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Posted on 14 September 2020

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ISO: Resources on why bolt-action rifles were standard vs lever-action in WWI

Lever-action rifles were in existence since the late 1820s

What was it that made militaries hesitant to adopt such a repeating rifle as their standard vs the bolt-action?

Indeed, the lever-action Henry was used pretty widely during the US Civil War – yet the US reverted to the bolt for WWI.

Why was that?

Submitted September 14, 2020 at 08:55AM
via reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/wwi/comments/iskanj/iso_resources_on_why_boltaction_rifles_were/?utm_source=ifttt

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