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Meanings of bolt action in English

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Usage of bolt action in English
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Sam left a short-barreled lever-action carbine, and picked up a bolt action .308.
The devil's heart
2
I frantically worked the bolt action and tried to feed the next shell home.
Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1
3
The other two had bolt action rifles of considerable antiquity.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
4
The deputy's rifle was old-wooden stock, bolt action, with only a notched sight.
Carrion comfort
5
The weapons gallery includes a silenced assault rifle as well as a bolt action marksman rifle.
The South African
6
He slid a round into the chamber with the bolt action, locked it down and went upstairs.
A killing night
7
Weapons like the Lee-Enfield bolt action rifle -state of the art, if you're fighting the Boer War.
Wired
8
The bolt action was a Winchester model 70, .338 magnum, in good shape.
The devil's heart
9
As regards speed of fire the controversy between the lever and bolt action advocates seems to me foolish in the extreme.
The Land of Footprints
10
Some of the men gave their bayonets a last fond rub, and I looked to my bolt action to see that it worked well.
A Yankee in the Trenches
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He came walking tentatively from the nearby farm, an embroidered NRA hat on his head, and an enormous bolt action rifle in his hands.
Monster Hunter International