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was started in 2005. The founders had an idea to provide national classified
listings of firearms, accessories, gun clubs, safety training and more.
This would make it easier for firearms enthusiasts to reach each other
and still remain affordable.
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The
expression "lock, stock and barrel" goes way back, and is
directly related to the manufacture of guns. To assemble a complete
gun you need three parts:
The complete weapon consisted of lock, stock and barrel, so the expression
means "everything, the whole thing".
- The lock - the
firing mechanism (along with the trigger). It's likely the name was
given to the mechanism because it looked a bit like the primitive
door locks of the period.
- The stock - the
wooden parts of the gun that give it its shape and make it easy to
hold
- The barrel -
smooth bore or rifled (complete with breech plug)
If you have all
three parts, you can assemble a complete gun.
At one time you would order a gun in parts: Stock from a stockmaker
custom fit, the right length and type of wood. Barrel for the
appropriate caliber and length.Lock was the firing mechanism
of early types of firearms, such as the firelock, flintlock, and matchlock
you could choose which was right for you usually based on what you could
afford
With the onset of
the industrial revolution gunsmiths became gun makers and you could
go to a single store and order the complete gun at once…..Lock
Stock and Barrel.
The first reference
in the Oxford English Dictionary is to a letter of Sir Walter Scott's
of 1817: "She wants stock, lock, and barrel, to put her into repair".
It may in fact have been invented by him.
