Cocked & Locked...

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What's up, pistoleros!

Just wondering what guns are carried cocked and locked! (Besides the 1911)

Pics would be awesome!

Thanks!
 
The Browning Hi Power is carried in that manner. Most of the CZ line can be carried cocked and locked as well.
 
I carry a Sig P238 cocked and locked in an IWB holster. From an operating perspective it is similar (minus the grip safety) to my 1911s.
 
I carry a Ruger LC9 cocked and locked, so to speak...more like chambered and locked. The LC9 has three safety mechanisms. It shows when the firearm is chambered, It will not fire with the safety on, or when the magazine is out. All I do to fire is to click the safety off and pull the semi-auto trigger. It has an internal hammer.
 
I carry a Ruger LC9 cocked and locked, so to speak
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The LC9 is a double-action gun, and as such can't really be carried cocked.

The CZ-75 pistol and its derivatives can be carried cocked and locked, though I find the position of the safety to be inconvenient.
 
Early versions of the Beretta 92, with frame-mounted safety, can be carried C&L, as can the Taurus knockoff . . . PT99, or something like that?
The S&W 745 was a single-action version of the 645 with hammer-drop function deleted, so it could be carried C&L.
I can't think of many striker-fired guns that can be carried C&L, though there are probably some, including .45 ACP versions of some plastic-framed guns that don't have thumb safeties in other calibers (developed for U.S. government trials that never took place).
Star made a lot of 1911ish pistols from the '30s through the '90s that could be carried C&L (BM, BKM, BKS, PD, etc.).
Ballester-Molina was another 1911ish pistol suitable for C&L.
 
CZ40 B

One of my last CZs i sold,great gun. Same as COLT LZ

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Despite reservations, I recently started carrying my HK Compact Tactical cocked & locked while bird hunting and have been pleasantly surprised how well it's worked out.

I've also carried a Hi-Power cocked & locked with no problems.
 
OK, I'll play.

SIG P210.
Sig Sauer X5 except for Allaround.

Colt Woodsman
High Standard Supermatic

Remington PA51
Colt Pocket Hammerless
Savage auto.
Smith & Wesson .35
Browning 1910

Lessee, now, where is my Ezell book...

Mauser Broomhandle, 1910, 1934.
Steyr Hahn
Nambu
Webley

Lots more that CAN be carried "cocked and locked." Whether the owners or the issuing agency actually did so for some of the older guns is doubtful.
 
Remington XP-100!:D
Tec 9 :eek:

posit the question: what does one mean when one says "locked" in "Cocked & Locked"?

Do you mean "safety on" whether it locks the action shut or not? OR do you consider "locked" to be applicable only to those guns where the action is locked shut when the safety is on (like the 1911 pattern)?

Obviously, when the action is locked shut, cocked & locked applies.

I say cocked & locked can also be properly applied to any gun that stays cocked when the safety is applied, AND has a safety that stays in the on position until you move it to the off position with a deliberate motion.
(in other words the usual lever or pushbutton, not something like a grip safety).

I say this because when applied, the safety is "locked" in position, normally by some kind of detent with spring tension, or friction. There are exceptions, and those would not properly be cocked and locked, but rather 'cocked and on safe".

Bonus question:
Do you think the term cocked & locked was coined for the 1911A1only because the "thumb safety" locks the action shut when on?

OR, because the proper military name for what we commonly call the thumb safety is "safety lock"?

Or both?
neither?
 
44 AMP said:
Bonus question:
Do you think the term cocked & locked was coined for the 1911A1only because the "thumb safety" locks the action shut when on?

OR, because the proper military name for what we commonly call the thumb safety is "safety lock"?

Or both?
neither?
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I think the term was coined because "cocked and safety on" doesn't rhyme and roll of the tongue, also explaining the multiple uses of the phrase "cocked and locked" as a generic phrase of expressing readiness.
 
I was all for guns with a deco led until I started using them in competition. Once I trained myself to swipe off a safety for a consistent SA pull, scores improved. Of course I had a few stages where I would pull a dead trigger but it didn't take long to thumb it off during stress.

Oh and it's my CZ 97b converted to SAO with a straight(er) trigger.
 
I have my CZ 75B Compact 9mm cocked and locked in the nightstand for HD use. When I carry the CZ, I carry it at the half cocked position to give me a lighter DA first shot.
 
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