Watch our "American Rifleman Television" I Have This Old Gun ... the French military used these rifles well into the 21st century. "It's a pretty traditionally styled bolt-action rifle with ...

In the early months of the war, the French fielded ... on the underside of the action and the cover was closed, the follower pushing up on the cartridges. Next, the bolt handle was pulled ...

Bolt-action repeaters have not been standard issue in the U.S. military since the World War I era, when American expeditionary forces were issued Model 1917 Enfields and Springfield Model 1903s.

The MAS 36, the French main battle rifle of the Second ... It also features a manually operated, magazine-fed, rotating bolt action rifle design. The rotating bolt, which locks into the receiver ...