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The Anschütz Fortner action used in biathlon is a good example of an ergonomical straight-pull rifle with good economy of motion and high operating speed. The action lever is located close to the trigger, and is accessed by slightly moving the index finger off the trigger. Pulling the lever rearwards ejects the spent casing.
M1871 Beaumont (Netherlands – rifle – 1869/1871) M1879 Reichsrevolver (German Empire – revolver – 1879) M1882 Revolver (Switzerland – revolver – 1882) M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun "Potato Digger" (USA – heavy machine gun – c.1895) M1895 Lee Navy (USA – rifle, bolt-action – 1895) Mannlicher
A single shot, bolt action, target rifle in 7.62×51mm calibre. Swing Mk4 Bolt Head showing four large lugs. A bolt having four locking lugs derived from the Schultz & Larsen Model 54J of 1953 and 62M of 1961. The lugs were moved to the front of the bolt (as opposed to the Schultz & Larsen design) but were of the same 'generous' size.
Bolt-action rifles are an evolution of the lever-action rifle, offering greater accuracy and stronger receivers. [1] Bolt actions require the user to manually cycle the bolt after each round is fired, and are usually loaded with stripper clips or magazines
The Winchester Hotchkiss was a bolt-action repeating rifle patented by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss in 1876 and produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and Springfield Armory from 1878. The Hotchkiss, like most early bolt-actions, had a single rear locking lug integral with the bolt handle, but was unique in feeding multiple rounds from a ...
Although bolt-actions are usually associated with fixed or detachable box magazines, in fact, the first general-issue military breechloader was a single-shot bolt-action: the paper-cartridge Prussian needle gun of 1841. France countered in 1866 with its superior Chassepot rifle, also a paper-cartridge bolt-action
However, unlike the lever action (which demands the shooter's hand to actually provide the force needed for cycling the action), bolt release firearms eject the used cartridge automatically without involving the lever, usually via blowback or gas operation, and often uses a spring-assisted mechanism to chamber the next round.
The Winchester Model 54 is a bolt-action rifle manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The 54 was the first successful production run civilian centerfire bolt action for Winchester. [1] Using a Mauser 98 [2]-type action, the Model 54 was produced until 1936 when, with some modifications, it was reintroduced [3] as the Winchester ...