Bolt action Bolt action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by ''directly'' manipulating the turn-bolt via a bolt handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the firearm (as most users are right-handed). The majority of b ...

rifles are an evolution of the

lever action rifle The toggle-link action used in the iconic Winchester Model 1873 rifle, one of the most famous lever-action firearms Picture showing a Volcanic Pistol A lever action is a type of action for repeating firearms that uses a manually operated cockin ...

, offering greater accuracy and stronger receivers. Bolt actions require the user to manually cycle the bolt after each round is fired, and are usually loaded with

stripper clips A stripper clip (also known as a charger or charger clip, especially in Commonwealth English military vocabulary) is a speedloader that holds several cartridges (usually between 5 and 10) together in a single unit for easier and faster loading ...

magazines A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

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35M rifle The FÉG 35M was a bolt-action rifle chambered in 8×56mmR. Though superficially still resembling the 95/31M Carbine, it was a new design with a cock-on-close bolt. An easily recognizable distinguishing feature was the placement of the bolt handl ...

, 8x56mmR
7.92x57mm Mauser , 1935 , , - ,

Kb wz. 98a The karabin wzór 98a (abbreviated to kb wz. 98a) was a Polish rifle of the late 1930s, a development of the earlier wz. 98 rifle (itself a derivative of German Gewehr 98 bolt-action rifle). Design history After regaining independence, the Po ...

, 7.92x57mm Mauser , 1936 , , - ,

Kbk wz. 29 The kbk wz. 29 (Polish: carbine pattern 1929) was a Polish people, Polish bolt-action short rifle based on the German Gewehr 98#Karabiner 98a, Kar98AZ. Identifying attributes include a 98/05 style mast bayonet lug ending directly beneath the front ...

, 7.92x57mm Mauser , 1930 , , - ,

Accuracy International AWM The Accuracy International AWM (Arctic Warfare Magnum or AI-Arctic Warfare Magnum) is a bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Accuracy International designed for magnum rifle cartridges. The Accuracy International AWM is also unofficially k ...

, .300 Winchester Magnum
.338 Lapua Magnum , 1996 , , - , Arisaka Type 30 , 30_rifle

, 6.5x50mm Arisaka , 1899 , , - , Arisaka Type 38 , , 6.5x50mm Arisaka , 1906 , , - , Arisaka Type 99 , Type I Rifle

, 7.7x58mm Arisaka , 1939 , , - , ArmaLite AR-50 , Ar-50-2-2

, .50 BMG .416 Barrett , 1999 , , - ,

Berdan rifle The Berdan rifle () is a single-shot rifle created by American engineer and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. It was the service rifle of the Imperial Russian Army from 1870 when it replaced the Krnka to 1891, when it was replaced by the Mosin–Nag ...

, 10.75×58 mmR
7.62×54mmR , 1870 , , - ,

Berthier rifle The Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army, and French Colonial Forces, from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II (1940). After the introduction of the Lebel rifle in 18 ...

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8mm Lebel 8 mm may refer to: Film technology *8 mm film, a motion picture film format ** Super 8 film ** Single-8 film * 8 mm video format, three related videocassette formats Firearms * 8 mm caliber, firearmm cartridges ** 7.92×57mm Mauser, designated ...

7.5x54mm French , 1890 , , - ,

BMS Cam rifle The BMS Cam rifle is a series of British bolt-action rifles made by BMS Trading Ltd chambered in the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge and using STANAG magazines. The rifle was introduced in 1980

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5.56×45mm NATO The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, commonly pronounced "five-five-six") is a rimless bottlenecked centerfire intermediate cartridge family developed in the late 1970s in Belgium by FN Herstal. It consists of the SS109, ...

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Bor Bor may refer to: Places Populated places * Bor (Tachov District), a town in Plzeň Region, Czech Republic * Bor, Petnjica, Montenegro * Bor, Russia, the name of many inhabited localities in Russia * Bor District, a district in Serbia ** Bor, Se ...

, 7.62x51mm NATO , 2006 , , - ,

Browning A-Bolt The A-Bolt Rifle is a bolt-action rifle designed by the American Browning Arms Company. It is manufactured by Miroku Corp. in Japan. The A-Bolt replaced the Browning BBR in 1984. It is a popular hunting rifle due to its accuracy and availability. ...

, .223 Remington .22 Hornet .375 H&H Magnum , 1984 , /
, - ,

Carcano Carcano, Mannlicher-Carcano, Carcano-Mannlicher, and Mauser-Parravicino, are frequently used names for a series of Italian bolt-action, internal box magazine fed, repeating military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, the rifle was officia ...

