 1911 or so, the phrase "cocked and locked" has been consistantly used for one thing, and one thing only. It refers to the 1911 style semi auto pistol. It comes from the Army name for the thumb safety, and the fact that the safety lever "locks" into position. Look it up, and you will find old GI parts manuals for the 1911 all refer to the thumb safety as the "safety lock". So "cocked and locked" refers to the 1911 (or other gun of this type) with the hammer cocked and the thumb safety "on". "Locked".
A liberal use of "cocked and locked" can include any firearm cocked with the safety engaged, but the origin of the phrase is specific to the 1911 series of guns. A GLock, for example, cannot be cocked and locked. There is no safety lever to "lock".
I never heard the phrase "and ready to rock" used that way until recently, and it certainly sounds good. To me it confers the image of mentally prepared to use the gun, the condtion of the shooter, not the gun itself. Cocked and locked describes the gun, ready to rock, the shooter.
Can't verify the accuracy of the Nugent quote, but it certainly sounds like something he would say.
"Lock and Load" is a range command used in the military. At least it was back in the dark ages when I was in. "Lock" refers to locking the magazine in the weapon (M14/M16/1911A1) and "Load" refers to loading the chamber. This phrase generally superceeded the old "Load and make ready". Where load was to load rounds into the magazine, and make ready was to chamber a round.
Many civilian ranges still use the "load and make ready" command, as it applies to everything, even BP muzzleloaders, where load is to load the barrel, and make ready to cap and/or cock the gun.
Load and Lock is a command I have never heard, and because I am familiar with Lock and Load, it sounds silly.
Yep. And while the "ready to rock" part is old it ain't that old. The rock is from "Rock and Roll" while that term predates R&R music by a couplea decades it's only from the 1950s or so on that "Are you ready to rock n' roll" came to be a synonym for "Are you ready for whatevers comin?" whether it be a good party, a fight, whatever.
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