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Rotating bolt is a method of locking the breech (or rear barrel) of a firearm closed for firing. Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse developed the first rotating bolt firearm, the "Dreyse needle gun", in 1836. The Dreyse locked using the bolt handle rather than lugs on the bolt head like the Mauser M 98 or M16. The first rotating bolt rifle with two lugs on the…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Rotating bolt | is a | method of locking the breech | 0.90 | text |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | Ferdinand Ritter | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | Mannlicher | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | Austro-Hungarian Army | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | M1893 | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | Mannlicher M1900 | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | This | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | M1 | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | M14 | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | M16 | 0.60 | section |
| Rotating bolt | related to Design | L85A1/A2 | 0.60 | section |
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