bolt action

A type of firearm mechanism by which the shooter has to manually cycle the action to chamber a new round for each time they need to shoot, by directly moving the bolt via a bolt handle (also known as a cocking handle). The earliest example of bolt-action gun that is fielded by an military is the Prussian Dreyse needle gun.

List of bolt-action firearms

Anti-materiel rifles

• AI AW-50
• Anzio Ironworks 20mm rifle
• DSR-50
• KSVK 12.7
• PTRD-41
• QBU-10
• PGM Hecate II
• Steyr HS .50
• Steyr IWS 2000

Handguns

• B&T VP9
• Welrod

Conventional rifles

• Arisaka
• Berdan II
• Blaser R93
• Carcano
• Dreyse needle gun
• K31
• Krag–Jørgensen
• Lee-Enfield
• Mannlicher M1886
• Mannlicher M1895
• Mauser 98
• MAS-36
• Mondragón rifle
• Mosin-Nagant
• M1903 Springfield
• Remington Model 700

Modern sniper rifles

• AI Arctic Warfare
• Cheytac M200
• CS/LR4
• DSR-1
• Remington MSR
• SV-98

See also

• lever action
• List of Weapons

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The following tags implicate this tag: ai_arctic_warfare, arisaka, blaser_r93, carcano, cheytac_m200, daewoo_k11, dsr-50, k31, lebel_model_1886, lee-enfield, m1903_springfield, mas-36, mauser_98, mcmillan_tac-50, mosin-nagant, p14_enfield, pgm_hecate_ii, ptrd-41, remington_model_700, remington_msr, sig_san_511, steyr_hs_.50, steyr_iws_2000, sv-98, and welrod (learn more).