Mechanisms on breechloading firearms featuring a manually operated cylindrical bolt with an external lever which the shooter pulls back to open the breech and extract the empty case of a fired cartridge and pushes forward to push a fresh cartridge into firing position and close the breech.
AAT
3000224972
13yrs ago
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