, 6.5×50mm Arisaka
6.5×52mm Carcano

6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer The 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer also known as 6.5×54 Mannlicher–Schönauer Greek or simply 6.5 Greek is a 6.5 mm (.264" cal.) rimless rifle cartridge used in the Mannlicher–Schönauer rifle. It is the direct descendant of the 6. ...

7.92×57mm Mauser , 1891 , , - ,

Chassepot The Chassepot (pronounced ; ), officially known as , was a bolt-action military breechloading rifle. It is famous for having been the arm of the French forces in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871. It replaced an assortment of muzzleloading ...

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, Lead bullet 25 g (386 grains) in

paper cartridge A paper cartridge is one of various types of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the cartridge (firearms), metallic cartridge. These cartridges consisted of a paper cylinder or cone containing the bullet, gunpowder, and in some case ...

11×59mmR Gras The 11×59mmR Gras, also known as the 11mm Vickers, is a rifle cartridge. France's first modern military cartridge, the 11×59mmR Gras was introduced in 1874 and continued in service in various roles and with various users until after World War ...

, 1866 , , - ,

Dreyse needle gun Dreyse may refer to: * Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787–1867), German firearms inventor * Hitch Dreyse, a fictional List of Attack on Titan characters, character in ''Attack on Titan'' (''Shingeki no Kyojin'') series who serves in the military po ...

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, 1835 , , - , FN Model 24 , M1924 Yugoslavian

7×57mm Mauser The 7×57mm Mauser (designated as the 7 mm Mauser or 7×57mm by the SAAMI and 7 × 57 by the C.I.P.) is a first-generation smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed by Paul Mauser of the Mauser company in ...

7.62×51mm NATO The 7.62×51mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 7.62 NATO) is a rimless, straight walled, bottlenecked, centerfire rifle cartridge. It is a standard for small arms among NATO countries. First developed in the 1950s, the cartridge had first be ...

.30-06 Springfield The .30-06 Springfield cartridge (pronounced "thirty- aught-six" ), 7.62×63mm in metric notation, and called the .30 Gov't '06 by Winchester, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and later standardized; it remained in military us ...

7.65×53mm Mauser
7.92×57mm Mauser , 1924 , , - ,

Fusil Gras mle 1874 The Fusil Modèle 1874 or Gras was the French Army's primary service rifle from 1874 to 1886. Designed by Colonel Basile Gras, the Gras was a metallic cartridge adaptation of the single-shot, breech-loading, black powder Chassepot rifle. It was ...

8×50mmR Lebel The 8×50mmR Lebel (8mm Lebel) (designated as the 8 × 51 R Lebel by the C.I.P.) rifle Cartridge (firearms), cartridge was the first smokeless powder cartridge to be made and adopted by any country. It was introduced by France in 1886. Formed by ...

, 1874 , , - ,

Gewehr 1888 The Gewehr 88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888. The invention of smokeless powder in the late 19th century immediately rendered all of the large-bore black powder ...

, , M/88
7.92x57mm Mauser , 1888 , , - ,

Gewehr 98 The Gewehr 98 (abbreviated ''G98'', Gew 98, or ''M98'') is a bolt-action rifle made by Mauser for the German Empire as its service rifle from 1898 to 1935. The Gewehr 98 action, using a 5-round stripper clip loaded with the 7.92×57mm Mauser ...

, , M/88 7.92×57mm Mauser , 1898 , , - ,

Hanyang 88 The Type 88, sometimes known as "Hanyang 88" or Hanyang Type 88 () and Hanyang Zao (Which means ''Made in Hanyang''), is a Chinese-made bolt-action rifle, based on the German Gewehr 88. It was adopted by the Qing Dynasty towards the end of the 1 ...

, M/88 , 1895 , , - ,

Howa M1500 The Howa 1500 or is a bolt-action rifle produced in Japan by Howa, Howa Machinery. Introduced in 1979, it has been used by hunters as a hunting rifle with various Cartridge (firearms), cartridge offerings. It is also utilized by military and law e ...

, , .22-250 Remington
.223 Remington
.204 Ruger
6.5×55mm
.300 Winchester Magnum
.308 Winchester

.338 Winchester Magnum
.375 Ruger
7.62x39mm

6.5mm Grendel The 6.5mm Grendel (6.5×38mm) is an intermediate cartridge jointly designed by British-American armorer Bill Alexander, competitive shooter Arne Brennan (of Houston, Texas) and Lapua ballistician Janne Pohjoispää, as a low-recoil, high- precis ...

