Lock and Load

LOCK AND LOAD Origin: The 'command term' entered the military lexicon with the adoption and issue of the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 (Garand) in 1936 . In order to "load" the eight round 'en-bloc' clip into the weapon, it was necessary to first "lock" back the rifle's bolt in the open position.

Lock and Load or Lock 'N Load may also refer to:

In television:

• Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, a show about the history of military weaponry
• Lock 'N Load (reality show), a reality show about the gun enthusiast lifestyle
• "Lock & Load", a 2006 episode of The Colbert Report

In music:

• Lock 'N Load (album), a comedy album by Denis Leary
• T.O.S: Terminate on Sight or Lock and Load, an album by G-Unit
• Lock & Load, an album by Leslie Fish
• "Lock and Load", a song by Bob Seger from It's a Mystery
• "Lock and Load", a song by Lil Wayne from Tha Carter II
• "Lock and Load", a song by The Mess Hall from Feeling Sideways
• "Lock and Load", a song by Snapper from A.D.M.
• "Lock & Load", a song by Bone Crusher from AttenCHUN!
• "Lock & Load", a song by D.S.G.B. from The Last Supper
• "Lock-n-Load", a song by Layzie Bone from Thug by Nature
• "Lock and Load" a song on the Devil May Cry Original Soundtrack

In games:

• Lock 'N Load, a series of wargames by Mark H. Walker
• Lock & Load: Character Primer, a source book for Iron Kingdoms

See also

• "Lock and Load, Babe", an episode of Vanishing Son