Bolt Action

Also known as: ボルトアクション方式, ボルトアクションほうしき, 手動槍機, 栓动式

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