, 1979 , , - , IOF .30-06 sporting rifle , IOF

, 2007 , , - , IOF .315 sporting rifle , , 8mm BSA ( 8x50mmR Mannlicher) , 1956 , , - ,

Ishapore 2A1 rifle The Rifle 7.62mm 2A/2A1 (also known as the Ishapore 2A/2A1) is a 7.62×51mm NATO calibre bolt-action rifle adopted as a reserve arm by the Indian Armed Forces in 1963. The rifle is a variant of the Lee–Enfield rifle. The design of the rifle ...

, 7.62x51mm NATO , 1962 , , - , Jungle carbine , Lee-Enfield_no_5-IMG_6559-white

, .303 British , 1944 , , - ,

K31 The Karabiner Modell 1931 (officially abbreviated to Kar. 31/Mq. 31; commonly but incorrectly known in civilian circles as the K31) is a magazine-fed, straight-pull bolt-action rifle. It was the standard-issue rifle of the Swiss armed forces fro ...

, 7.5×55mm Swiss , 1933 , , - ,

Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98 kurz (; ), often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k or K98k and also sometimes incorrectly referred to as a K98 (a K98 is a Polish carbine and copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartri ...

, 7.92×57mm Mauser , 1935 , , - ,

Krag–Jørgensen The Krag–Jørgensen is a repeating bolt-action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Norway, Denmark, and the United States. About 300 we ...

, , 6.5×55mm .30-40 Krag

8×58mmR Danish Krag The 8×58mmR Danish Krag, also known as the 8×58mmRD, is a late 19th-century rimmed centerfire military rifle cartridge similar to other early smokeless powder designs. It was briefly adopted by Norway and Sweden and remained the standard Danis ...

, 1886 , , - , Lebel 1886 rifle , Lebel Mle

, 1887 , , - , Lee-Enfield , , .303 British , 1931 , , - , Lee-Metford , , .303 British , 1884 , , - , M1870/87 Italian Vitterli Vitali , Vetterli-Vitali

, 6.5x52mm Carcano , 1887 , , - ,

M1903 Springfield rifle The M1903 Springfield, officially the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903, is an American five-round magazine-fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. The M1903 was first used in combat ...

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.30-03 The .30-03 Springfield (7.62×65mm) was a short-lived cartridge developed by the United States in 1903, to replace the .30-40 Krag in the new Springfield 1903 rifle. The .30-03 was also called the .30-45, since it used a 45 grain () powder ch ...

, 1903 , , - ,

M1917 Enfield rifle The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No ...

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, 1917 , , - , M200 Intervention , CheyTacIntervention

, .408 CheyTac , 2001 , , - , MAK Enterprises Tubegun , ,

6mm BR The 6mm BR / 6.2x39mm is a centerfire cartridge created for benchrest shooting. The cartridge is also known as the 6mm Bench Rest or simply 6 BR, and has also developed a following among varmint hunters because of its efficiency. There are tw ...

.243 Winchester
.240 NMC , 1999 , , - ,

Mannlicher M1886 The Repeating Rifle Model 1886, commonly known as Mannlicher Model 1886, was a late 19th-century Austrian straight-pull bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1886. It used a wedge-lock straight pull action bolt. It was the first straight-pull bolt-action ...

, 11x58mmR
8x52mmR Mannlicher , 1886 ,
, - ,

Mannlicher M1888 Within military :8 mm firearms, 8 mm firearms, the Repeating Rifle Mannlicher 1888, better known as the Mannlicher M1888, was a bolt-action rifle used by several armies from 1888 to 1945. Derived from the Mannlicher M1885, M1885 and later Mannlic ...

, 8x52mmR Mannlicher
8x50mmR Mannlicher
7.92x57mm Mauser , 1888 ,
, - ,

Mannlicher M1895 The Mannlicher M1895 (, ; "Infantry Repeating-Rifle M95") is an Austro-Hungarian straight pull Bolt action, bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Mannlicher, Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher that used a refined version of his revolutionary st ...

Mannlicher M1895 from the Swedish Army Museum

, 8x50mmR Mannlicher
8x56mmR
8x57mm IS , 1896 ,
, - ,

Mannlicher–Schönauer The Mannlicher–Schönauer (sometimes Anglicized as "Mannlicher Schoenauer", Hellenized as Τυφέκιον/Όπλον Μάνλιχερ, ''Óplon/Tyfékion Mannlicher'') is a rotary-magazine bolt-action rifle produced by Steyr Mannlicher for ...

