Does cocking a gun do anything?

It enables great force to be used to chamber or extract difficult or ruptured cartridges. However, it adds an extra, fast-moving part on the outside of the gun and may limit the way the gun is handled.

What’s another word for cocking a gun?

“The men point their index fingers and cock their thumbs, waving imaginary guns over their heads.” Find more words!…What is another word for cocking?