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Category: Weapons

Bolt Action Rifles of WWI

Bolt Action Rifles of WWI

Weapons

The first bolt-action rifle was produced in 1824 by Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse, following work on breechloading rifles that dated to the 18th century. Von Dreyse would perfect his Nadelgewehr (Needle Rifle) by 1836, and…

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