8×50mmR Mannlicher The Austro-Hungarian 8×50mmR Mannlicher or 8×50mmR M93 is a service cartridge dating back to the days of semi-smokeless powder. It was later replaced by (and many weapons were rechambered for) the 8×56mmR cartridge. It is also known as t ...

, 1903 ,
, - , Marga rifle , ,

8mm Mauser 8 mm may refer to: Film technology *8 mm film, a motion picture film format ** Super 8 film ** Single-8 film * 8 mm video format, three related videocassette formats Firearms * 8 mm caliber, firearmm cartridges ** 7.92×57mm Mauser, designated 8 ...

, 1880s , , - ,

MAS-36 The MAS Modèle 36 (also known as the ''Fusil à répétition 7 mm 5 M. 36'') is a military bolt-action rifle. First adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles, it saw service long past the ...

, , 7.5×54mm French , 1937 , , - ,

Mosin–Nagant The Mosin–Nagant is a five-shot, Bolt action, bolt-action, Magazine (firearms), internal magazine–fed military rifle. Known officially as the 3-line rifle M1891, in Russia and the former Soviet Union as Mosin's rifle (, ISO 9: ) and inform ...

, 7.62×54mmR
7.62x53mmR
7.92x57mm Mauser
8x50mmR Mannlicher , 1891 , , - , Mossberg MVP , , , .243 Winchester .270 Winchester .308 Winchester

7mm-08 Remington The 7mm-08 Remington is a rifle cartridge that is almost a direct copy of a wildcat cartridge developed around 1958 known as the 7mm/308. As these names would suggest, it is the .308 Winchester case necked down to accept 7 mm (.284) bullets wit ...

, 2012 , , - ,

Murata rifle The was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the ''Meiji Type 13 Murata single-shot rifle''. The ''13'' referred to the adoption date, the year 13 in the Meiji period according to the Japanese calendar. De ...

, 11x60mmR Murata
8x53mmR Murata , 1885 , , - ,

Remington Model 700 The Remington Model 700 is part of a series of bolt-action (later semi-automatic 7400 series) centerfire rifles manufactured by Remington Arms since 1962. It is a progressive variant of the Remington Model 721 and Model 722 rifles series, wh ...

, .223 Remington .243 Winchester .300 Winchester Magnum .300 Remington Ultra Magnum .308 Winchester .338 Lapua Magnum

, 1962 , , - , Ross rifle , Ross1910b

, .303 British , 1903 , , - , Ruger American , Ruger-American-Rifle

, .204 Ruger .22LR .223 Remington .243 Winchester .270 Winchester .308 Winchester .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Winchester Magnum

7.62×39mm , 2011 , , - ,

Ruger M77 The Ruger M77 is a bolt-action rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It was designed by Jim Sullivan during his three years with Ruger. It was designed primarily as a hunting rifle featuring a traditional Mauser K98-style two-lugged bolt with a ...

, , .220 Swift .22-250 Remington .243 Winchester .25-06 Remington .257 Roberts .264 Winchester Magnum .270 Winchester .284 Winchester .280 Remington

.308 Winchester .300 Winchester Magnum

7x57 Mauser

7mm Remington Magnum The 7mm Remington Magnum rifle cartridge was introduced as a commercially available round in 1962, along with the new Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle. It is a member of the belted magnum family that is directly derived from the venerable . ...

.338 Ruger Compact Magnum .338 Winchester Magnum 7.62x39mm .357 S&W Magnum .44 Remington Magnum , 1968 , , - ,

SIG Sauer 200 STR The SIG Sauer 200 STR (Scandinavian target rifle), also known as the SIG Sauer 200 STR Match, is a bolt-action rifle mostly used as a Shooting sport, target/competition rifle for national competitions by Norwegian, Swedish and Danish sport shoote ...

, .22LR

6.5×55mm Swedish 6.5×55mm Swedish, also known simply as , 6.5x55 SE, 6.5x55 Swede, or in its native military as (), meaning "6.5 mm cartridge model 94", referring to 1894, is a first-generation smokeless powder Rim (firearms), rimless bottlenecked rifle Cartr ...

.308 Winchester

, 1990 , , - ,

Steyr Scout The Steyr Scout () is an Austrian bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher, and chambered primarily for 7.62 NATO ( .308 Winchester), although other caliber options in 5.56×45mm NATO ( .223 Remington), .243 Winchester, 6.5 Creedmoo ...

.223 Remington
.243 Winchester

6.5 Creedmoor The 6.5mm Creedmoor designated as 6.5 Creedmoor by SAAMI, and as 6,5 Creedmoor by the C.I.P. is a centerfire rifle cartridge introduced by Hornady in 2007. It was developed by Hornady senior ballistics scientist Dave Emary in partnership with ...

