What is "bolt-action"

Usage examples of "bolt-action".

SSG-70 Steyr bolt-action rifle against his shoulder, he quickly levered a 7.

Unlike most sniper rifles, which were bolt-action weapons, the MSG-90 was a gas-operated semiautomatic.

The dreaded secret police usually wore civilian clothes and carried automatics, the soldiers of the army had bolt-action rifles such as Shannon had seen at the airport, and the President's own Praetorian Guards had submachine guns.

Graham Lymington has taken the bolt-action target rifle from beneath the floorboards in his bedroom.