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This refers to the parts of a rifle: Lock, such as Flintlock; stock as the wooden stock and the rifle barrel. So, if you bought something lock, stock and barrel, that meant that he accepted the whole thing or the whole story and not just a part of it.
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What are the three main parts on a rifle?
Traditionally they were the lock, the stock, and the barrel. This was also the origin of the expression that meant "the whole thing".
What are parts of a shotgun?
Lock stock and barrel
What are the parts of rifle?
Lock, stock, barrel
What are the parts of a typical gun?
Taditionally, this was the "lock, stock, and barrel". The stock or grips permits the shooter to hold the gun, the barrel guides the projectiles. The lock, or action, controls the firing of the cartridge or charge. Lock, stock and barrel has become a phrase meaning the entire thing.
How do you put a a gun together in colonial times?
You made the barrel, fitted the stock to the barrel, then fitted the lock to the stock.
What are the names of the sections of a rifle?
Lock, stock, barrel
What are the main components of a gun?
Lock, Stock, Barrel
What are the three main parts of a rifle and how do they work?
Lock, stock and barrel. Lock holds the firing mechanism, stock gives you something to hold onto, barrel spins the projectile.
What are the 3 basic parts of firearms?
Lock, stock and barrel
What are the three main parts of firearms?
Lock, stock, and barrel
What assembley group is a rifle made up of?
Lock, stock and barrel
What are examples of merism?
hook, line and sinker; lock, stock and barrel