.308 Winchester
.376 Steyr
.22LR
.17 HMR
.22 WMR , 1999 , , - ,

Tubb 2000 The Tubb 2000 (also known as the T2K) rifle A rifle is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a gun barrel, barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut in ...

, 6XC .22-250 Remington 6.5-284 Norma

.308 Winchester , 2000 , , - , Voere S16New rifles by Voere: S16 and K15A , all4shooters
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vz. 24 The vz. 24 rifle is a bolt-action carbine designed and produced in Czechoslovakia from 1924 to 1942. It was developed from the German Mauser Gewehr 98 line, and features a similar bolt design. The rifle was designed in Czechoslovakia shortly ...

, 7.92×57mm Mauser

7.65×53mm Argentine , 1924 , , - ,

vz. 33 The puška vz. 33Československé ruční palné zbraně a kulomety, Miroslav Šáda, Praha, Naše vojsko, 1971 ("rifle model 1933", sometimes referred to as krátká puška vz. 33 – "short rifle model 33") was a Czechoslovak bolt-action car ...

, , 7.92x57mm Mauser
7x57mm Mauser , 1934 , , - ,

Winchester Model 70 The Winchester Model 70 is a bolt-action sporting rifle. It has an iconic place in American sporting culture and has been held in high regard by shooters since it was introduced in 1936, earning the moniker "The Rifleman's Rifle". The action has s ...

, .22 Hornet
.222 Remington
.223 Remington
.22-250 Remington
.223 WSSM
.225 Winchester
.220 Swift
.243 Winchester
.243 WSSM
.250-3000 Savage
.257 Roberts
.25-06 Remington
.25 WSSM
6.5×55mm
.264 Winchester Magnum

6.5mm Creedmoor The 6.5mm Creedmoor designated as 6.5 Creedmoor by SAAMI, and as 6,5 Creedmoor by the C.I.P. is a centerfire rifle cartridge introduced by Hornady in 2007. It was developed by Hornady senior ballistics scientist Dave Emary in partnership with D ...

.270 Winchester
.270 WSM
.270 Weatherby Magnum
.280 Remington

7mm Mauser 7 mm or 7mm may refer to: * 7 mm caliber This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the caliber In guns, particularly firearms, but not #As a measurement of length, artillery, where a different definition may apply, ca ...

7mm-08

7 mm Remington Magnum The 7mm Remington Magnum rifle cartridge was introduced as a commercially available round in 1962, along with the new Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle. It is a member of the belted magnum family that is directly derived from the venerable ...

7mm WSM
7mm STW
.300 Savage

.308 Winchester
.300 H&H Magnum
.300 Winchester Magnum
.300 WSM
.300 Weatherby Magnum
.300 RUM
.325 WSM
.338 Winchester Magnum
.35 Remington
.358 Winchester
.375 H&H Magnum
.416 Remington Magnum
.416 Rigby
.458 Winchester Magnum
.470 Capstick , 1936 , , - , WKW Wilk , Tor MSPO17

, .50 BMG , 2005 , , - , Zbroyar Z-008 ,

, 2007 , , - , Snipex Rhino Hunter ,

, .50 BMG , 2017 , , - ,

Snipex T-Rex The Snipex T-Rex is a single-shot anti-materiel rifle chambered for the 14.5×114mm cartridge and manufactured by XADO-Holding Ltd., Kharkiv, Ukraine. Design The T-Rex is a bolt-action rifle. During loading, the cartridge is inserted into the ...

, 14.5×114mm , 2017 , , - ,

Snipex Alligator The Snipex Alligator is a bolt-action, magazine-fed anti-materiel rifle chambered in 14.5×114mm manufactured by XADO Holding Ltd. Design The Snipex Alligator long-range large-caliber magazine-fed repeating rifle is designed to engage moving and ...

, , 14.5×114mm , 2020 , , - , MCR Horizon’s Lord , ArmyInform snajperska-gvyntivka-yaka-shvydko-zminyuye-kalibry-pid-speczzavdannya img 9665-2048x1365

, .416 Barrett .460 Steyr .50 BMG

12.7×108mm 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

12.7×114mm "HL" 14.5×114mm

23×115mm The 23×115mm round is used in Soviet (USSR)/Russian/ CIS aircraft autocannon. Although superseded by the 30×165mm round the Russian Air Force still uses it in the GSh-23L (in the aircraft's tail turrets and in the UPK-23-250 gun pod) and th ...

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