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A type of gun 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

Most bolt action weapons are rifles. The Welrod is an example of a bolt action pistol.